Tjaart Van Der Walt
System Administrator
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTjaart Van Der Walt is a systems-minded engineer with 12 years of professional experience who blends Linux-first operations, automation, and software development to streamline delivery and remove boring manual work. Currently a System Administrator at UC Santa Barbara, he has held hands-on roles from devops and Java development to founding a technical startup and teaching introductory computing. Rooted in a GNU/Linux conversion sparked by Richard Stallman’s Free Software philosophy, he prioritizes free/open tooling and repeatable infrastructure—often automating developer environments and CI to boost productivity. His background spans embedded GUI testing, release management, and scripting-led operational support, backed by a Master’s in Computer Science. Colleagues rely on him to translate academic rigor into practical automation that keeps teams focused on shipping quality software.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Honors Degree Information Technology, Honors Degree Information Technology at North-West University / Noordwes-UniversiteitMaster’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at University of Missouri-Saint Louis
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (200)
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twitter10
languagetool10
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git-hooks10
async10
prototypes10
google-maps9
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taskwarrior9
honeypot9
javascript9
nodejs9
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Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
outsideopen/delta-collectors
Dec 2022 - Nov 2023
Nextgen collectors
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 63 PRs in 10 months
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tjaartvdwalt/tjaartvdwalt.github.io
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:369 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
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