Summary
Trent Spears is a systems administrator with 11 years of IT experience and a B.S. in Technology Management from Texas A&M, currently leading SUSE Rancher and Kubernetes operations for Texas A&M Libraries. He combines hands-on expertise in RHEL/Satellite, Active Directory, Windows Server, PowerShell, Ansible, Bash, and Python to design resilient, automated CI/CD pipelines and manage highly available services. Trent is the technical lead for the library’s Rancher/Kubernetes stack and the sole operator of their FOLIO backend, and he also runs a Patroni-based HA Postgres platform using Crunchy Data playbooks. Comfortable spanning desktop support to datacenter orchestration, he brings a pragmatic focus on workflow automation, vendor API integration, and maintainable infrastructure. An uncommonly broad practitioner, he pairs end-user support experience with deep platform engineering skills, making him adept at translating operational pain points into repeatable automation.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
B.S. in Technology Management, COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES, Graduated, B.S. in Technology Management, COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES, Graduated at Texas A&M University