Valberg Öfjörð
Network Operations Center Technician
Reykjavik, Iceland
Summary
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Top SchoolValberg Öfjörð is a seasoned Network Operations Center technician with 15 years of experience keeping telecommunications and data center infrastructure resilient and secure from Reykjavík. He blends hands-on NOC expertise—monitoring servers, network gear, firewalls and cloud services—with web hosting and web design skills from running Vefgeymslan.is. Valberg contributes to open-source Python/Django projects, improving admin performance and modernizing tooling, reflecting a pragmatic back-end skill set beyond typical NOC duties. His background spans system engineering, CompTIA-backed hardware and networking certifications, and even practical nursing, giving him a rare mix of technical rigor and operational empathy. Outside IT he has led community efforts in beer culture and holds a Cicerone Beer Server credential, signaling strong customer-facing and community leadership experience.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
CompTIA A+ Computer Hardware Technology/Technician, CompTIA A+ Computer Hardware Technology/Technician at PromenntBasics in Metalurgy mechanics and basic electronics. Ship mechanics level 1, Basics in Metalurgy mechanics and basic electronics. Ship mechanics level 1 at Fjölbrautarskóli Norðurlands VestraPractical Nurse Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Practical Nurse Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants at Fjölbrautarskólinn við ÁrmúlaCicerone Certifide Beer Server Beer Service and handling, Cicerone Certifide Beer Server Beer Service and handling at Cicerone.org
Icelandic, English, German
Github Skills (16)
database-migrations10
database-migration10
python10
django10
testing10
sql9
git9
web-framework8
3d-models8
app-framework8
configuration-management8
application-framework8
machine-learning-models8
data-models8
orm7
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
jazzband/django-invitations
May 2020 - Sep 2022
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 20 reviews, 54 commits in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Valberg made several contributions to the `django-invitations` repository. They focused on improving the Django admin interface by modifying the admin form to improve performance. They also updated the project's dependencies and configurations, including classifiers in `setup.py`, and added a pre-commit configuration. The user demonstrated experience in updating test files, and working with Django settings.
djangoinvitationspythongeneric
valberg/django-model-revisioning
Dec 2014 - Dec 2019
Version control for django models (experimental)
Contributions:5 releases, 126 commits, 10 PRs in 5 years
pythonversion-controldjangodjango-modelsdjango-admin
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