Summary
Zhigang Liu is an Intermediate System Administrator based in Edmonton with nine years of hands-on IT experience combining Linux systems administration, OpenStack cloud operations, and network support. At the University of Alberta he re-deployed and maintained complex OpenStack clusters and ECE services, automating VM provisioning and routine tasks with Bash, Python, PHP and Windows tools. He pairs strong web-development and database skills (ASP.NET, PHP, MS SQL, MySQL, sqlite3) with infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Docker, Terraform and Ansible to deliver reliable, repeatable systems. Known for meticulous documentation and root-cause troubleshooting, he also brings practical hardware and campus-level support experience including HP switch configuration and desktop help. Outside the obvious, Zhigang’s background spans software development in high-stakes environments—from aviation systems programming to building project-management and data-mapping apps—giving him a rare blend of development, operations and operational-security perspective.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Information Systems, GPA:4, Bachelor’s Degree, Information Systems, GPA:4 at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer and Information Sciences, General, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer and Information Sciences, General at North China Electric Power University
English, Chinese