Jean-Philippe
Garcia-Ballester

Linux System Administrator

My personality is my greatest strength.

I learn new things extremely fast and can acquire new skills very quickly.

I value customer satisfaction, and can go to great length to ensure I do quality work

Highly empathetic, I care about how co-workers think and feel, and prioritize team work over my own interest.

IT Experiences

  • Self-hosting, personal needs

    2005 PresentSelf-hosting of my own infrastructure with Podman/Docker and Ansible.Traefik, Knot (DNS), Stalwart (SMTP/IMAP/JMAP), Nextcloud and others PHP/RoR apps

  • Web development, personal needs

    2020 Development of an app for managing Personal Protective Equipment (vue2 and vuetify frontend, Ruby on Rails backend)

  • System Administration, DemoTic

    2015 2016Volunteering in a computer shop providing free software related products and services, directed at the general public. Network, servers, and internal tools installation, customer service and troubleshooting

  • System Administration, Ministry of Education

    2012 2013Infrastructure modernisation. Internal network Restructuration, deployment of a private cloud (OpenNebula), centralized configuration (Chef Progress), operating system upgrade (Debian latest stable version), legacy PHP application development for compatibility with recent PHP

  • Development, Freelance

    2009 2012System Administration on Debian servers, internal app bug fixes, web application development using Ruby on Rails, interface between internal apps and FOSS apps (Joomla, Dolibarr)

  • Development, SmartJog

    2008 2009Various development on Debian-based servers, deployed in customers' infrastructures: technical CLI tools in Python used by help desk staff, web applications for customers

Jean-Philippe Garcia-Ballester

IT Engineer

Education

  • Canyoning guide

    2019 2021DEJEPS CREPS Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

  • IT Engineer

    2003 2008École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées. Fourth and fifth years in the school research laboratory

  • Pure mathematics bachelor

    2006 2007Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) University

Other experiences

  • Construction

    2024 Temporary work as roofer and carpenter on a historical monument, the elementary school of Nyon.

  • Environmentally-friendly house self-building

    2021 PresentSelf-building of an environmentally friendly, passive, bio-climatic house. Full realization from the ground up. Hosting and management of volunteering events

  • Social work

    2009 2021Several experiences in the field of social work and teaching, with handicapped people, children, people in position of social insecurity. Multidisciplinary team-work

  • Co-operation and interpersonal communication

    2009 2021Volunteer at EnVies EnJeux, a French association. Coop games facilitation, summer camps for children. Multiple training courses about co-operation, communication and conflict handling

  • Leadership of a sports club

    2010 2016Leader of the climbing committee then president of a mountaineering club counting 400 members. Coordination of volunteers, employees, and contractors, meeting facilitation, control of conformity with legal regulations and security rules

Reference

Jean-Philippe has great technical skills, with both a global vision of a project he's involved in and precision in the solutions he comes up with to the problems he's in charge of.

J. Fernando Lagrange

SysAdming Engineer at Probesys