Aaron Bolte
Electrical Engineer at Gardel Electrical & Solar
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAaron Bolte is an experienced electrical engineer and qualified electrician based in Queensland, Australia, with 15 years in power distribution, metering, and field services. He combines hands-on electrical design and power quality analysis with strong AutoCAD and Excel skills, having progressed from apprentice electrical fitter to senior engineering roles and now leading projects in electrical and solar at Gardel. Aaron pairs practical utility-sector experience at ActewAGL and Verdia with a systems-oriented mindset—evidenced by his contributions to open-source SaltStack testing and DevOps work that improved reliability and test coverage. Comfortable bridging field operations and technical design, he has a track record of finding and fixing tricky issues from metering QoS to software test loops. His background in both hands-on contracting and structured engineering teams gives him a pragmatic approach to delivering robust, auditable power solutions.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Southern Queensland
Github Skills (22)
pytest10
python10
testing10
configuration-management10
import-data10
saltstack10
infrastructure-as-code10
devops10
command-line-interface9
unit-testing9
command-line9
passwords9
automation9
cli9
automations9
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
saltstack/salt
Mar 2013 - Sep 2022
Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale.
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:1 review, 43 commits, 16 PRs in 9 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily contributes to testing and development within the SaltStack project. Their work focuses on enhancing the rbenv state module, incorporating test mode checks and addressing associated unit test requirements. In addition to code changes, they also added group parameter to cmd execution methods and corrected a typo in a tutorial. Furthermore, the user addressed logging issues and made modifications to the ini_manage and mysql modules based on the identified issues.
pythonzeromqevent-streaminfrastructure-managementcloud-providers
roddhjav/pass-import
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
A pass extension for importing data from most existing password managers
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily focused on improving the testing coverage and robustness of the `pass-import` project. They implemented new tests, specifically for duplicate handling, and increased the complexity of existing tests to ensure correct behavior with numbers in paths. Additionally, the user addressed a critical issue related to a potential infinite loop, and added tests with exception handling. Their work directly improved the project's quality and stability by identifying and fixing bugs.
pass-extensionpassword-managerpasswordpassimporter
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