Chrisย Croome
Systems Administrator And DevOps
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Croome is a seasoned Systems Administrator and DevOps engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience founding and running Webarchitects Co-operative, delivering GNU/Linux infrastructure and automation for progressive organisations. Based in Sheffield, he specializes in automating server configuration with Ansible and maintains a steady open-source presence through git.coop and gitlab.com/chriscroome. He also dedicates time to Agile Collective, bringing pragmatic, community-oriented DevOps practices to multiple clients. His background in architectural drafting and long history of cooperative work give him a practical, design-minded approach to system reliability and maintainability. Known for taking on complex, mission-driven projects, he balances client-focused service with reusable infrastructure code.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), 2:2, Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), 2:2 at The University of Sheffield
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
google-analytics10
command-line-interface10
automation10
certbot10
odp10
php-library10
command-line-tool10
project-management10
ecosystem10
spreadsheet10
dovecot10
doc10
file-sharing10
time-tracking10
imap10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
webarch-coop/ansible-role-systemd
Nov 2022 - May 2026
Contributions:130 pushes, 1 branch, 31 tags in 3 years 6 months
webarch-coop/ansible-role-upgrade
Dec 2022 - Jun 2026
Contributions:68 pushes, 1 branch, 14 tags in 3 years 6 months
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