Jan Pazdziora
Author And Maintainer Of Perl Modules at CPAN
Brno, South Moravia, Czechia
Summary
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Top SchoolJan Pazdziora is a seasoned software engineer and long-time open-source maintainer with nearly three decades of experience across Unix/Linux, networking, databases, cloud, containers, and security. He authors Perl modules on CPAN and has driven backend and DevOps work on notable projects including Foreman, OpenShift, Spacewalk and FreeIPA, contributing SSO/LDAP integrations, container hardening, and build/test infrastructure fixes. A practical technical leader and product owner, he’s known for establishing structure and processes and for prioritizing long-term correctness over short-term shortcuts. His Red Hat roles spanned principal engineering and platform security leadership, including recent work in OpenShift AI and RHEL security readiness. He combines deep systems-level expertise (including TeX/TFM and legacy .dbf tooling) with hands-on scripting, automation, and security content development. Based in Brno with a PhD in Informatics, he blends academic rigor with pragmatic contributions to widely used open-source infrastructure.
29 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Informatics, Graduated with honors, Ph.D., Informatics, Graduated with honors at Masaryk University Brno
Github Skills (60)
yum10
ruby-rails10
kubernetes10
github-ci10
docker10
puppeteer10
security-hardening10
oracles10
postgresql10
foreman10
python10
puppet10
scripting10
configuration-management10
authentication10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
freeipa/freeipa-container
Apr 2014 - Jan 2023
FreeIPA server in containers — images at https://quay.io/repository/freeipa/freeipa-server?tab=tags
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:14 reviews, 921 commits, 187 PRs in 8 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jan's contributions primarily focused on improving the build and deployment process for the FreeIPA container. They added support for new features like running the container in read-only mode and testing upgrades. The user implemented enhancements to the installation scripts, including support for various Docker run parameters and K3s integration. Furthermore, they addressed issues related to SELinux, container network configurations, and journal logging to ensure smooth container operations.
freeipacontainercontainer-imagefreeipa-serveridentity-management
spacewalkproject/spacewalk
May 2008 - Nov 2014
The master repository for the Spacewalk Project.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:5418 commits in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jan primarily focused on enhancing the Spacewalk project by improving its security and performance. Their contributions include implementing security measures for configuration files by controlling user permissions and adding a support for automatic generation of SSL keys. They also added and improved the database connection with the different backend (PostgreSQL and Oracle), and they performed some general maintenance tasks. Their work involved scripting, database management, and enhancing the overall stability of the Spacewalk infrastructure.
masterspacewalk
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