Micha Cassola
Linux System Administrator
Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Top SchoolMicha Cassola is a Cloud Operations Architect and Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building and operating resilient Linux-based infrastructures from custom hosting stacks to cloud-native automation. He blends deep systems expertise—ZFS, KVM, Incus, nftables, IPv6 and kernel tuning—with pragmatic automation using GitHub Actions, Ansible and shell tooling to deliver scalable, secure services. Comfortable across roles from SysOps and security hardening to product and digital design, Micha uniquely pairs technical operations with a background in industrial design and marketing, enabling clear communication between engineering and product teams. Currently driving cloud operations at Oxyde Cloud after leading Linux hosting and bespoke tooling at HOSTYON, he frequently applies low-level networking and forensic tools (tcpdump, strace, mtr) to troubleshoot complex issues. Known for building custom images, nested virtualization workflows and lightweight, production-focused solutions, he favors practical innovations that are maintainable in the long run.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor-Niveau Abschluss | Niveau 6 | Staatlich geprüfter Schuhtechniker, Industrial Product Design: Shoes (Modellgestaltung und Technik), Bachelor-Niveau Abschluss | Niveau 6 | Staatlich geprüfter Schuhtechniker, Industrial Product Design: Shoes (Modellgestaltung und Technik) at Deutsche SchuhfachschuleOrthopädieschuhmacher Geselle, Orthopädieschuhtechnik, Orthopädieschuhmacher Geselle, Orthopädieschuhtechnik at Orthopädieschuhtechnik Gütelhöfer Wesseling
German, English
Stackoverflow
36reputation
546reached
3answers
0questions
Github Skills (200)
file-browser10
ubuntu10
command-line-tool10
spreadsheet10
file-sharing10
imap10
ips10
criu10
php10
administration10
waf10
rest-api10
ssh10
docker-compose10
stock10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
unypkg/base
Dec 2023 - Sep 2025
Contributions:200 pushes, 2 branches, 35 tags in 1 year 9 months
HOSTYON/qycli
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
Host more quickly with qycli
Contributions:583 commits, 6 PRs, 925 pushes in 2 years
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