Ben O'Brien
computing student @ the Australian National University
class of 2026
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key interests:
- linux systems and administration
- containerisation
- virtualisation
- infrastructure as code
- networking
- automation and scripting
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contact:
email › ben[at]benjaminobrien[dot]com
github › github.com/ben-obb
linkedin › linkedin.com/in/ben-obb
Experience
› automated zero touch provisioning using terraform
› idempotent configuration management and state enforcement with ansible
› deployment, management and resource orchestration using proxmox ve
› containerised service deployment and configuration
› reverse proxy setup and implementation of scoped auth tokens
› architecting automated, tested backup strategies integrated with IaC
› deep knowledge of os fundamentals and package management
› general knowledge across various linux distributions