Pablo Iranzo Gómez

Open Source enthusiast, python aprentice

Currently

Principal Software Engineer, TelCo 5G OpenShift Management Integration

Specialized in

• Integration of OpenShift Installation on Baremetal with Installer-Provisioned-Infrastructure (IPI)
• Cloud: Focusing on helping partners to deploy and run OpenStack for NFV environments
• Virtualization environment integration and automation
• Experience in systems automation for life-cycle management (deployment, upgrading, configuration) on large scale deployments.
• Standardization by using scripts of operations among different hardware configurations to provide an uniform view and set of tools for checking system status and easing problem resolution.
• Preparation and automation of new hardware models into Core Builds for a broad range of hardware

Work experience

Red Hat

Apr 2022 - Today Principal Software Engineer, TelCo 5G OpenShift Management Integration

Management Integration:

• OpenShift Integration with Advanced Cluster Management for Telco 5G Use cases via the ZTPFW automation (Zero Touch Provisioning - Factory Workflow)
• Collaborating with the Partner Accelerator Team that develops the Kernel Module Management.
  • https://cloud.redhat.com/blog/scale-testing-kernel-module-management
  • https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/04/05/enable-gpu-acceleration-kernel-module-management-operator
  • https://tv.redhat.com/detail/6352250333112/enable-gpu-acceleration-with-the-kernel-module-management-operator

Partner Accelerators and Industrial Edge:

• Industrial Edge Team collabotion on TSN networks, OpenShift on ARM, RHEL Minimization and Virtual Protection Relays (VPR) for Electrification efforts

Jun 2021 - Mar 2022 Senior Software Engineer, TelCo 5G OpenShift Management Integration

Management Integration:

• OpenShift Integration with Advanced Cluster Management for Telco 5G Use cases

Some articles written while in the team:

• https://cloud.redhat.com/blog/telco-5g-zero-touch-provisioning-ztp

Sep 2018 - Jun 2021 Senior Software Engineer, Solutions Engineering

Vertical Markets Integration team since March 2021:

• Telco 5G partner guidance on Baremetal IPI Installations
• IPI Baremetal documentation

Deployment Integration team since April 2020:

• Working on OpenShift Baremetal IPI Installations, Validations and documentation (https://github.com/openshift-kni/baremetal-deploy/)
• Telco 5G use cases like EDGE

KNI Community team (KubeVirt, Metal³):

Some articles that were written while in the team:

• https://kubevirt.io/2020/Live-migration.html
• https://kubevirt.io/2019/jenkins-ci-server-upgrade-and-jobs-for-kubevirt.html
• https://kubevirt.io/2019/prow-jobs-for-kubevirt.html
• https://metal3.io/blog/2019/09/11/Baremetal-operator.html
• https://kubevirt.io/2019/jenkins-jobs-for-kubevirt-lab-validation.html
• https://kubevirt.io/2019/prow-jobs-for-kubevirt.html

Product portfolio integration, Federation 2 (Kubernetes/OpenShift) and Quay container registry:

• https://iranzo.io/blog/2019/01/08/quay-for-federation/
• https://iranzo.io/blog/2019/01/08/postgres-repl-ssl-replication/

Apr 2018 - Aug 2018 Principal Software Maintenance Engineer (SEG) - OpenStack

As a Software Maintenance Engineer in SEG (Support Engineering Group) we act as interfaces between Frontline, TAM services and Engineering, helping with the issues at our customers and their environments.

SEG is sitting in Global Support Services and is part of the bigger team focused on keeping things running in the best way at each deployment. Focusing also on team needs, automation, knowledge transfer, etc

Sep 2016 - Mar 2018 Senior Software Maintenance Engineer (SEG) - OpenStack

As a Software Maintenance Engineer in SEG (Support Engineering Group) we act as interfaces between Frontline, TAM services and Engineering, helping with the issues at our customers and their environments.

SEG is sitting in Global Support Services and is part of the bigger team focused on keeping things running in the best way at each deployment. Focusing also on team needs, automation, knowledge transfer, etc

Oct 2013 - Aug 2016 Senior Cloud Technical Account Manager

Manage the relationship with strategic customers at technical level.

As a Technical Account Manager, you’re the first point of contact for technical issues at strategic customers (~ 4 customers), which allows you to both act in a reactive and more interestingly, proactive way, getting ahead of future needs in order to make a smoother way in the deployment and operation of systems using Red Hat’s technologies from base OS, clustering to virtualization, etc.

TAM sits in Global Support Services and is part of the bigger team focused on keeping things running in the best way at each deployment.

Dec 2008 - Sep 2013 Senior Global Professional Services Consultant

Among other tasks:

• Guideline the future and evolution of masterkit’s/Core Builds
• System administration / Monitoring / Inventory
• System life-cycle management and automation (puppet)
• Virtualization platform integration and automation via python api
• Clustering - LiveCD creation for several tasks (bare-metal backup recovery, custom rescue system usage)

Oct 2006 - Nov 2008 Global Professional Services Consultant

Masterkit adaptation to deploy systems, custom software as well as setting up a custom PXE deployment setup with each deployed server, as well as integration with RHN/Satellite and API access Custom script creation to ease day-to-day issues of customer with both servers and POS

Mercadona

Oct 2006 - Jan 2012 Red Hat Dedicated Enterprise Engineer

Provide IT counseling, system administration and consulting services for (among others):

• customization of Masterkits/Core Build for deployment of shops (1300+ shops which sum up 15.000+ systems deployed across the whole country)
• on-site support to help desk
• link between customer and Red Hat support/sales
• deployment of new solutions based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and integration of third-party tools to fit customer needs
• tailoring of OS to retail environment (P.O.S. and server infrastructure) for inventory, management, administration, RPM packaging, configuration management (puppet), system provisioning (cobbler), cutting down on installation sizes and times.
• Automation of process to reduce human intervention and failures in setting up new systems for shops (firmware versions, configuration, etc) - OS Upgrades and evolutions deployed in a unattended and automatic way
• Live CD creation for bare-metal deployment and advanced system restore for disaster recovery

Datacenter:

• Implementation of procedures for future masterkit creation and deployment for new machines as well as:
• Puppet configuration of services / users/ groups / permissions, etc - RPM packaging of needed files for integration into HP’s Service Guard and clustered environment

Ser&Tec

Apr 2004 - Oct 2006 System administrator

Advanced administration in multi-platform environments, mainly under Linux (SLES and RHEL).

Design, dimension and deployment of servers and hardware platforms for integration of CAD/CAM, GIS and mobility: Diputación de Valencia Valencia’s City Hall Local police of Valencia Valencia Port Bilbao Port Entidad para el Control de la Calidad en la Construcción.

Technical support and server configuration for deploying Autodesk Products (AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Map, Mapguide, Civil 3D, etc).

Application deployment on mixed environments (Linux / Microsoft): Mapguide Enterprise Application administration on Linux servers: Web (Apache) E-mail File server (NFS / Samba) Backup Firewall DHCP & DNS

Various

Jul 1997 - Oct 2006 Several companies

Teacher at occupational/continuous formation courses Teaching in several computer-related areas at several companies with customers like: ONCE: National’s blind association Alstom: Train-related industry Oscar Mayer: Meat-related products company

Jun 2006 - Jul 2006 Instituto de Consultoría y Auditoría Training for impaired people in computer-related skills such as word processing, spreadsheets, internet, etc

Jan 2003 - Oct 2003 Organic Chemistry Department at Universitat de València

Creation of two parallel processing clusters to analyze chemical structure stability (OpenMosix and NQS)

1998 - 2002 SUSE Linux AG Translator from English to Spanish since SuSE Linux 5.3 until 8.0 for YaST, SaX, and some marketing and user manuals (apps and configuration)

Community

Sept 2023 - July 2024 Scholar Council

As a member of the Association of Mothers and Fathers (AMPA) act as representative at the School Council, formed by the Director, Secretary, and other teachers and parents to express the problems and issues detects, and provide feedback on proposals from the school as a way to improve the quality and situation of the students.

24 Mar 2024 - AVAST: Asociación Valenciana de Apoyo a las Altas Capacidades (High Capacities Association of Valencia)

Member of the director board of the association, providing advice on different topics of interest for the diffusion of High Capacities and easing the management of the association for the good of their associates.

May 2023 - AVAST: Asociación Valenciana de Apoyo a las Altas Capacidades (High Capacities Association of Valencia)

Collaborate with AVAST, providing technical advice on different topics of interest for the diffusion of High Capacities and easing the management of the association for the good of their associates. Help automation of different administration tasks for easing the access to the association by families in need of support and guidance. Making it easier for parents to enroll kids in the enrichment activities and providing a better experience for the kids.

Sept 2019 - July 2024 AMPA: Association of Parents at School

Collaborate with the Association of Mothers and Fathers at School helping with several tasks that improve the student and parents life at school from both the technical side (management of the communication channel), and collaboration in socialization events.

Education

2012 Project Management in Practice (32h) - Shine Consulting s.r.o

Key tools and techniques (initiation, planning, execution and closing phases) PM’s and Consultants role Effective collaboration within teams Presenting project outcomes to the client.

1993 - Physics - University of Valencia

1998 - 1992 High School - IES Juan de Garay, Valencia

1983 - 1992 General Basic Education - CP Tomás de Villarroya, Valencia

Publications

Nov 18 2022 - [PACKT] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Administration: A comprehensive Linux system administration guide for RHCSA certification exam candidates - Book on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Administration: A comprehensive Linux system administration guide for RHCSA certification exam candidates to cover the knowledge required to pass the RHCSA Certification Exam

Nov 11 2021 - [PACKT] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Administration: Master Linux administration skills and prepare for the RHCSA certification exam - Book on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Administration: Master Linux administration skills and prepare for the RHCSA certification exam to cover the knowledge required to pass the RHCSA Certification Exam

Projects

Jan 2019 - Blog-o-Matic - Develop and maintain automation process for automating creation of websites with pelican, Elegant and required plugins to provide a ‘canned’ approach to getting a new full-featured website with little setup process.

Dec 2018 - Elegant - Collaborate in Pelican-Elegant project for providing a full featured theme for pelican website creation.

Jun 2017 - Risu - Develop and maintain RISU framework and plugins. RISU is a framework to help with system configuration validation on either live system or any sort of snapshot of the filesystem. Via execution of ‘plugins’ it reports status on each one execution against the system that gives you an idea on health status, actual problems or problems that will reveal themselves if no preventive action is taken. https://risuorg.github.io and https://github.com/risuorg/

Jun 2015 - @redken_bot - Telegram API Karma bot with extra features. Allows accounting for karma, quotes, some stats, etc. Project available at https://t.me/redken_bot.

1993- H.Astronomical Burjassot Association - Founding member of the University astronomical association

1993- LinUV - Member of the FOSS group and participant in several yearly events on FOSS knowledge sharing

1988-1992 La escalera horizontal - Participant in the High School magazine