March 2024 - KCLUG

Wed April 3rd Meeting - JoCo Central Library
by Chris Bier 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

I setup our next meeting: Johnson County Central Library Room 20 Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

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March 19th - Northland Meeting
by Chris Bier 23 Mar '24

23 Mar '24

Hi All, I went and scheduled a room at the MCPL Woodneath Library Center - Crouch Room for March 19th at 6:30pm. This is on the KC side of Liberty. 8900 NE Flintlock Road Kansas City, MO 64157 Open to suggestions for other times or locations. Thanks, Chris

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LVM Auto-Grow
by Billy Croan 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

I had a filesystem fill up and kill a job that I rather didn't want killed last night. I couldn't find a program to automatically grow lvm-hosted filesystems if I don't notice they're filling up and do something about it. So I wrote a terrifyingly abhorrent bash script this morning to do it. Next meeting I'm at, remind me and I'll show it off in all its terror, and maybe someone can convince me there's a better way, or point directly to the program I should have found before writing my own. And maybe, just extending this offer, will push me to finish cleaning up the edge cases in my script and properly finish it to avoid the embarrassment of being human in front of other humans.

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BSidesKC Booth
by Chris Bier 13 Mar '24

13 Mar '24

Hi All, We've been invited to have a booth at the next BSidesKC event April 19-20. If you're interested, let me know, and I'll pass it on to our contact. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bsideskc-2024-tickets-837693633207 https://bsideskc.org/

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figured out my intermittent crash I was complaining about at the meeting
by David Nicol 07 Mar '24

07 Mar '24

What was happening was, I was using __PACKAGE__->log instead of $me->log to log when there was a locking problem -- which is of course intermittent and random -- and as the ->log method uses properties of the passed instance variable in determining the name of the file to log to, it failed (as designed.) Score: David's carelessness when hacking late at night: 1 David's prudent use of HCF on minor errors to expose deeper problems: 1 Conclusion: risk mitigation strategy effective. I trust the library got their cable back. I'm curious as to if it got deployed any after I left. --dln -- "Lay off that whiskey, and let that cocaine be!" -- Johnny Cash

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KCLUG Meeting Tonight
by Jonathan Hutchins 07 Mar '24

07 Mar '24

cymor> KCLUG Meeting Tonight 5-8 pm, Johnson County Central Resource Library -- Jonathan

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Fwd: Federal Reserve Bank - Site Reliability Engineer opening (6 month contract)
by Jonathan Hutchins 06 Mar '24

06 Mar '24

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Federal Reserve Bank - Site Reliability Engineer opening (6 month contract) Date: 2024-03-06 10:50 From: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com> To: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com> Hello, Below is the job description for the Site Reliability Engineer opening we have with the Federal Reserve Bank. This is a 6 month contract opening. Please let me know if you know anyone who would be interested in this opening. Site Reliability Engineer Level: Senior * Location: Open * Target Start Date: Immediate * Contract Terms: 6 months * Screening: Treasury High Candidate Must Have's * AWS * Terraform * ECS * Gitlab * Grafana * Prometheus Best regards, Brian Fellers | Lead Professional Recruiter T 913.982.4972 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com 800.318.2074 | F 913.982.5053 7421 W 129th St, Suite #300, Overland Park, KS 66213

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Fwd: Boyd Gaming - Manager Cloud Engineering opening (3 month contract to hire, $60-75/hr)
by Jonathan Hutchins 05 Mar '24

05 Mar '24

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Boyd Gaming - Manager Cloud Engineering opening (3 month contract to hire, $60-75/hr) Date: 2024-03-05 10:13 From: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com> To: "Fellers, Brian" <bfellers(a)teksystems.com> Hello, Below is the job description for the Manager Cloud Engineering opening we have with Boyd Gaming. This is a 3 month contract to hire opening with a pay rate of $60-75/hr. Please let me know if you know anyone who might be interested in this opening. ***Remote work but must be a resident of a state with Boyd Operations present (NV, KS, IA, MO, IL, IN, OH, PA, LA, MS) Top Skills - Must Haves * aws * azure * sdlc * ci/cd * migration * iaas * paas * Cloud * Architecture * Infrastructure * Devops Top Skills' Details 1. Cloud Infrastructure Deployment 2. Experience building and managing platforms in the cloud (Mostly AWS, Some Azure) 3. Experience in end-to-end DevOps SDLC Job Description This position is a hands on manager with an infrastructure background deploying to the cloud as well as managing people. -Promote cloud adoption, technology expertise, and process optimization blueprints for enterprise initiatives to grow the company’s digital footprint -Complete ownership of Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS) deployment -Be hands-on in high level work with the team and provide guidance -Develops and leads a world-class team focused on best-in-class reliability engineering and applications operations methodologies -Right size and optimize cloud infrastructure, balancing performance and cost -Fosters and encourages a culture of clear and precise communication, continuous improvement, and employee engagement -Contribute to IT strategy & roadmap as it pertains to cloud services -Provides both strategic leadership for the organization, as well as hands-on tactical daily leadership -Develops strong working partnerships built on responsiveness and mutual accountability, with leaders inside and outside of the organization -Regularly evaluate cloud applications, designs, monitoring, performance, and security best practices to improve the overall operation and performance of the cloud platforms -Work closely with internal and external business partners to gather requirements, design, and implement solutions, manage technical operations, and triage and resolve operational issues Additional Skills & Qualifications -Must be at least 21 years of age -High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree in a technology science discipline or a comparable level of experience preferred -8 years in a IT leadership role in a large enterprise environment -5+ years building and managing platforms in the cloud (AWS/Azure) -Strong experience in end-to-end DevOps SDLC (configuration mgmt, continuous integration, continuous delivery, release engineering, provisioning) -Experience crafting and developing cloud and hybrid solutions, translating business requirements into scalable, flexible, and secure cloud architectures -Solid experience of containers and container management platform (Docker, Kubernetes) -Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Jenkins, TravisCI, Gitlab CI, or equivalent -Familiarity with logging and monitoring tools (Logz.io [1], Cloud Watch, Splunk, DynaTrace, New Relic, AppDynamics, etc.) -Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as TerraForm, CloudFormation, or equivalent -Experience migrating both custom built and enterprise apps to from on-prem to cloud -Must have good communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills. Must be able to obtain any necessary certifications and/or multi-jurisdictional regulatory licensing required for IT staff. Other duties as assigned Best regards, Brian Fellers | Lead Professional Recruiter T 913.982.4972 | M 785.250.7060 | bfellers(a)TEKsystems.com 800.318.2074 | F 913.982.5053 7421 W 129th St, Suite #300, Overland Park, KS 66213

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Open Democracy
by Chris Bier 05 Mar '24

05 Mar '24

I was listening to this EFF podcast about using technology to help democracy be more open and wondering if there were any projects in MO and KS. Does anyone know of any? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/podcast-episode-open-source-beats-aut…

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Reminder: johnson county meeting wednesday
by David Nicol 04 Mar '24

04 Mar '24

5-8 pm, Johnson County Central Resource Library 9875 W 87th St Overland Park, KS 66212 -- "Lay off that whiskey, and let that cocaine be!" -- Johnny Cash

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