The Blog of Nitin J Mutkawoa, AKA @TheTunnelix

My name is Jaykishan Mutkawoa, though everyone knows me by Nitin. This blog is simply about my passion for Linux and Open source software though sometimes, I feel to blog about Space explorations or any interesting stuff that I came across. I have been participating in Open source and Linux meetups since years back. I used to live in Mauritius, a little island in the Indian Ocean. In October 2019, I immigrated to the United States of America and is now embarking in a new journey. I am also a member of cyberstorm.mu and participate heavily in IETF hackathons.

I believed in collaborative work such as the IETF hackathons which I have been participating since 2015. I represented Mauritians at the IETF – Internet Engineering Task Force 102 Montreal Canada hackathon remotely from Mauritius. I was also invited by the ISOC – Internet Society to be a facilitator at the AIS – African Internet Summit 2018 Hackathon which took place in Dakar, Senegal. I was one of the facilitators for the NTP – Network Time Protocol hackathon.

Besides, I am extremely curious about Space explorations and exo-planetary research such as Kepler projects. When it comes to the multiverse theory, I can’t stop thinking about it. Science, Psychology or even Neuroscience are the topics that I like to adventure around. I’m not good at Art and Painting, but will surely try that in the future.

That’s me at a Toastmaster’s conference 🙂

My Track

2005 – I joined the Mauritius Police force and resigned in 2013. I should admit those days Linux was mostly for funs.

2008 – I have joined BCS, the chartered institute for IT. My project was made on a Criminal Database Tracking System. You can view the Project Abstract here.

2012 – I have been participating in several Linux activities since 2012. Some links are available here on the Linux User Group of Mauritius – LUGM website.

2013 – I joined the OpenSUSE advocate program to promote OpenSUSE operating system to beginners as well as professionals. You can also view the profile on the OpenSUSE official page.

2013 – 2015 Have been participating (Article appeared in Business Mag) in the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship community meetups. Many activities were carried out together with the Linux User Group of Mauritius.

2014 – 2017 Joined Linkbynet Indian Ocean, an amazing IT Service and outsourcing company hosting thousands on servers in the cloud. I was a Linux and Application System Administrator. We need to provide a quality of service to customers, engage in many technologies and improve the automation methodologies to ensure client needs. I was exposed to several technologies in the cloud environment (Saas, Paas, Haas, etc..).

2015 – 2018 Joined the Hackers Mauritius which is a revolutionary and powerful team to start getting deeper into the world of Open source and Linux core. I left the hackersDOTmu in September 2018 as I wish to have a new identity in the open-source world with new innovation and a new vision.

2017 – 2019 Became an Associate Member of the British Computer Society (AMBCS). I was allowed using the title AMBCS just after my name. In July 2017, I became a certified VMware Certified Associate and in December 2017, I became a certified VMware Certified Professional.

2017 – 2018 – Joined Orange Business Service as Level 2 Cloud Specialist – I provided cloud services. All main tasks revolve around virtualization and networking and Linux server administration. 

2018 – 2019 – On September 2018, I was promoted to DevOps Engineer at Orange Business Services – My main tasks were about automating infrastructure and the cloud environment. I’m exposed to several tools and are heavily involved in Ansible, Bash,  Python and several automation tools. In July 2019, I resigned at Orange Business Services and is now planning to embark on a new journey.

2018 – In September 2018, I with a team started a group called cyberstorm.mu. Our aim is to go further and beyond in tech and hacking. cyberstorm.mu is now active to protect the Internet. More commits and pull requests are sent.

2019 – In August 2019, I immigrated to the United States of America. As a holder of permanent resident visa, I am considering several job opportunities and are open for a job in the tech industry whether it is DevOps, Linux system administrator or System Engineer.

2019 – In October 2019, I joined West Highland Support Services Inc as Linux Administrator. West Highland Support Services, LLC is the leading international market data support services firm dedicated to providing system architecture/design, remote monitoring and support solutions to the financial community. West Highland’s mission is to optimize our clients’ market data environment by offering efficient and effective solutions resulting in overall savings.

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