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Hi, I am Dustin

Dustin Lee

Linux Engineer at Services Australia (via Palisades Australia)

Experienced Linux Infrastructure and Systems Engineer with over 25 years in IT, spanning Unix/Linux system engineering, cloud platforms, networking, and telecommunications. Currently providing Linux engineering services for federal government clients and operating blockchain infrastructure through FTSO Express. Skilled in automation, infrastructure as code, and enterprise system administration. Currently making the transition into AI.

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Skills

Experiences

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Services Australia (via Palisades Australia)

Jul 2024 - Present

Yeppoon, QLD

Payroll and recruitment via Palisades Australia.

Linux Engineer

Jul 2024 - Present

Responsibilities:
  • Linux Engineer at Services Australia

KPMG (via Palisades Australia)

Nov 2022 - Jul 2024

Canberra, ACT

Providing Linux engineering services to Defence.

Linux Engineer

Nov 2022 - Jul 2024

Responsibilities:
  • Contracted to KPMG providing Linux engineering services to Defence
  • Working with Azure DevOps Server, Terraform, Ansible, Red Hat Linux, and Microsoft Azure
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3
FTSO Express

Sep 2021 - Present

Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia

Providing infrastructure services to the Flare and Songbird Blockchain Networks.

Founder

Sep 2021 - Present

Responsibilities:
  • Providing infrastructure services to the Flare and Songbird Blockchain Networks
  • Operating as a Time Series Oracle Provider and Validator
  • Building with Docker, Python, Blockchain, Linux and EVM/RPC Protocols

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Mar 2022 - Nov 2022

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Global technology company.

HPC System Engineer

Mar 2022 - Nov 2022

Responsibilities:
  • System Engineer on HPC Platform for Federal Government Client
  • Working with High Performance Computing (HPC) Cray XC-50 and Elastic Stack (ELK)
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5

Canberra, ACT

Via Effective People Pty Ltd (Nov 2019 – Jun 2020), then Compas (Jul 2020 – Dec 2021).

System Administrator

Nov 2019 - Dec 2021

Responsibilities:
  • System Administrator on Cyber.gov.au Project Team (AWS)
  • Utilising automation technologies Ansible and Terraform
  • Salesforce Administrator and MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Red Hat Asia Pacific

Jan 2019 - Nov 2019

Canberra, Australia

Open source enterprise software.

Consultant

Jan 2019 - Nov 2019

Responsibilities:
  • Consulting on Ansible and Red Hat Linux solutions
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Raytheon

Oct 2012 - Dec 2018

Northern Territory, Australia

Defence and aerospace technology.

Disaster Recovery Technologist

Jun 2016 - Dec 2018

Responsibilities:
  • Disaster recovery technology and planning
Multiple Discipline Engineer

Oct 2012 - Jun 2016

Responsibilities:
  • Multi-discipline engineering across various systems

Ergon Energy

May 1998 - Nov 2012

Rockhampton, Australia

Queensland electricity distribution company.

Telecommunications Specialist

Nov 2010 - Nov 2012

Responsibilities:
  • Cisco routing, networking, and Solaris administration
  • Telecommunications systems, MPLS, and Metro Ethernet
  • Micromuse Netcool and IBM Tivoli management
Network Systems Technician

Apr 2004 - Nov 2010

Responsibilities:
  • Cisco Metro Ethernet Network Technician
  • NMS and OSS Administrator
  • Netcool Omnibus and Associated Products (ISM)
  • SNMP related products
  • Solaris Administrator (Junior)
Communications Analyst

May 1998 - Mar 2004

Responsibilities:
  • Business PABX Admin (Ericsson MD110)
  • Call Centre PABX Support (Avaya)
  • Network Data support
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Education

Bachelor of Information Technology and Communications

Projects

Yabby.bot
Solo Developer / Founder 2025 - Present

Agentic AI platform built with Gleam on the Erlang BEAM VM, leveraging Claude Code and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Developing autonomous AI agents for infrastructure management, code generation, and workflow automation.

TurfOps.run
Solo Developer / Founder 2025 - Present

Horse racing analytics and betting research platform. Aggregates race data from multiple sources, runs probability models (XGBoost ML) and betting strategies, with backtesting against historical Betfair BSP data. Built with Python (FastAPI), Vue 3, PostgreSQL, and MCP integrations.

FTSO Express
Founder Sep 2021 - Present

Infrastructure services for the Flare and Songbird Blockchain Networks. Operating as a Time Series Oracle Provider and Validator.

Personal Sites
Owner 2024 - Present

Personal portfolio and resume sites on Cloudflare Pages, managed with Hugo and Terraform.