#systemsengineering

#Fedihired

I'm still looking. I'm still at the #VA but I've lost: 2 data engineers, 1 system engineer, 1 cybersecurity engineer, my contracting manager (last friday, no notice) and our director just announced retirement.

I've been applying everywhere for relevant roles. Even in 2021, I had a reply response of around 20:1 . Now, ive put in probably 200. I've got nothing. (well, thats not true. weapons manufacture keeps pinging. no way no how)

Im looking for #cloud #systemsengineering #sitereliabilityengineering #cybersecurity #systemarchitect

DM and I'd be happy to send my resume or apply at a role you suggest.

Aside: stuff like this is why I think I'm in this situation. Basically, fake/AI resumes are drowning the market. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/fake-job-seekers-use-ai-to-interview-for-remote-jobs-tech-ceos-say.html

I saw this on HN this morning. And it seems terrible for everyone affected, well, except for the fake/AI users with batch apply scripts. Also explains LinkedIN jobs "submitted 1h ago, over 100 applied". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43631384

Anyone looking for a native english speaking #RemoteWorker with 20 years experience in #SysAdmin #SystemsEngineering #Infrastructure #Hardware #Technology #DigitalMedia #VideoEditing?

#GetFediHired

Oooollama & Open-WebUI

02:09, early morning administrative blah
03:22, begin ai/ml service upgrades for angel startup
05:10, conclude upgrades and documentation
05:28, stop writing this post, prepare for a nap

In those two hours I've upgraded Ollama and validated its 48 installed large-language models, upgraded Open-WebUI from v0.3.12 to v0.5.18, fixed some Fedora service concerns, upgraded various Python reqs, and completed a well rounded process document suitable for an "an admin who is not me" to handle those tasks and procedures in the future. That person would need to be able to execute the tasks without having the "often taken for granted decades of experience" which I bring to the terminal every day and night.

The documentation required 60% of that time, as expected, while the rest had been prior-scripted back when I handled the initial setup, and some troubleshooting was "cognitively automated" in real-time. Ansible stuff will be handled later as needed for fleet automation.

What's different about this process vs how things are handled at certain corporate environments where I've worked?

The biggest difference is simply that I am able to use my preferred tools and workflows without concerns of micro-management or low-grade low-brow expectations based on fratboy-code/bro rahrahrah notions of "male perspective" teamwork. It's a simple task, it doesn't need to be done at the office, it doesn't need a minor committee to consider who can talk the loudest in the conference room; it's just simple systems engineering.

That's it, it's that simple, and it's feasible by "letting me do my job", instead of trying to fit everyone, regardless of age / gender / experience, into that ages-old and flawed 'barrel of garbage' set of expectations.

It's unfortunate that my decades of experience also are informed by the un-fun nonsense aforementioned and so much else, but such is life when one is nearly always the only woman in a vast muddied sea of male engineers; especially when it's not only at one org or corp, but nearly every single one, very nearly.

There are real differences communication and problem solving and other interpersonal aspects across gender types; we are not all the same. Yet, "she's cold", "she's 'difficult' to work with", "she isn't a team player", and the usual other drivel levied upon women remains a thing in the workplace. Some men understand this, and I am certainly thankful for their presence in my life.

#ai #gpu #ollama #engineering #techbros #systemsengineering #womenInTech #womenInSTEM #thisIsNotMisandry

#systemsthinking
#systemsdynamics
#systemsengineering
#emergence
#complexity

@systemsthinking

AI Assisted MBSE with SysML: An Integrated Systems/Software Approach https://leanpub.com/aim by Doug Rosenberg, Tim Weilkiens, and Brian Moberley is the featured book on the Leanpub homepage! https://leanpub.com #SystemsEngineering #ai #books #ebooks

The book highlights the significance of software in systems engineering and uses AI as a subject matter expert.

Find it on Leanpub!

#systemsthinking
@systemsthinking #systemsengineering

Webinario sobre Desafíos en Ingeniería de Sistemas en INCOSE LatAm

Como había anunciado en LinkedIn, el pasado 21 de enero di un webinario sobre los desafíos de ingeniería en general, y de ingeniería de sistemas en particular, en la Actualización de Sensibilidad de Banda Ancha (Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade) para ALMA que me ocupa como Ingeniero de Sistemas de Desarrollo de ALMA.

El webinario se transmitió a través de Zoom, y ahora por fin los compañeros de INCOSE LatAm han conseguido subirlo al canal INCOSE LatAm de Youtube, y en particular a la lista de reproducción de Webinarios INCOSE LatAm.

Aparte del enlace directo al Webinar 15 en YouTube, he descargado una versión de buena calidad en esta entrada más abajo, así como las transparencias (también disponibles en SpeakerDeck).

#astronomía #charla #ingeniería #ingenieríaDeSistemas #radioAstronomía #systemsEngineering #YouTube

When you’re trying to solve a complex technical problem, look first for solutions that involve subtraction.

Today, a common default response is to solve problems by adding something. It’s a cultural phenomenon. For example, we solve software problems by adding more software.

Slow down. Back to basics. Ponder.

What is this immediate problem a part of, in the larger scheme of things?
What is our real objective?
Are we best served, today, by getting rid of entire ways of doing things that are no longer optimal?

Solutions that involve addition increase complexity.
Solutions that involve addition increase dependencies.
Solutions that involve addition increase the likelihood of system failures and breakdowns.

#CallMeIfYouNeedMe #FIFONetworks

#SystemsEngineering #IT #cybersecurity

This talk by Gentry Lee, of JPL System Engineering and Cosmos and Rama II/Garden of Rama/Rama Revealed fame, uses the 10 personal characteristics of a system engineer to go through the foundations of the discipline... including how do we sleep at night with so many unknowns and things to do!

https://youtu.be/E6U_Ap2bDaE

#SystemsEngineering #NASA #JPL #GentryLee

Whenever someone tells you what AI is going to do, you know they are lying to you because AI is just a software engineering technique. Believe rather people who talk to you about what we should and shouldn't allow people to do with AI.

#AIEthics #systemsEngineering #systemsAI #AIPolicy #digitalGovernance

We're hiring again! In this case, we are looking for another System Engineer to help both with our current operational system, and with tasks related to our Wideband Sensitivity Upgrade (WSU).

Are you a system engineer, or think like one and have the right training and/or experience? Please consider joining us!

In that case, please apply at https://www.comeet.com/jobs/almaobservatory/F5.001/systems-engineer--grade-15/FC.E4E

If you don't identify as our candidate, please share this with others!

#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #AtacamaLargeMillimeterArray #SystemEngineering #SystemsEngineering #SystemEngineer #SystemsEngineer #FediHire #Jobs #Vacancies

so i am going to post a thread of some graphs about the human situation on the planet. some show data, some show concepts. all of them are going to be pretty depressing, so buckle up.

#systems #complexity #emergence #complexsystems #systemsthinking #systemstheory #systemsengineering #systemsinnovation #systemsdynamics #systemsecology #limitstogrowth #overshoot #climatechange #peakoil #collapse #collapseology #sustainability #resilience #postdoom

#systems folks also failed humanity.

#systemsdynamics is everywhere. #management, #computerscience, #systemsengineering

only place where it is nowhere to be found is main street, where #complexity is actually killing ppl while depriving them of any understanding of what is even happening to them.

they will not visit elitist-ass webinars or read expensive-ass papers, they will benefit in no way from ivory-tower-ass intellectual sophistry about how everything is just someone else's concept.

In his #eurorust24 recorded talk, @ciura_victor, seasoned engineer at Microsoft , shares the journey of integrating Rust into major projects, from rewriting legacy components to meeting strict safety and performance goals. Discover how Rust is transforming systems, why interoperability with C++ remains key, and what Microsoft’s approach reveals about Rust’s role in shaping secure and efficient software.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiG5-LzIQ54

#rustlang #systemsengineering #microsoft

In retrospect, it was interesting to hear Google's efforts to educate German business and government into using their generative tools. Are they just trying to become a consultancy, a necessary component of business & government, or are they also still trying to gather information? How can they work to assure us they only build, not coopt, our intelligence? #transparency is a problem for tech companies and governments both. #AIAct #google #digitalgovernance #systemsAI #systemsEngineering #devops

Quoting the post to add relevant hashtags:

#ALMA #AtacamaLargeMillimeterArray #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #ATAC #AdvancedTechnologyALMACorrelator #WSU #WidebandSensitivityUpgrade #SystemsEngineering #PreliminaryDesignReview #PDR
https://astrodon.social/@juandesant/113086158589076714

Super interesting, but this is still something I expect the OS to guard against? Of course C, its compiler CC and unix were all designed together, but maybe that’s as it should be for anything with this kind of memory access? #microsoft #crowdstrike #devops #systemsengineering #digitalGovernance #aiethics https://pony.social/@thephd/112818744298401332

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Fortunately, the Joint ALMA Observatory (and the ALMA Partnership) is not a monoculture, so not all computers run Windows, but macOS and Linux as well. Still learning if some Windows computers for some control systems might be at risk in our observatories, and maybe other observatories…

#ALMA #ALMAObservatory #CrowdStrike #SystemResilience #SystemsEngineering

Resilient versus brittle systems:

7.4 Mw earthquake just in the vicinity of the ALMA Observatory: after a small initial scare, things keep working as normal (we might need to look at our hydrogen maser, though).

Single software update from a vendor that we don't contract: affects our email and messaging provider (Microsoft 365), degrades the operation of the entire observatory.

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#ALMA #ALMAObservatory #CrowdStrike #SystemResilience #SystemsEngineering

Today is my second year anniversary since I joined the Joint ALMA Observatory as JAO Development System Engineer! Can't believe how quickly time flies… and we've done an extraordinary amount of work in these 2 years!

The cyberattack sadly also affected our newsletter archive, so I cannot point to the nice entry that they published just one month after I joined.

#ALMA #ALMAObservatory #AtacamaLargeMillimeterArray #AtacamaLargeMillimeterSubmillimeterArray #JobAnniversary #SystemsEngineering