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Linux Consultant  ·  Seattle, WA

Linux for Gaming
& Streaming

Specialty Gaming / Streaming / Kernel
Rate $40/hr — Free intro call
Stack Linux · OBS · PipeWire · Rust
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INTERNAL TOOLING

DOKPLOY SELF-SERVICE

Docker / Bash / CI/CD

Democratizing script deployment for IT teams. A containerized platform reducing version drift and deployment time by 50%.

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01
BROADCAST RELIABILITY

OBS WATCHDOG

Python / WebSockets / AsyncIO

Real-time telemetry dashboard for distributed broadcast nodes. Reduced incident detection time by 60%.

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02
DISASTER RECOVERY

NAS AUTOMATION

RHEL / ZFS / rclone

Automated, encrypted offsite redundancy for 10TB+ of critical research data. Saved $2,000/month in cloud costs.

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03
ASSET MANAGEMENT

ASSET FIDELITY

SNIPE-IT / LDAP / SSO

Tracking 500+ assets with barcode scanning and JumpCloud SSO. Audits reduced from days to hours.

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Expert Linux consulting for gamers and streamers — distro migration to full streaming pipelines, backed by years of real sysadmin experience.

$40/HR — FREE 30-MIN INTRO CALL

Five steps from first contact to a fully working Linux setup — no fluff, no upsells.

01
Intro Call
Free 30 minutes. No commitment.
02
Diagnosis
Deep audit of your current setup.
03
Plan & Scope
Written plan with clear deliverables.
04
Implementation
Live session or async — your call.
05
Handoff
Docs, configs, and you're self-sufficient.
Step 01 · No Cost

The Free
Intro Call

Thirty minutes, no agenda, no sales pitch. You tell me what's broken, what's annoying, or what you're trying to build — and I tell you honestly whether I can help and what it would look like.

30 minutes via Discord, Google Meet, or phone
Bring your specs, distro, and a list of pain points
Walk away with a clear picture of next steps — even if we don't work together
Step 02 · $40/hr

Deep System
Diagnosis

Before writing a single config file, I need to understand your full stack. Hardware, kernel, drivers, audio routing, game compatibility, OBS pipeline — whatever's in scope, I audit it systematically.

Remote session via SSH or screen share — you stay in control
Hardware specs, driver state, kernel version, running services
Identifies conflicts before they become hours of debugging
Step 03 · Async

Plan &
Scope

You get a written document — not a vague quote, an actual plan. What I'll do, in what order, how long it should take, and what the outcome looks like. If the scope changes, we talk about it before I bill it.

Ordered list of tasks with time estimates
Explicit list of what's out of scope (no surprise additions)
Your approval required before anything starts
Step 04 · $40/hr

Live
Implementation

This is where the actual work happens. We run a remote session, I make changes live while narrating what I'm doing and why — so you understand your own system better when we're done. Or if you prefer, I work async and send you a full diff of everything changed.

Live sessions billed by the hour, rounded down to 15-min intervals
You stay present and ask questions — this isn't a black box
Changes tested before the session ends
Step 05 · Included

Clean
Handoff

Every engagement ends with documentation — configs saved to a git repo or shared folder, a plain-English runbook for the most likely things that might break, and a clear line back to me if you ever need follow-up work.

All config files versioned and annotated with comments
Runbook: "if X breaks, do Y" written for your skill level
30-day follow-up window for questions — no charge
2023 – NOW

Linux AV/IT Administrator

User Research International Full-time · 2 yrs 7 mos [ DETAILS + ]
KIRKLAND, WA
  • Architected rclone backup workflows via systemd timers — cut cloud storage costs by $2,000/month.
  • Engineered custom WebUI integrating Vimeo and Zoom APIs on Linux-based Dokploy infrastructure.
  • Deployed XCP-ng virtualization hosting Ubuntu and Windows 11 environments for research operations.
  • Implemented Snipe-IT on self-hosted Linux with JumpCloud LDAP/SSO integration.
  • Built real-time WebSocket monitoring dashboard (Python) for OBS livestreams — reduced incident detection by 60%.
  • Built AI vision-powered onboarding tool dropping hardware setup time from 10 minutes to 30 seconds.
2022 – 2023

IT Generalist & Linux A/V Coordinator

Blink Full-time · 10 mos [ DETAILS + ]
SEATTLE, WA
  • Managed 500+ device inventory with Snipe-IT (self-hosted Linux) and JumpCloud.
  • Configured Linux recording environments with NDI cameras and OBS Studio; trained moderators on workflows.
  • Diagnosed issues across Linux, macOS, and Windows endpoints with focus on driver configuration.
2019 – 2020

Linux Jira System Administrator

Frontier Communications Contract · 10 mos [ DETAILS + ]
EVERETT, WA
  • Administered Jira on RHEL Linux, tuning JVM and PostgreSQL for 200+ concurrent users.
  • Automated routine maintenance with Bash scripts and cron jobs on Linux host servers.
2016 – 2019

Linux Infrastructure Specialist

HealthSparq Full-time · 3 yrs 1 mo [ DETAILS + ]
PORTLAND, OR
  • Maintained 99.9%+ uptime for RHEL/CentOS in a HIPAA-compliant healthcare environment.
  • Implemented SSH key management, iptables, SELinux — reduced vulnerability exposure 30%.
  • Provisioned and secured Linux-based AWS EC2 with CloudWatch and kernel-level security modules.
2014 – 2015

Linux Systems Engineer (NOC)

Ask.com Full-time · 1 yr 2 mos [ DETAILS + ]
OAKLAND, CA
  • Managed 500+ RHEL/CentOS servers; monitored with Nagios, Grafana, and custom Bash scripts.
  • Full physical server lifecycle: racking, cabling, PXE boot, VLAN config, documentation.
  • Kernel upgrades and security patching with Ansible across production Linux fleet.

Technical write-ups on Linux infrastructure, virtualization, networking, and the things I break and fix.

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YOUR LINUX
GAMING
EXPERT.

Available at $40/hr
Free 30-minute intro call
john@johnthacher.tech