Moders technologies more and more rely on Linux based solutions. It certanly became fundamental for all modern cloud technologies and for solutions for automatic systems deployment and provisioning. The demand for IT professionals who have experience in designing and implementing solutions based on Linux is extremely high, and one of the key requirements is writting scripts in BASH command shell (Bourne Again SHell).
This competition is aimed at assessing expertise in BASH programming.
The target audience
Target audience:
- Expers in automation
- IT professionals
- DevOps specialists
- Lead IT developers
The competition is designed for IT professionals with more then 5 years of experience in the field, who have to use BASH in their daily activities to solve complex and various tasks.
According to the regulations, the following participants have been selected among those who had submitted applications for participations in prescribed time.
Refereeing Commission
The results of the participants will be evaluated by the Refereeing Commission which includes the world’s leading experts in the field of Linux-solutions. The selection was carried out according to the following criteria:
- More then 8 years of experience in the subject area
- Experience in implementing international projects
- Project management experience
- Experience in mentoring other experts in various subject areas
- Previous refereeing experience
- Presents of one or more internationally recognized expert certifications in the subject area
- Based on the above criteria Refereeing Commission was selected as follows:
| Name | Short resume | Certification |
| Vitaly Nesterov | Network architect and IT expert who has more than 10 years of experience in IT. He has specializations in the design and operation of Data Center and Service Provider networks. Also, he holds expert and professional certifications from RedHat,Cisco and Huawei | RHCE,CCNP-RS,CCNP-SP,HCIE |
| Alexander Utkin | An IT professional in Red Hat and open-source technologies with more than 10 years of experience. Security and automation specialist,consultant in cloud and container solutions. Red Hat Certified Architect and a big Linux fan | RHCA in Infrastructure |
| Sergei Kazantsev | IT expert over 7 years of experience in top International companies. He has a lot of experience in designing, implementing and automating modern networks. Specializes in SDN, automation and network deployment Sergei has expert and professional level certifications. | JNCIE-SP, JNCIP-DC, JNCIP-ENT, JNCDS-DC, CCNP-RS, HCNP-RS, RHCA |
| Alexandr Vishniakov | Team Leader, Mentor and Lead System Architect with 10 years experience in cloud, containers. Fully certified expert in IBM Power and RedHat Technologies | RHCA Level V, IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert |
| Sergey Bulavintsev | IT expert with more then 12 years of experience. His focus is on Linux, Automation, IaaS, PaaS and SaaS cloud models. Sergey holds one of top Red Hat certification. | RHCA, RHCE, SCA15, SCA12 |
Competition regulations
Pre-registration is required to participate in the contest.
Applications are accepted on the official website of the competition https://bash-contest-2019.pro/en starting from the 29th of March 2019 and continues until midnight on the 12th of April 2019. Moscow time.
The contest opens on April 13th 2019 at 09: 00. At this time list of tasks becomes available on the contest website https://bash-contest-2019.pro/en together with forms for results upload. The competition finishes on April 14th 2019 at 21:00. No results are accepted after this time.
The participants must solve the given tasks using BASH. The solutions should be uploaded in format of a txt file in the field below each task. Two-stage analysis process of the uploaded solutions starts right after the end of the contest.
At the first stage, the automatic system discards solutions that do not match the expected results.
At the second stage the Refereeing Commission evaluates the decisions according to the following criteria:
- Simplicity of the solution
- Efficiency (speed of operation)
- Originality
- Usage of external utilities (solutions with builtin BASH utilities will be rated higher)