O S O MBjarni Kristján LeifssonBUILD›DEPLOY›IMPACT

ABOUT

Build. Ship. Operate. Lead.

I'm Bjarni Kristján Leifsson. I work where Software Engineering meets Infrastructure and Operations — owning DevOps, platform reliability and IT operations, and the vendor, cost and documentation work that comes with them. My best work is structural: find the risk early, turn it into something practical, and follow it through to completion.

  • PEOPLE
  • IDEAS
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • A BRIGHTER TOMORROW
10+
Years in tech

Since 2015

5
Awards & grants

2016 – 2020

3
Degrees & diplomas

MSc · BSc · Tallinn

2
Countries

Iceland & Estonia

Key Skills

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CC++C#JavaPythonMATLABJavaScriptTypeScriptASP.NET.NET CoreNode.jsReactAngularSQLMySQLPostgreSQLPostGISMongoDBInfluxDBSQLiteGitLabGitJiraPuppetConfluenceDockerVMwareScrumAgileUnixLinuxWindowsManagementStrategic thinkingProblem solvingTechnical project managementVendor & procurementOperationsOptimizationInnovationFinanceTechnology
Bjarni combines deep technical capability with operational responsibility and strategic thinking.
Jón Friðrik SigurðarsonDirector of Software, DTE ehf

Professional Journey

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  1. DTEIT & DevOps Lead

    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Owned DevOps, infrastructure and IT operations while improving platform reliability, CI/CD, development workflows and deployment processes. Also managed infrastructure vendors, purchasing and billing oversight — combining engineering responsibility with operational and cost awareness.

    • Platform reliability
    • CI/CD pipelines
    • Deployment processes
    • Vendor & purchasing
    • Billing oversight
    • Technical documentation
  2. DTEIT & DevOps

    Reykjavík, Iceland

    DevOps pipelines, monitoring and IT operations.

  3. DTEIT Support Specialist

    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Technical support and troubleshooting across systems and users.

  4. Private researchBlockchain Research

    Kópavogur, Iceland

    Exploring Web3, cryptocurrency and blockchain.

  5. Icelandic Meteorological OfficeInformation Technology Specialist

    Reykjavík, Iceland

    DevOps, specialized systems, supervision and technical project management.

    • DevOps
    • Specialized systems
    • Supervisor
    • Technical project management
  6. Reykjavík UniversityTeaching Assistant / Instructor / Supervisor

    Reykjavík, Iceland

    Assignments and labs, student support, grading and exam assistance across seven courses.

    • T-409-TSAM Computer Networks
    • T-201-GSKI Data Structures
    • T-114-VERK Problem Solving
    • T-111-PROG Programming
    • T-120-VLN1 Semester Project 1
    • T-220-VLN2 Semester Project 2
    • T-631-SOE2 Software Engineering II

Beyond the systems

  • Innovation

    The reason the site is called OSOM. New ideas are the part of this work I'd do for free.

  • Finance & markets

    How value actually gets created — and what keeps a business standing once it has.

  • Health & the human body

    The most elegant system I know of, and the one I understand best outside software.

  • The future

    Not predicting it. Improving the odds that the next version is better than this one.

  • Photography

    Looking harder at ordinary things. Same instinct as debugging, pointed somewhere kinder.

  • Exploring

    New places, new problems, new tools. Curiosity is most of the job anyway.

  • Flying

    Aviation on the ground and in the air — some of it turned into work.

  • Nature

    Iceland does most of the convincing on this one.

  • Encouraging people

    Getting people moving and believing it's possible is the best part of leading anything.

Education

  • MSc Software Engineering
    Reykjavík University

    Thesis: Planning Support System for User Experience Evaluation.

  • Experimental Interaction Design
    Tallinn University, Estonia

    Credential ID IFC0005.

  • BSc Software Engineering
    Reykjavík University
  • BSc Engineering Management
    Reykjavík University

    Switched to Software Engineering — five courses remaining.

  • Personal Trainer
    World Class
  • Preliminary Studies
    Reykjavík University

Awards & Recognition

  • Icelandic Student Innovation Fund grant
    Rannís

    Nominated for the President of Iceland Innovation Award 2020 as an excellence project — TREMV.

  • Hack the North — Winner
    University of Waterloo

    Scholarship, September 2017. Winning project: Vera.

  • Nordplus scholarship
    Tallinn University

    August 2017.

  • Dean's Selection scholarship
    Reykjavík University

    June 2017.

  • AngularConnect scholarship
    Angular conference

    September 2016.

Volunteering

  • Co-Founder and Chair, RUMPS
    Reykjavík University Master & PhD Students' Union

    Founded the organisation and served as liaison between administration and students — events, orientation talks, fundraising, and setting up a graduate lounge and IoT / gadget lab.

  • Advisor
    Frumbjörg Entrepreneur Center

    Entrepreneur centre focused on welfare and healthcare innovation, with emphasis on disabled people.

  • Student Volunteer
    MMM Conference

    International conference on multimedia modelling technologies and applications.

  • Student Representative
    Preliminary Studies Council, Reykjavík University

    Monthly council meetings relaying student perspective on the programme.

Courses & Certifications

  • 21st Century Skills
    SHJ Ráðgjöf ehf
  • Experimental Interaction Design
    Tallinn University

    Credential ID IFC0005.

Same guy.More ideas.Bigger impact.