Kim Hawkins

Born in the multicultural city of Liverpool, Kim has a background in Classics and Ancient Narrative Literature. After several years in the healthcare industry where she developed her technical, interpersonal and communication skills, Kim formally moved into the sysadmin world in 2016. Initially fulfilling a part time role in between formal training, she provided holiday cover for other Sirius support staff. In 2019 Kim became a full time member of the technical support team as an engineer on the busy daytime shift.

Kim enjoys working with the varied customers that Sirius supports. She also thoroughly enjoys learning and is brushing up her Linux skills, as well as taking steps into the worlds of PostgreSQL, Docker and Kubernetes.

Outside of work, she is a co-parent to four children, and likes to spend time having fun with them. Outside of parenthood she most likes to read, go for walks, play games, listen to music, and get immersed in the world of Japanese anime. She also occasionally runs around in a field pretending to be a fictional character in live-action role-playing game Blood Red Roses. When she's not at home, you'll find her at various geeky conventions.

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