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Jacob Coffee

[email protected]
https://scriptr.dev
Birmingham, AL, , US
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Summary

Infrastructure Engineer at the Python Software Foundation, maintaining critical Python ecosystem services

Work Experience

  • Infrastructure Engineer
    2024 - Present
    Python Software Foundation
  • Senior Linux Systems Administrator
    2022 - 2024
    O'Reilly Auto Parts
    • Managed petabyte-scale storage systems and computational infrastructure, ensuring seamless operations
    • Enhanced system reliability and efficiency through maintenance of distributed systems using Ansible and Terraform
    • Supported Ubuntu/RHEL servers with VMware, Containers, and IaC, optimizing server performance
    • Introduced code reviews, pull requests, code formatting, linting, and testing to users
  • IT Specialist
    2018 - 2022
    Labcorp
    • Automated routine tasks with Python, Powershell, and Ansible, reducing downtime and increasing efficiency
    • Instituted new Active Directory GPO structure to facilitate automation
    • Managed networks using Cisco ISE, Infoblox IPAM, Velocloud Orchestrator, and Meraki dashboard

Skills

Languages

  • Python
  • Bash
  • Java
  • Powershell
  • Typescript
  • SQL

Frameworks

  • Litestar
  • Django
  • Flask
  • FastAPI
  • Jinja2
  • OAuth
  • PostgreSQL
  • TailwindCSS
  • Bootstrap
  • SQLAlchemy

Tools

  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Git
  • Docker
  • LXD/LXC
  • NGINX
  • Ansible
  • Azure
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Zabbix
  • OpenTelemetry

Operating Systems

  • Windows Server (2012-2022)
  • Ubuntu Server
  • Red Hat Server (RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux)

Software

  • VMWare vSphere
  • ESXi
  • Proxmox
  • Hyper-V
  • GPO
  • ServiceNow
  • SCCM
  • Citrix

Currently Learning

  • Rancher (Harvester
  • k3s)
  • Jenkins
  • Rust

Presentations

Portfolio

  • Internal Apps
    2022
    Project

    Highly-available APIs for 1000+ users. Architected and deployed a highly available internal store API and corresponding frontend Developed ChatOps interfaces and automation to reduce user friction Deployed load balancing and versioned multi-container deployments for application resiliency

  • Homelab
    2018
    Project

    vSphere, Active Directory, Linux, Docker, Azure. Engineered systems around hardware constraints in an 8 node cluster Implemented Docker containerization with source-controlled configuration deployed with GitOps Built complex networks with VLANs for service segmentation, multi-user VPN, and IDS/IPS services

  • Order Management System
    2022
    Project

    Web app for pathologists’ test ordering. Deployed a multi-environment Flask web app with Docker, LDAP, OAuth authentication, and tiered permissions Engineered scalable deployment with NGINX, Gunicorn, and Docker Developing a reporting dashboard for national teams

  • Litestar
    2023
    Opensource

    Maintainer - Asynchronous Python Framework for building APIs and Web Apps. Contribute to the codebase for Litestar, ensuring its performance and capabilities Managed complex CI pipelines, including testing, linting, and deployment Collaborate on project roadmap and features, and maintain related projects like Polyfactory Provide assistance and guidance within the project’s community Steered Litestar organization projects, roadmap, and vision Maintained priorities and relationships with user and business sponsors Managed the project’s community, including contributors, users, and sponsors

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  • Jolt Organization
    2023
    Opensource

    Maintainer - Powerful utilities for Python. Split off popular internals from the Litestar organization projects to provide them en masse Maintained projects including a SQLAlchemy companion library, Python runtime type introspection utility library, and more

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