Daniel Quackenbush
Senior Solutions Architect at River Point Technology
City of Syracuse, New York, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Quackenbush is a Senior Solutions Architect with eight years of experience designing and securing cloud-native workloads, currently based in Syracuse, NY. He blends hands-on infrastructure engineering—building EKS-based ML platforms, migrating backends to ARM, and cutting Edge WAF/CDN costs by 90%—with security-first practices including SOC-2/CIS audits, OPA policies, image scanning, and OIDC. An entrepreneurial technologist and HashiCorp Ambassador, he co-founded Tournament Manager and contributes to high-impact open-source projects such as the Terraform AWS provider and voxpupuli's puppet-python module. Known for delivering multi-million dollar operational savings and reliably operating Fortune 500-scale applications, he brings a strong passion for analytics, developer productivity, and continuous security.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computing and Information Technologies, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor’s Degree, Computing and Information Technologies, Magna Cum Laude at Rochester Institute of TechnologyHigh School, High School at Cicero-North Syracuse High SchoolAssociate’s Degree, Electronic Media Communications, Digital Media, Summa Cum Laude, Associate’s Degree, Electronic Media Communications, Digital Media, Summa Cum Laude at Onondaga Community College
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Github Skills (21)
amazon-eks10
python10
puppeter10
puppet10
puppet-bolt10
terraform10
terraform-provider10
terraformer10
go10
aws10
terraform-providers10
pip10
aws-batch10
rspec9
virtualenv9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
voxpupuli/puppet-python
Jul 2018 - Oct 2018
Puppet module for installing and managing Python, pip, virtualenvs and Gunicorn virtual hosts.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 7 PRs, 25 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Daniel focused on enhancing the `puppet-python` module by adding support for `pip3` and refining the installation process. They modified core manifests, including `pip.pp`, `requirements.pp`, and `install.pp`, to incorporate `pip3` functionality and address related dependencies, and also updated test specifications. The user also addressed code style issues and documentation to align with project standards, improving code quality and maintainability.
usabilitypythonpippuppetinstalling
hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws
Nov 2021 - Jul 2022
The AWS Provider enables Terraform to manage AWS resources.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 reviews, 54 commits, 37 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to adding and modifying properties related to Amazon EKS within the AWS Terraform provider. Their work involved creating new files and functions to support EKS-related features within the AWS Batch service. They implemented expansions and flatten functions to correctly handle EKS configuration options within the Terraform resource schema, enhancing the provider's capability to manage EKS resources.
providerterraform-modulesaws-terraform-providerterraformterraform-provider
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