Alexander Ward
Application Support - Software Engineer II
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Ward is a self-taught platform engineer and Application Support Software Engineer II with a decade of hands-on experience troubleshooting Kubernetes and managing infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. Rising from call center and desktop support roles to DevOps and applied platform engineering, he combines practical operations experience with a knack for infrastructure-as-code and resilient system design. Known for methodical stewardship of applications, he’s delivered everything from legacy alarm repairs to enterprise-grade data governance and high-availability systems. A quick learner and enthusiastic tinkerer, he still experiments with k3s and restored vintage hardware in his spare time, blending curiosity with practical problem solving. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Alexander brings a pragmatic, customer-focused approach to platform reliability and incident resolution.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Economics, Economics at The Ohio State University
English
Github Skills (40)
recipe9
pihole9
x-plane8
pods8
discord-bot8
kubernetes-cluster8
metallb8
cookbook8
discord7
feed7
django7
planning7
sketchup6
eagle6
flask6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
tupperward/repcal
Jul 2021 - Mar 2025
A Flask App that generates a robust RSS feed for the French Republican Calendar
Contributions:1 release, 33 PRs, 274 pushes in 3 years 8 months
rsspythoncalendarflask-appfrench-republican-calendar
tupperward/butterbean
Jul 2019 - Oct 2022
A bot for the WATTBA discord
Contributions:2 releases, 9 reviews, 93 commits in 3 years 3 months
discordbotdiscord-bot
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