Amelia Aronsohn
Director Of Security, Infrastructure, And Performance at DNSimple
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmelia Aronsohn is a seasoned infrastructure and security leader with 14 years of hands-on experience building automation, monitoring, and high-redundancy deployments. As Director of Security, Infrastructure, and Performance at DNSimple, she blends practical engineering in Ruby, Python, and Go with strong operational discipline to keep systems resilient and efficient. She’s contributed to well-known open-source projects—improving developer docs for Habitat and adding DNS provider fixes to StackExchange/dnscontrol—demonstrating both code-level skill and a knack for clarifying complex systems. Known for a methodical, goal-oriented approach and a personal motto of "Only Have Cans," she pairs relentless curiosity with tested task-management practices to deliver measurable reliability improvements. Based in Las Vegas, she also has a background in systems engineering and technical writing, making her equally comfortable debugging DNS records or rewriting documentation to improve developer experience.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration, Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration at O'Reilly School of Technology
English, Japanese
Github Skills (21)
pytest10
python10
testing10
technical-writing10
pelican10
go10
dns10
infrastructure-as-code10
static-site-generation10
documentation10
apim9
configuration-management9
api9
markdown-it8
rest8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
DNSControl/dnscontrol
Jun 2018 - Nov 2022
Infrastructure as code for DNS!
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 18 commits, 14 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Amelia primarily focused on the `dnscontrol` project, a tool for infrastructure as code for DNS management. Their contributions included fixing and improving the DNSimple provider, specifically addressing issues with SRV and MX records, and updating the API client. They also implemented features like listing zones and handling TXT record formatting, demonstrating a strong understanding of DNS concepts and the Go programming language. The user's work improved the accuracy and functionality of the DNSimple integration within `dnscontrol`.
dnsinfrastructure-as-codegodnscontrol
getpelican/pelican
Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:45 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Amelia primarily contributed to the Pelican static site generator by implementing and refining core features. They added support for the "hidden" status for pages, allowing for pages to be translated and rendered without being linked in the site. The user fixed typos and a bug related to error messages. They also wrote tests for page generation, specifically related to the "hidden" status feature and per page templates, and refactored test code for cleaner tests.
markdownpythonstatic-site-generatorpelican
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