Summary
Andrew Bates is a Principal Site Reliability Engineer with 12 years of experience building and operating resilient Linux-based infrastructure for research and healthcare platforms. He combines meticulous, math-driven problem solving with practical DevOps and SRE practices, from re-architecting heterogenous HPC clusters and migrating 500+ TB of storage to securing high-speed networks and critical data services. At Findhelp he advances operational efficiency and reliability, having previously led SRE and HPC efforts at Washington State University where he automated backups, core services, and monitoring systems. Known for turning complex environments into simple, maintainable solutions, he thrives on creative engineering that improves customer-facing uptime and developer productivity. Based in Nampa, Idaho, he brings a rare blend of academic-scale infrastructure experience and production-first pragmatism.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Washington State University