Austin Cunningham
Senior Software Engineer SRE at Red Hat
Waterford, Ireland
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Top SchoolAustin Cunningham is a Senior Software Engineer SRE at Red Hat with over a decade of experience bridging full-stack development and systems reliability. He specializes in backend technologies—particularly Java and JavaScript/TypeScript—while also shipping infrastructure and DevOps solutions using Kubernetes, OpenShift, Jenkins, Ansible and Cloud tooling. His background in hands-on IT support and desktop/system administration gives him exceptional troubleshooting instincts and a pragmatic approach to incident response and platform stability. Comfortable across languages from Python and Golang to Bash, he contributes to cross-functional teams delivering APIs, CI/CD pipelines and security updates at scale. Based in Waterford, Ireland, he combines enterprise-grade engineering with a curiosity for mobile and cloud-native stacks, shaped by an unusual career arc from helpdesk to senior SRE.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Physics Chemistry Math Math-Physics, BSc Physics Chemistry Math Math-Physics at St Patrick's Pontifical University, MaynoothFull Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCampHigher Diploma in Science in Computer Science Programming Computer Science, Higher Diploma in Science in Computer Science Programming Computer Science at Waterford Institute of TechnologyH Dip Applied Physics & Computer Interfacing Physics and computer science, H Dip Applied Physics & Computer Interfacing Physics and computer science at Maynooth University
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Github Skills (180)
tooling10
expressjs10
operator10
provisioning10
kubernetes-operator10
api10
sdk10
continuous-deployment10
kubernetes10
continuous-integration10
openresty10
deployer10
openshift10
operator-sdk10
continuous-testing9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
austincunningham/3scale-operator
Nov 2021 - Apr 2025
Openshift operator to install a 3scale API Management solution
Contributions:161 pushes, 33 branches in 3 years 5 months
apisolution-management3scaleopenshiftoperator
austincunningham/myblog
Apr 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:25 PRs, 276 pushes, 14 branches in 5 years 11 months
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