Baker Pratt
Back End Developer at IBM
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBaker Pratt is a back-end developer with nine years of experience specializing in cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, Python, and Go. Based in Chapel Hill, he has a strong track record at IBM building and troubleshooting enterprise OpenShift/Kubernetes architectures, leading customer workshops, and turning proofs-of-concept into production deployments. He blends hands-on engineering—contributing to Terraform and Go projects—with technical writing experience that shapes documentation, tutorials, and CX-driven product improvements. Earlier roles in web development, analytics, and large-scale volunteer management reveal a pragmatic communicator who can translate technical complexity for diverse stakeholders. His background in English and creative writing gives him an unusual edge in crafting clear, action-oriented technical content and customer-facing guidance. Actively focused on cloud networking and automation (Kubernetes, Calico, Terraform), he combines platform engineering with a user-centered approach to operability.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MA, English, MA, English at North Carolina State UniversityBA, English and Creative Writing, BA, English and Creative Writing at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (41)
ibm-cloud10
terraform10
terraform-provider10
cloud-foundry9
sdk9
logdna9
openstack8
security8
networking8
golang8
sysdig7
observability7
windows7
k8s7
terraform-module7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bhpratt/schematics
Jul 2020 - Jul 2024
Contributions:255 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
bhpratt/network-tools
Aug 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:13 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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