Brian Coca
Sr. Software Engineer at Ansible, Inc.
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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RockstarBrian Coca is a senior software engineer based in New York with 15 years of hands-on experience building reliable infrastructure and automation at scale. Currently at Ansible, Inc., he focuses on improving build reliability, testing infrastructure, and core module behavior for one of the most widely used IT automation platforms. His background blends deep systems and operations experience—from Linux administration and sysops development to tech lead roles—with a consistent emphasis on backend and DevOps engineering. Brian is an active open-source contributor to the Ansible ecosystem, improving modules, inventory plugins, and connection logic to simplify real-world automation. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic fixes that improve long-term maintainability, such as porting compatibility to older Python versions and streamlining complex module interfaces. He combines a rare mix of legacy-system fluency and modern automation practices that helps teams move unsafe, brittle ops toward repeatable, testable deployments.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Spanish
Github Skills (33)
ansible-module10
python10
linux10
cicd10
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
devops10
scripting9
linux-distribution9
configuration-management9
sys9
operating-system9
system9
shell9
script9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
ansible/ansible-modules-core
Jan 2015 - Jun 2017
Ansible modules - these modules ship with ansible
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:98 commits, 911 PRs, 1094 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Brian's contributions primarily focused on improving the functionality and maintainability of Ansible modules. Their work included making modules compatible with Python 2.4, optimizing code through the use of iterators, and resolving tracebacks in the `wait_for` module. The user also addressed packaging issues in the `apt` module and made adjustments to the `service` module to improve systemd detection and error clarity.
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ansible/ansible-modules-extras
Dec 2014 - Dec 2016
Ansible extra modules - these modules ship with ansible
Role in this project:Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:53 commits, 725 PRs, 872 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Brian primarily focused on enhancing existing Ansible modules. Their work included improving documentation for the `getent` and `snmp_facts` modules, modifying the `win_chocolatey` module to use the standard Ansible "name" parameter, and revamping the `gluster_volume` management module. They also contributed to the `daemontools` module, which is related to process and service management, likely related to Ansible infrastructure automation.
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