Chad Bitzer
Eng. 3, Strategic Platform Accel & Cloud Engineering
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChad Bitzer is a seasoned Linux and cloud engineer with eight years focused on building and operating high-capacity systems that securely deliver video and media to consumers. At Comcast he manages container-based private cloud infrastructure using Kubernetes/OpenShift, Docker, Go, and both bare-metal and AWS deployments, blending deep streaming-domain expertise with modern platform engineering. His background spans the full media stack—from film production and live streaming at Akamai to MPEG acquisition, multiplexing and ad insertion—giving him rare end-to-end insight into content workflows and delivery challenges. Skilled in network troubleshooting, security testing, and automation (Ansible, Kerberos, OpenSSL), he pairs operations rigor with threat-aware design. Chad’s career arc from creative producer to platform engineer means he understands both the storytelling needs of media and the technical plumbing that makes scale and reliability possible.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San DiegoCertificate Program, Information Systems Security, Certificate Program, Information Systems Security at University of Washington Professional & Continuing EducationBA, Communication Arts - Film Produciton, BA, Communication Arts - Film Produciton at Loyola Marymount UniversityH.S. Diploma, Business and Marketing, Auto Body / Auto Mechanics, General Studies, H.S. Diploma, Business and Marketing, Auto Body / Auto Mechanics, General Studies at Mt. Carmel High School - San Diego, CA
Github Skills (10)
pods10
monitoring10
synthetic10
health10
operator10
kubernetes-operator9
prometheus9
kubernetes9
charts3
helm2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
chadbitzer/fizzbizzle
Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:6 PRs, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
chadbitzer/kuberhealthy-test
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
Contributions:6 pushes, 33 branches in 1 day
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