Cory Wright
Site Reliability Engineer at 11:11 Systems
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCory Wright is a Site Reliability Engineer with 15 years of experience building and operating Linux-first infrastructure, specializing in Python, DNS, and SaltStack configuration management. He has operated at scale across cloud providers and managed production systems at companies including Rackspace, iland Cloud, and 11:11 Systems. Cory combines hands-on systems engineering with clear technical documentation—evidenced by contributions to SaltStack docs—and backend development work in OpenStack Glance, adding storage backends and server components for a widely used open-source cloud project. His background spans hands-on DNS engineering to modern SRE practices, giving him a practical view of reliability across the stack. Fluent in improving both code and docs, he focuses on reproducible, well-documented infrastructure that reduces operational friction. An uncommon detail: alongside his technical career he has pursued studies in Chinese language, reflecting intellectual curiosity beyond engineering.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts History, Bachelor of Arts History at Hampden-Sydney CollegeChinese Language, Chinese Language at Chinese Culture University
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Github Skills (23)
python10
back-end-development10
servicenow10
image-management10
backend10
documentation10
webob9
http9
rest-api8
api-rest8
testing8
restful-api8
api-design8
infrastructure-as-code7
configuration-management7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
saltstack/salt
Oct 2012 - Apr 2018
Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:25 commits, 18 PRs, 55 comments in 5 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Cory primarily contributed to documentation within the SaltStack repository. Their commits focused on correcting typos, removing unnecessary elements, and adding information about specific modules. This included modifications to the `archive.tar` module documentation, adding a module to the auth documentation, and fixing a copy/paste error in a tutorial. The work demonstrates a focus on improving the clarity and accuracy of the documentation.
pythonzeromqevent-streaminfrastructure-managementcloud-providers
openstack/glance
Aug 2010 - Jan 2011
OpenStack Image Management (Glance). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Cory primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the OpenStack Glance project. Their work involved adding new backends for image storage, specifically filesystem and HTTP backends, as well as implementing a server component. They also added a description of the registry data structure and made some PEP8 fixes. These changes demonstrate a focus on the core image management and serving logic within the Glance service.
opendevglanceimage-managementopenstack
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