Summary
Craig Earley is a Research Computing System Administrator with 12 years of experience building and operating HPC and research infrastructure, currently supporting research computing at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has progressed from hands-on cluster administration to associate-director level responsibility, designing resilient Linux data centers, Slurm-based HPC clusters, GPU compute environments, and automated deployments with Ansible. Comfortable across systems engineering, software development, and incident response, he blends practical scripting (Python, Bash) and monitoring practices to boost uptime and cut user issues dramatically. His background in a liberal arts college taught him to translate technical complexity into teachable processes, mentor students, and preserve institutional knowledge. Based in Boulder, he also brings field experience in applied IT projects—from UAV imaging to POS systems—demonstrating a pragmatic, research-focused approach to solving diverse technical problems.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, 3.82, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science, 3.82 at Earlham College