Harlan Cheer
Configuration Management Specialist
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHarlan Cheer is a Configuration Management Specialist with 11 years of engineering experience, currently managing DevOps and release workflows for the Chandra X-ray Center at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian. He holds an MS in Computer Science with a cyber security focus from the Naval Postgraduate School and a BS in Computer Science from California State University, Monterey Bay, where he also served as a teaching assistant. Harlan blends systems-level security awareness with practical automation skills to ensure reproducible, auditable deployments for scientific computing environments. Based in Cambridge, MA, he brings institutional experience across academia and research operations, translating complex research requirements into robust configuration and CI/CD solutions. Colleagues value his ability to bridge secure engineering practices with the unique constraints of mission-driven astrophysics projects.
11 years of coding experience
Pasadena City CollegeBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at California State University, Monterey BayMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Naval Postgraduate School
Github Skills (38)
astronomy10
statistics10
science10
python9
build-system8
issue-tracking8
minecraft7
vagrant7
ansible6
smithy6
docker6
ruby6
server5
computercraft5
virtualization5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
harlantc/sherpa
Oct 2021 - Mar 2025
Fit models to your data in Python with Sherpa.
Contributions:7 PRs, 71 pushes, 21 branches in 3 years 6 months
pythonagent-based-modelingsherpafitformula1
bigbrotherx52/205proj1
Feb 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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