James Cammarata
Software Engineering Manager at Red Hat
Wildwood, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Cammarata is a seasoned software engineering manager with 17 years of experience leading infrastructure, automation, and Linux-focused engineering teams, currently at Red Hat. He has deep hands-on expertise in Ansible and AWX, contributing Windows PowerShell modules and packaging/build improvements for widely-used open-source automation tooling. His background spans senior technical and leadership roles—from director-level core engineering at Ansible to architecting large-scale, highly available systems at financial and cloud providers—bringing both operational rigor and developer empathy. James combines systems-level thinking (OS, networking, packaging) with practical automation to simplify Windows and Linux administration at scale. Based in Wildwood, Missouri, he pairs enterprise-grade process knowledge (ITIL, SLAs) with active upstream open-source contributions that improve real-world deployments. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who blends code-level fixes with strategic improvements to deployment and packaging workflows.
18 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at University of Missouri-Rolla
Github Skills (19)
python10
debian10
packaging10
configuration-management10
windows-administration10
automation10
rpm10
ansible10
powershell10
ansible-galaxy10
automations10
devops10
system-administration9
networking8
dockers4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ansible/ansible
Aug 2013 - Jun 2020
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 2040 commits, 495 PRs in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:James contributed to the Ansible project by modifying modules related to network infrastructure and systems administration. The commits focused on resolving bugs, enhancing performance and adding new features within the existing Ansible framework. Their contributions include changes to both Python and PowerShell modules for network configuration and operating system interaction.
ansibleautomationnetwork-configurationsshpython
ansible/ansible-modules-extras
Feb 2015 - Jun 2017
Ansible extra modules - these modules ship with ansible
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:86 commits, 19 PRs, 107 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:James contributed to the `ansible-modules-extras` repository, primarily focusing on creating and modifying PowerShell scripts used for managing Windows systems via Ansible. These scripts implement functionalities such as user management (`win_user.ps1`), feature installation/removal (`win_feature.ps1`), and gathering system facts (`setup.ps1`), providing core functionalities for Windows administration through Ansible automation. The user's changes are targeted towards enhancing the existing Windows module functionality, merging various branches and incorporating new features related to Windows system management within an Ansible context.
ansible
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