Summary
Jason Gardner is a Senior Software Developer and Integrator with 16 years of hands-on experience building and operating cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and distributed systems. Comfortable across development, support, and operations, he specializes in Go, Linux, Kubernetes/OpenShift, storage systems like Ceph, and infrastructure automation with Ansible and CI/CD tooling. He has managed regulated, HIPAA-compliant platforms and led migrations and provisioning work at enterprises like Fidelity, SoftLayer/IBM, and USAA, often writing domain-specific tools to solve operational gaps. A lifelong tinkerer who wrote his first code in sixth grade, he pairs practical system administration instincts with modern engineering practices and a knack for turning hardware and software into reliable, usable tools. Based in Denton, Texas, he consistently explores emerging tech—especially distributed systems and Go—while applying that curiosity to production-grade solutions.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Associate’s Degree, Electronics and Computer Technology, Associate’s Degree, Electronics and Computer Technology at Eastfield Community College
Computer Science, Computer Science at Midwestern State University