Jason Van Brackel
Lead Associate
Gambrills, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolJason Van Brackel is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience architecting, deploying, and supporting enterprise distributed systems across .NET, Java, and cloud-native platforms. Currently a Lead Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, he specializes in helping organizations modernize with Kubernetes while pragmatically supporting legacy monoliths. Jason combines hands-on development, platform design, and public-facing advocacy—he organizes the Kubernetes Philly meetup and regularly presents on air-gapped delivery and operationalizing cloud-native tooling. His background spans product management at Cisco, developer-focused roles at Rancher and Rancher Federal, and open-source engagement (including work on the Zarf project), reflecting a rare blend of technical depth, community leadership, and go-to-market experience.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at Messiah CollegeDiploma, Diploma at Chesapeake High School
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Github Skills (63)
kubernetes10
longhorn10
docker10
k3s10
kustomize10
storage10
sbom10
rancher10
cosign10
gitops10
cattle10
docker-registry10
helm10
cloud-native10
k8s10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
JasonvanBrackel/zarf
Oct 2022 - Jun 2023
DevSecOps for Air Gap & Limited-Connection Systems. https://zarf.dev/
Contributions:96 pushes, 9 branches in 8 months
atsconnectionackgapcitrix
JasonvanBrackel/terraform-modules
Apr 2018 - Oct 2019
Useful Terraform Modules
Contributions:39 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
terraform-module
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