Jim Conner is a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer with 23+ years of Linux and systems experience and over a decade focused on SRE and cloud-native tooling. He architects resilient, automated production systems using Kubernetes, AWS, containerization, and a polyglot toolset (Ruby, Python, Go, Node, Bash) while actively learning Rust. Jim has driven cross-functional projects at companies from Amazon and Samsung to startups, mentored teams on observability and CI/CD, and navigated SOC 2 and FedRAMP audit processes. He blends hands-on development with systems engineering—designing large-scale automation like server provisioning and cluster orchestration—and brings a pragmatic, collaborative approach shaped by military reserve service and long-term operational ownership.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Police Officer Reserve, Certificate Police Officer Reserve at Washington Reserve Basic Law Enforcement Academy
Certificate Basic Law Enforcement Training / Police Academy, Certificate Basic Law Enforcement Training / Police Academy at McDowell Technical Community College
Diploma, Diploma at Mount Juliet High School
Computer Science, Computer Science at Los Angeles Pierce College
General Studies, General Studies at Los Angeles Mission College
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Computer Software Engineering at Western Governors University
Computer Science, Computer Science at American InterContinental University
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