Joseph Ferguson
Software Engineer at Docker, Inc
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Ferguson is a software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in containerization, build automation, and maintaining Docker Official Images. Based in Las Vegas, he moved from co-creating and leading the Docker Official Images work at InfoSiftr to joining Docker, Inc., where he continues to drive automation and reliability for a wide range of official images. His contributions span core tooling like bashbrew and generate-stackbrew-library scripts, entrypoint hardening across databases and application stacks (Postgres, MySQL, Redis, Mongo, WordPress, Drupal, etc.), and multi-arch build support. Joseph repeatedly improves reproducible builds, templating, and CI integration—often fixing subtle startup, permissions, and architecture-specific issues that would otherwise break deployments. He combines deep DevOps craft with pragmatic engineering: quietly ensuring millions of container pulls work correctly by automating edge-case handling and release engineering. He holds a BS in Computer and Information Technology and has a long track record of open-source maintenance for critical infrastructure.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Computer and Information Technology, Bachelors of Science, Computer and Information Technology at Dixie State University
Github Skills (67)
postgresql10
bash10
ruby10
automation10
build-automation10
photo-tagging10
dockerfile10
alpine-linux10
debian10
wordpress10
linux10
dockers10
golang10
sh10
shell10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
docker-library/official-images
Jun 2014 - Jan 2023
Primary source of truth for the Docker "Official Images" program
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:2233 reviews, 8259 commits, 12362 PRs in 8 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily contributed to the automation and scripting aspects of the `docker-library/official-images` repository. They developed a `bashbrew` tool to build and push Docker images, incorporating features like argument parsing, image tagging, and the handling of dependencies specified in library files. The user refactored the tool and integrated build and push functionality, added test capabilities, and improved the utility through features like a uniq option and integration with existing CI/CD pipelines. This work streamlines the build and deployment process for the official Docker images.
docker
docker-library/php
Aug 2014 - Jan 2023
Docker Official Image packaging for PHP
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:19 reviews, 184 commits, 204 PRs in 8 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily focused on automating and streamlining the build process for the PHP Docker images. Their work included creating and modifying scripts (e.g., `update.sh`, `generate-stackbrew-library.sh`) to manage PHP versions, GPG keys, and Dockerfile generation. They restructured the project's organization to support multiple base distro releases simultaneously. The user also made changes to Dockerfile templates, entrypoint scripts, and added a mechanism to handle unexpected container terminations.
dockerphp
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