Josh Knarr
Principal Solutions Architect at BoxBoat Technologies (acquired by IBM)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJosh Knarr is a Principal Solutions Architect based in Philadelphia with 10+ years designing cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and secure AI operations. He leads security practice and enterprise LLMOps at BoxBoat (now part of IBM), blending hands-on architecture with governance for scalable AI deployments. His background spans cloud migrations, bare-metal and multi-cloud Kubernetes builds, automation with Puppet/GitLab CI, and cost-conscious platform decisions across finance and risk domains. Known for turning legacy systems into fully automated pipelines, he has deep experience in storage, networking, and container ecosystems that most architects only touch peripherally. Josh pairs pragmatic engineering with policy-minded oversight, making complex AI and cloud projects auditable and production-ready. He holds Computer Science education from Drexel and an associate degree in Computer Engineering, anchoring decades of operational rigor.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree Computer Engineering, Associate's degree Computer Engineering at Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyComputer Science Computer Science, Computer Science Computer Science at Drexel University
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Github Skills (200)
container-management10
k8s10
scanner10
hashicorp10
cattle10
terragrunt10
hcl10
terraform-provider10
container-image10
controller10
rancher10
terraform10
kubernetes10
graph10
infrastructure-as-code10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
boxboat/grypeadmissioncontroller
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
This repository hosts the admission controller build on top of grype.
Contributions:43 releases, 19 commits, 30 PRs in 11 months
admission-controllercontrolleradmission-webhookhostskubernetes
tibers/terraform-aws-openshift
Apr 2018 - Jun 2018
Automated cloud reference architecture library based on proven design patterns using Terraform
Contributions:1 PR, 19 pushes, 1 comment in 1 month
cloudreference-architecturehclpatternsinfrastructure-as-code
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