Joshua Root
Software Engineering Manager at Capital One
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Root is a Software Engineering Manager at Capital One with a decade of experience building and operating cloud and virtualization platforms, blending hands-on systems engineering with team leadership. AWS Certified and steeped in private cloud and datacenter technologies, he has driven OpenStack and VMware deployments, automation for provisioning and patching, and operational standards that improved performance and compliance. His open-source contributions include enhancements to the widely used cloud-custodian project, focusing on EBS encryption, tagging, snapshot handling, and EC2 restore scripts—showing practical expertise in cloud security and recovery. Based in Richmond, VA, he’s known for pragmatic automation and rigorous tooling that turn complex infrastructure work into repeatable, auditable processes.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Associates of Applied Science, Networking, Associates of Applied Science, Networking at College Of Technology
French
Github Skills (10)
aws10
aws-ebs10
python10
amazon-ebs10
aws-sdk10
dockers9
security9
testing9
cloud-computing9
docker9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian
Nov 2015 - Nov 2018
Rules engine for cloud security, cost optimization, and governance, DSL in yaml for policies to query, filter, and take actions on resources
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:89 commits, 130 PRs, 10 pushes in 3 years
Contributions summary:Joshua's primary contribution focuses on the implementation and modification of EBS (Elastic Block Storage) handling functionality within the `cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian` repository. This involved creating, modifying, and testing Python code, particularly within the `janitor/resources/ebs1.py` file, including adding filters and actions related to encryption. The user's work also included applying tags and enabling features related to EBS snapshots. Furthermore, the user worked on a script to restore an EC2 instance from snapshots.
gcpquery-filterserverlesscompliancecloud-security
joshuaroot/chaostoolkit-aws
Jan 2019 - May 2022
Chaos Toolkit Extension for AWS
Contributions:151 pushes, 56 branches in 3 years 4 months
chaoschaos-toolkitaws
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