Kristopher Newsome
Platform Engineer
Washington Court House, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolKristopher Newsome is a Platform Engineer with over a decade of hands-on Linux and automation experience, currently shaping release processes and CI/CD at Corelight. He specializes in Ansible-driven infrastructure, contributing bug fixes and module enhancements to the core Ansible project and improving pyinfra reliability—work that reflects deep practical knowledge of configuration management at scale. His background spans AWS deployments, Kubernetes research, virtualization automation, and hardening open-source packages, showing a blend of operational rigor and developer empathy. Known for pragmatic scripting (Python, Bash) and thoughtful automation, he also has experience rebuilding monitoring and DNS stacks and implementing MySQL replication for production services. Based in Ohio, Kristopher combines steady platform ownership with ongoing open-source contributions that improve real-world tooling usability.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College
Github Skills (22)
python10
package-development10
plugin-development10
configuration-management10
automation10
infrastructure10
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
automations10
remote-execution10
drupal-module10
cloud-manager9
filesystem9
file-management9
network-configuration9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
pyinfra-dev/pyinfra
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
pyinfra turns Python code into shell commands and runs them on your servers. Execute ad-hoc commands and write declarative operations. Target SSH servers, local machine and Docker containers. Fast and scales from one server to thousands.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 13 commits, 10 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Kristopher made contributions to the `pyinfra` project, focused on improving the codebase, fixing bugs, and implementing new features. They addressed issues related to file handling, including checksum validation and format improvements. The user also enhanced the system's reliability by resolving an issue with sudo password handling and added functionalities to include last login time to users fact.
pythonautomatescloud-managementconfiguration-managementservice-deployment
ansible/ansible
Dec 2014 - Aug 2015
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 9 commits, 8 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Kristopher primarily focused on bug fixes and module enhancements within the Ansible project. Their contributions included resolving issues in core modules such as `file`, `replace`, and `mount`, addressing problems related to file state, symbolic links, and handling spaces in mount points. Additionally, the user fixed database interactions in the `mysql_user` module and incorporated a new `tmp_dest` option in the `get_url` module, increasing usability. The user also contributed to improvements within iptables modules, resolving issues with chain creation and rule population.
everythingpythonit-automationdevopsdeployment
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