Kyle Balousek
Software Architect at Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolKyle Balousek is a Software Architect with 11 years of experience designing and operating cloud-native systems out of the San Francisco Bay Area, currently at Oracle. He blends hands-on engineering with platform thinking, contributing to high-impact open-source projects like Oracle's official docker-images where he improved GoldenGate container builds, cross-OS support, and restart/proxy behaviors. His work demonstrates a knack for adapting build and deployment pipelines to changing binary distributions and complex enterprise constraints. A University of Michigan computer science graduate, he pairs rigorous engineering fundamentals with pragmatic DevOps practices. Colleagues rely on him to translate messy operational requirements into repeatable, maintainable automation. Beyond architecture, he’s known for quietly owning the gritty build-and-release details that make large distributed systems reliable.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science at University of Michigan
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (21)
docker10
scripting10
dockers10
cicd10
automation10
script10
automation-testing10
sh10
automations10
shell10
linux9
nginx8
linker6
ld6
oracle-golden-gate6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
oracle/docker-images
Sep 2017 - Dec 2022
Official source of container configurations, images, and examples for Oracle products and projects
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:43 reviews, 37 commits, 41 PRs in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Kyle focused on configuring and maintaining the Oracle GoldenGate Docker images. Their contributions include updating build scripts, adding support for different operating systems (MacOS, Windows), and improving container restart behavior. The user also addressed issues related to proxy settings and version-specific configurations. A significant portion of their work involved adapting the build process to accommodate changes in the Oracle GoldenGate distribution files.
oracle-instantclientoracle-linuxcoherence-ceocioracle-database
sbalousek/chrome
May 2019 - Aug 2021
Docker Automated Build Repository for siomiz/chrome -- Google Chrome via VNC (or via Chrome Remote Desktop)
Contributions:3 pushes in 2 years 3 months
remote-desktopdocker-automatedautomated-buildvncdocker
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