Matt Knop
Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Knop is a Senior Software Engineer based in Denver with six years of experience building backend systems and applying DevOps practices at enterprise-scale companies. He progressed from DevOps work at Boeing to software engineering roles at Red Hat, where he now contributes to hybrid cloud management solutions. Matt combines practical operations know-how with software engineering discipline, shipping reliable backend services and automation for cloud environments. His background includes hands-on internships and leadership in customer-facing roles, giving him a pragmatic perspective on developer and user needs. Comfortable in both code and infrastructure, he focuses on building maintainable systems that bridge development and operations. Colleagues describe him as a motivated engineer who brings curiosity and cross-functional empathy to complex cloud projects.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaBachelor of Science (B.S.), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Software Engineering at University of Northern Colorado
English
Github Skills (93)
testing10
operator10
api10
redhat10
openshift10
api-documentation10
operator-sdk10
linux9
podman9
kubernetes-operator9
monorepo9
openscap9
backend9
microservices9
infrastructure9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
RedHatInsights/backstage-plugin-openshift
May 2024 - Jul 2026
Custom Backstage plugin for displaying Kubernetes deployment information per service in your Backstage catalog.
Contributions:5 releases, 2 reviews, 12 PRs in 2 years 2 months
backstagekubernetes-deployment
RedHatInsights/ephemeral-namespace-operator
Apr 2022 - Feb 2023
Kubernetes operator for creating ephemeral environments for testing cloud.redhat.com applications.
Contributions:6 releases, 83 reviews, 236 commits in 9 months
kubernetes-operatortesting
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