Michael Burke
Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat
Groton, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Burke is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years at Red Hat and a long legacy of systems-level work from a 17-year tenure at Raytheon, combining deep engineering discipline with product-focused delivery. He holds a Master's in Computer Systems Engineering from Northeastern and a BS in Computer Science from Syracuse, and specializes in building reliable, production-grade software for complex, mission-critical environments. At Red Hat he contributes to both engineering and documentation—recently improving OpenShift docs and UX by curating version navigation and EOL messaging—illustrating a pragmatic blend of developer and user-centered thinking. Based in Groton, MA, he brings a steady, systems-oriented perspective to cloud-native platforms and a knack for turning intricate technical constraints into clear, maintainable outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Syracuse UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Systems Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Systems Engineering at Northeastern University
Github Skills (3)
documentation10
openshift10
html9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
openshift/openshift-docs
Jan 2017 - Jan 2023
OpenShift 3 and 4 product and community documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:3927 reviews, 6704 commits, 10084 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the documentation for OpenShift, focusing on updating the version selection dropdown within the documentation site. They added entries for newer OKD versions (4.9, 4.10, 4.11) to the dropdown menu, ensuring accurate version navigation. Additionally, the user implemented an EOL (End of Life) banner to provide clear messaging about outdated documentation, indicating a focus on documentation maintenance and user experience.
commonskubernetesopenshift
mburke5678/openshift-docs
Jul 2017 - Nov 2022
OpenShift Documentation
Contributions:75 commits, 2 PRs, 9955 pushes in 5 years 4 months
commonsk8skubernetesopenshift
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