Nate Johnston
Software Engineering Manager at Red Hat
Sterling, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNate Johnston is a Software Engineering Manager at Red Hat with 11 years of experience building and leading teams that deliver production-grade networking and cloud infrastructure. A longtime OpenStack core contributor and former Technical Committee member, he has deep, hands-on expertise in Neutron networking (including FWaaS and QoS features) and a track record of driving complex cross-team projects like FWaaS v2 and DSCP integration. Nate blends people leadership with practical engineering—moving from individual contributor roles in Python, Go, and Ruby to managing delivery and quality across large distributed systems. He’s known for improving docs and developer workflows as much as code, having migrated and clarified key FWaaS documentation for the community. Based in Sterling, VA, he pairs enterprise-scale operational experience from Comcast and Red Hat with a knack for translating intricate networking requirements into maintainable, testable implementations.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
South Lakes High SchoolUniversity of Virginia
Github Skills (17)
python10
rs10
qos10
networking10
openstack-neutron10
openvswitch10
documentation10
api-design9
apim9
integrations9
api9
test-automation9
database8
sql-database8
sql8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/neutron
Oct 2015 - Oct 2020
OpenStack Networking (Neutron). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:108 commits in 5 years
Contributions summary:Nate primarily contributed to the OpenStack Neutron project by implementing and modifying code related to network configuration, specifically focusing on QoS and agent extensions. Their work included adding and modifying features for QoS DSCP marking, bandwidth limits, and agent functionality. The user also made changes to documentation, addressing deprecated parameters and providing information on the L3 agent extension mechanism. Additionally, the user worked on optimizing bulk operations, including creating and assigning ports.
networkingopenstack
openstack/openstack-manuals
Apr 2015 - Nov 2016
OpenStack Manuals. Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:6 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Nate's contributions primarily focus on updating and restructuring documentation for the OpenStack Networking service, specifically the Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS). They migrated FWaaS documentation from the Admin Guide to the Networking Guide, splitting the content into v1 and v2 scenarios for clarity. Additionally, the user incorporated configurations for the L3 agent within the FWaaS scenarios. They also added a link to the developer documentation for the neutron-fwaas.
openstack
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