Nathan Bird
Principal DevOps Engineer at F5
Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolNathan Bird is a Principal DevOps Engineer with 17 years of hands-on experience building and operating resilient infrastructure, currently driving platform reliability at F5. He combines formal computer engineering training (BS/MS) with a career that began in a small shop, where he wore every hat from full-stack developer to sysadmin—experience that made him a pragmatic problem-solver and versatile technical lead. Nathan has led complex cloud migrations to Azure, automated Kubernetes deployments, and standardized CI/CD with GitLab, while repeatedly improving reliability through configuration management (SaltStack), HA proxies, and robust backup strategies. He has a knack for spotting subtle network issues—recurrently uncovering MTU problems missed by others—and for translating deep systems knowledge into developer coaching and clear operational practices. Based in Gainesville, FL, he thrives at the intersection of systems engineering and developer enablement, preferring durable, testable solutions over flashy novelty.
17 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Computer Engineering, Master's Degree Computer Engineering at University of Florida
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Github Skills (123)
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
UnwashedMeme/dotemacs
Jan 2017 - Oct 2019
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 8 months
UnwashedMeme/ImSoShiny
Aug 2017 - Jun 2020
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 2 years 11 months
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