Nicholas Mitchell
National Field Support Team
Village of Bloomfield, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Mitchell is an adaptable software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience, currently on Spectrum’s National Field Support Team and studying cyber security at SUNY Brockport. He combines back-end and DevOps skills—demonstrated by meaningful contributions to Apache OpenWhisk’s controller and performance optimizations—with full-stack work improving the Kubernetes-focused Kui CLI/UI. Known for practical problem-solving and a continual learning mindset (active on TryHackMe), he focuses on reliability, efficient resource use, and clear integration examples for external services like Watson and Slack. Based in rural New York, he brings a blend of field support practicality and open-source engineering that helps bridge operational needs with scalable cloud-native solutions.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, cyber security, Bachelor's degree, cyber security at SUNY BrockportAssociate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Monroe Community College
Github Skills (22)
javascript10
cloud-computing10
kubectl10
apache10
functions-as-a-service10
serverless10
react10
kubernetes9
scala9
typescript9
typescript-types9
kubernetes-pods9
yaml9
typescripts9
docker8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes-sigs/kui
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
A hybrid command-line/UI development experience for cloud-native development
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:144 releases, 109 reviews, 8530 commits in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas made various changes to the Kui command-line/UI development experience, specifically focusing on the kubectl plugin. Their contributions include fixing bugs in both the UI and command-line interactions with Kubernetes resources, such as deployments and pods, and introducing new UI features like displaying annotations and labels. They also worked on improving code block styling and adding a feature for users to enable the display of the Kubernetes Dashboard through the Kui UI.
visualizationelectronnative-developmentui-developmentkubectl
apache/openwhisk
Mar 2016 - Oct 2018
Apache OpenWhisk is an open source serverless cloud platform
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:15 commits, 33 PRs, 1 push in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas primarily focused on enhancing the OpenWhisk platform by improving catalog annotations, including sample inputs/outputs for various system and external integrations (e.g., Watson, Slack). They also corrected JSON issues within installation scripts and updated tests. Furthermore, the user modified the core controller, contributing to rule management, sequence action optimization, and improving the handling of timeouts and memory consumption. The contributions involve code changes in various files, including core controller components and test suites.
serverless-cloudfunctionsserverlessapachedocker
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