Owen Nichols
AWS Cloud Architect at #opentowork #ONO
Bellingham, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolOwen Nichols is an AWS Cloud Architect with eight years of varied technical and operational experience, currently focused on building reliable, automated cloud infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, and Kubernetes. He brings hands-on systems and ops skills honed from early IT administration work through roles in QA and large-scale inventory logistics, giving him a practical appreciation for reliability, process improvement, and real-world constraints. As a DevOps engineer and release manager for the notable Apache Geode project, he improved CI/CD robustness and release automation—demonstrating an ability to harden build pipelines for production-grade software. Comfortable scripting in Python and applying AWS Well-Architected practices, he combines a maker’s curiosity with measurable operational impact, such as cutting trouble-call rates and managing high-value, climate-controlled inventory. Based in Bellingham, WA, he’s actively expanding his cloud expertise and seeking the right opportunity to turn his self-taught infrastructure skills into architectural leadership.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Northeast High School
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Github Skills (14)
bash10
script10
release-automation10
ci-cd-pipeline10
scripting10
build-automation9
gradlew9
gradle9
maven9
git9
docker8
dockers8
java5
javas5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
apache/geode
Dec 2017 - Oct 2022
Apache Geode
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Release Manager
DevOps Engineer & Release ManagerContributions:14 releases, 483 reviews, 613 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Owen contributed to improving the build and release processes for the Apache Geode project. Their work included automating steps such as testing, documentation updates, and pushing artifacts to the appropriate repositories. They implemented measures to ensure more robust builds, like checking for java version compatibility and verifying the contents of release artifacts, while also streamlining the workflow for release candidates. Additionally, they addressed issues with the CI/CD pipeline by adding retry mechanisms and enhancing release script functionality.
accumuloapachenetwork-serverdatagridjava
onichols-pivotal/geode
Dec 2017 - Oct 2022
Apache Geode
Contributions:630 pushes, 708 branches in 4 years 10 months
javaapachegeode
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