Patrick Crocker
Director of Engineering
Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Crocker is a Director of Engineering with 13 years of experience building backend and full-stack systems across Java and Node.js ecosystems, with strong cloud-native and CI/CD expertise. He has delivered search and catalog aggregation at scale using Elasticsearch, led PostgreSQL integration for RBAC systems via Hibernate, and maintained containerized data-harvesting microservices for AI pipelines. Patrick pairs hands-on coding—CI/CD automation for Cloud Foundry and AWS-driven pipelines—with cross-functional troubleshooting, from heap-dump analysis to Kibana-driven root cause investigations. Currently sharpening React, Next.js, and MongoDB skills while experimenting with OpenAI integrations, he is seeking full-stack roles that blend modern front-end frameworks with robust backend and deployment practices. Notably, he has operated as the sole engineer on critical projects during staff gaps and driven reproducible build-and-deploy improvements in high-stakes enterprise environments.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at North Carolina State University
Github Skills (11)
maven10
sh10
script10
shell10
scripting10
cicd10
concourse10
cloud-foundry9
yaml8
docker4
dockers4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Tanzu-Solutions-Engineering/PCF-demo
Feb 2016 - Jun 2016
System.exit
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:39 commits, 6 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Patrick primarily focused on configuring and enhancing the CI/CD pipeline for the `pcf-demo` repository. Their contributions included creating and modifying shell scripts for build, test, and deployment tasks within a Concourse CI/CD environment. They also updated Maven wrapper configurations and refactored scripts to process manifest files for Cloud Foundry integration tests. The user's work ensured automated build, test, and deployment workflows.
concoursequeueingmicroservices
nulldriver/cf-cli-resource
Mar 2017 - Dec 2022
Cloud Foundry CLI Concourse Resource
Contributions:47 releases, 1 review, 531 commits in 5 years 9 months
foundrycloud-foundryconcourseconcourse-resourcecloud-foundry-cli
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