Rick Broker
Solutions Architect at Black Pug Software
Powell, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolRick Broker is a Solutions Architect with a multi-decade engineering pedigree who now focuses on DevSecOps, Kubernetes, AI, and enterprise architecture to deliver secure, scalable systems. He has driven cloud-native transformations—migrating legacy VM estates to Kubernetes, building CI/CD and IaC pipelines, and designing fault-tolerant, high-availability deployments for both startups and large enterprises. Rick pairs hands-on platform work (Rancher, AWS, GitLab pipelines) with enterprise governance, having led architecture and automation efforts at banks, software vendors, and product teams. He’s also applied AI to practical problems like predictive test analytics to reduce cycle times while preserving coverage, and has a track record of publishing examples and training materials that accelerate adoption. Based in Powell, Ohio, he blends deep middleware and J2EE roots with modern DevOps practices, often surfacing small automation wins that yield outsized operational improvements. Colleagues rely on him to translate business goals into auditable, repeatable delivery patterns that scale.
11 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
ME Mechanical Engineering, ME Mechanical Engineering at Columbus State Community CollegeBS CerE Ceramic Engineering, BS CerE Ceramic Engineering at The Ohio State University
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Github Skills (100)
bitbucket-cloud10
streamer10
xl-release10
audio10
streaming-api10
music10
xl-deploy10
audio-streaming10
cloudbees10
music-streaming10
subsonic10
overthere10
streaming-audio10
servicenow9
stash9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
zvercodebender/rest-o-rant-web
Jul 2017 - Mar 2022
Contributions:1 release, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
rantfrontendrestangularjsangular
zvercodebender/cdro-cli
Mar 2023 - May 2024
Contributions:27 releases, 54 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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