Rob Cernich
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Red Hat
Littleton, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Cernich is a Senior Software Engineering Manager with 15+ years of hands-on product development and leadership experience, currently guiding Istio integration for Red Hat OpenShift. He blends deep Java expertise (15+ years) and systems-level experience across C/C++ and middleware with proven program leadership—having led teams of 15+ engineers to deliver cloud-enabled JBoss middleware and operators for Kubernetes/OpenShift. Known for strengthening cross-team collaboration and release processes, he has driven tooling, QA automation, and CI/CD improvements and contributed to notable open-source projects like Istio and JBoss OpenShift templates. Based in Littleton, CO, Rob brings a practical engineering background from aerospace to financial systems, pairing mechanical engineering training with a long career of turning complex integration challenges into repeatable, production deployments.
14 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Studies, Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Studies, Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado Denver
Github Skills (28)
kubernetes10
docker10
dockers10
java10
cicd10
javas10
arq10
code-generation10
openshift10
go10
graphene10
build-automation10
kubernetes-pods10
protobuffer10
protobuf10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jboss-openshift/application-templates
Apr 2015 - Nov 2018
OpenShift application templates supporting JBoss Middleware based applications.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:259 commits, 377 PRs, 345 pushes in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily contributed to the documentation and configuration of the application templates. Their work involved updating the documentation generator script, modifying links, and incorporating release notes to reflect changes in the project. They also updated the image stream definitions, demonstrating a focus on managing and maintaining the project's build and deployment process.
jbossopenshiftopenshift-applicationkubernetesmiddleware
jboss-openshift/openshift-quickstarts
Nov 2015 - Aug 2017
Quickstarts used by templates in github.com/jboss-openshift/application-templates
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 46 PRs, 39 pushes in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Rob contributed to the development of a CarMart example within the repository, focusing on data grid integration. Their work involved writing Java code to create a test suite that leverages Drone Arquillian extension and Graphene framework. The changes demonstrate the implementation of UI tests to verify the basic functionalities of adding and removing a car within the CarMart application. They also added various schema SQL files and modified existing ones.
commonsjbossquickstartsopenshiftopenshift-application
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