Ryan Flagler
Site Reliability Engineer III at Backblaze
Olathe, Kansas, United States
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Top SchoolRyan Flagler is a Site Reliability Engineer III with 11+ years focused on Healthcare IT, currently at Backblaze after a long tenure at Cerner where he progressed from System Engineer to Lead System Architect. He specializes in automating and architecting robust infrastructure—proficient with Chef, Ruby, Bash, Docker, VMware, RHEL, Zabbix and enterprise databases—and has a track record of designing cost‑aware, low‑downtime solutions. Notably, he architected a custom physical-to-virtual migration process that moved over 1,000 servers with tight system integrations and minimal disruption. Ryan combines hands‑on coding and configuration-as-code practices with pragmatic operational judgment, often balancing complexity, cost, and outcomes to solve novel problems. Based in Olathe, Kansas, he brings a methodical, systems-first approach and a knack for turning repetitive operational pain points into automated, maintainable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology, Bachelor's degree, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology at Kansas State University
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Github Skills (65)
vlc9
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nvidia-docker8
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ventura8
opencore7
tractor7
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
thehomerepot/ivideon
Sep 2017 - Nov 2020
Dockerfile and config for Ivideon
Contributions:26 commits, 12 PRs, 27 pushes in 3 years 2 months
dockerfile
thehomerepot/bash_scripts
Oct 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:22 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
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