Ryan Fortner
Manager, Datacenter Operations
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Fortner is a datacenter operations leader with over a decade of hands-on infrastructure experience and five years focused on systems and operations engineering, now managing datacenter operations for North Carolina's Electric Cooperatives. He combines deep expertise in Windows and Linux server administration, VMware, SAN storage, Cisco/Brocade networking, Azure services, and security tooling with practical backup and monitoring platform experience. A Linux SME and automation-minded DevOps engineer, Ryan contributes to notable Raspberry Pi open-source projects—maintaining build and update automation for pi-apps and scripting self-hosted Docker deployments—bringing edge-level tinkering into enterprise reliability. He’s known for translating complex operational requirements into repeatable automation and for blending cybersecurity controls with pragmatic infrastructure design. Based in Raleigh, NC, he pairs community robotics leadership (Lead Programmer for FRC 2059) with a professional practice that emphasizes resilient, auditable datacenter operations.
6 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree Networking Technology, Associate's degree Networking Technology at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Github Skills (21)
github-ci10
docker10
scripting10
portainer10
bash10
dockers10
automation10
script10
sh10
automations10
shell10
raspberry-pi10
githubaction-workflow10
linux9
self-hosting9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
Botspot/pi-apps
Feb 2021 - Dec 2022
Raspberry Pi App Store for Open Source Projects
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer / Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer / Automation EngineerContributions:25 reviews, 220 commits, 205 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily focuses on updating and maintaining the build scripts for various applications within the `pi-apps` ecosystem. They add and modify shell scripts, specifically those related to application updates, including adjusting URLs, versioning, and download links for software packages intended for Raspberry Pi devices. The user consistently interacts with files related to automated update workflows, making them responsible for maintaining the automated installation process for the Raspberry Pi app store. This includes adapting to changes in upstream software releases and ensuring the automated update mechanism functions correctly.
raspberry-pipi-appsuninstallguiinstall
novaspirit/pi-hosted
Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
Raspberry Pi Self Hosted Server Based on Docker / Portainer.io
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:27 commits, 5 PRs, 2 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Ryan's commits primarily focused on creating and modifying shell scripts for automating tasks within a Raspberry Pi-based self-hosted server environment. These scripts included functions for error handling, internet connectivity checks, and Docker container management related to Portainer and other services. The contributions demonstrate a strong emphasis on automating deployments, updates, and configuration within a Dockerized infrastructure. The user also updated monitoring configurations.
dockerraspberry-piportainerhomelabserver
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