Ryan Goggin
Firefighter at University of Waterloo
Minto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Goggin is a multifaceted technologist and firefighter based in Minto, Ontario, with 11 years of experience spanning systems administration, security operations, and full-stack development. He combines hands-on skills across Python, PHP, C/C++, Java/C#, Linux, and relational databases with practical experience supporting high-performance research environments at the University of Waterloo and the Institute for Quantum Computing. As a contributor to the widely used ElastAlert2 project, he has implemented alerting features, SSL/CA handling, and test fixes—demonstrating a knack for reliable back-end integrations in open-source monitoring tooling. Comfortable in both operational security roles and emergency response, he brings disciplined troubleshooting, documentation-driven development, and a proven ability to move complex systems from idea to production.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario College Advanced Diploma, Software Engineering Technology, Ontario College Advanced Diploma, Software Engineering Technology at Conestoga CollegeKitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational SchoolCrestron Technical Institute
Github Skills (11)
amazon-elasticsearch10
elasticsearch10
elasticsearchquery10
aws-elasticsearch10
pytest10
python10
http-request10
elasticsearch-api10
testing10
documentation9
configuration-management9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jertel/elastalert2
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
ElastAlert 2 is a continuation of the original yelp/elastalert project. Pull requests are appreciated!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily contributed to the `elastalert2` project by implementing new features and addressing existing code functionality. Their work included adding options for HTTP Post alerts, enabling the use of CA certificates and SSL error handling. They also modified the codebase to incorporate the realert key configuration and updated documentation for clarity. Furthermore, the user fixed tests to incorporate new features.
elastalertcontinuationpull-requestsyelpelasticsearch
Goggin/Infoblox-API-Python
Jul 2018 - May 2022
Implements the subset of Infoblox API via REST API
Contributions:13 pushes in 3 years 11 months
apipythoninfobloxsubsetrest
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