Trey Dockendorf
HPC Systems Senior Engineer at Ohio Supercomputer Center
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTrey Dockendorf is an HPC Systems Senior Engineer with 15 years of experience designing and operating Linux-based infrastructure for research and education, currently based at the Ohio Supercomputer Center. He blends deep systems administration skills with DevOps and backend development, contributing to prominent open-source projects like Foreman, Kyverno, Apptainer, and multiple Puppet modules. Trey’s contributions repeatedly focus on configuration management, automation, and reliability—adding features, fixing templating and service reload issues, and improving cross-platform compatibility for complex deployments. He has a solid track record modernizing server lifecycle tooling and policy/testing workflows, often addressing subtle correctness and testing gaps rather than only surface features. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that bridge system ops and software engineering, especially in high-performance and research computing contexts. Outside core duties he’s quietly shaped tooling used by others in the community, from rsyslog and Postfix modules to Prometheus integrations.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Texas A&M University
Github Skills (54)
ruby-rails10
kubernetes10
puppeteer10
container10
group-policy10
puppet10
mysql10
mariadb10
testing10
post10
puppet-bolt10
rspec10
configuration-management10
centos10
linux10
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
voxpupuli/puppet-postfix
May 2016 - Aug 2019
Puppet postfix module
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:6 commits, 7 PRs, 4 comments in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Trey contributed significantly to the Puppet-Postfix module by implementing new parameters and features for managing Postfix configuration. They introduced the `manage_root_alias` parameter to control the management of root's mail alias and added `master_bounce_command` and `master_defer_command` options for more granular control over Postfix's master process. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to database generation for virtual and transport maps and included a new parameter for the `postfix::conffile` definition, indicating a focus on enhancing the module's flexibility and maintainability.
linux-puppet-modulepostfixbsd-puppet-modulepuppetcentos-puppet-module
kyverno/kyverno
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
Cloud Native Policy Management
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:194 reviews, 54 commits, 87 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Trey's contributions primarily focused on improving the stability, reliability, and testing of the Kyverno project. This included implementing checks for webhook presence during liveness probes, enhancing error handling within the test command, and addressing issues related to namespace selectors in the test/apply CLI functionality. The user also made improvements to the init container, moving to a more efficient approach for removing policy reports. Additionally, they added duration comparison operations.
policycosignpolicy-managementk8skubernetes
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