About

DevOps Engineer, Software Engineer, hobbyist video game creator, ex-welder, and all around nerd. @gregoryjcoates.bsky.social

Spent years as a welder before going back to school while working still and changing careers. Got in as a junior ETL developer as a contractor, got recommended for and hired on into the company I was contracted to for their DevOps department and finished up my BS in Game Programming and Development. Been doing that for a few years now and continuing to expand out my skill set and knowledge base.

Expertise:

  • Elasticsearch and the ELK stack
  • Golang, Python
  • Kubernetes, Gitlab, and similar tools
  • Observability, Monitoring, Alerting and Logging
  • Azure, Cloud
  • General knowledge of:
    • .NET, Zig, SQL and a few other languages
    • ETL, Backend, Frontend
    • ML, AI

Hobbies:

  • Hiking, Cycling
  • Books, Manga, Anime, Video Games
  • Computer tech
  • Learning

Skills:

  • Planning, Design
  • Troubleshooting
  • Learning