Cory Myers, Developer in Seattle, WA, United States
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Cory Myers

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DevOps Developer

Location
Seattle, WA, United States
Toptal Member Since
June 15, 2020

Cory develops, maintains, and supports custom software and infrastructure for nonprofits, small businesses, and startups. He especially enjoys working with teams to design and implement tools and practices—technological and organizational plumbing—that help facilitate the share strategy, decision-making, and ownership in their work.

Linux Server AdministrationSystem AdministrationLinuxPythonHerokuAmazon Web Services (AWS)TerraformREST APIsDevOpsGitLabJavaScriptOpenStackBlockchainGoogle CloudSaltStack

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), OpenStack, Heroku, Python, JavaScript, Linux

The most amazing...

...project I've supported was an event-driven control plane for a custom software-defined network.

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer, SecureDrop

2022 - PRESENT
Freedom of the Press Foundation
  • Served as a core maintainer of the SecureDrop project, used by newsrooms and civil-society organizations worldwide.
  • Contributed to the design, development, and testing of the beta SecureDrop Workstation.
  • Supported ongoing efforts to improve the accessibility, internationalization, and localization of SecureDrop and the SecureDrop Workstation.
Technologies: Python, Ansible, Linux, Flask, REST APIs, APIs

Principal

2014 - PRESENT
Prattein Technical Foundry (self-employed)
  • Supported secure environments, including SecureDrop, Tails, and Qubes operating system.
  • Developed, maintained, and supported custom software and infrastructure for nonprofits, small businesses, and startups.
  • Developed Django, Flask, and Node.js/Vue.js applications.
  • Supported AWS and OpenStack infrastructure using Salt and Terraform.
Technologies: Flask, Django, Python, Vue, Node.js, JavaScript, OpenStack, Heroku, Amazon Web Services (AWS), System Administration, Mail Servers, Google Workspace, REST APIs, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), AWS Lambda, APIs

Internews BASICS Fellow, SecureDrop

2021 - 2022
Freedom of the Press Foundation
  • Improved the accessibility of SecureDrop’s Web interfaces according to the findings of a previously-commissioned audit.
  • Led the design and implementation of a continuous translation workflow for the SecureDrop Client.
  • Optimized and refined automated CI and testing workflows.
Technologies: Python, Ansible, Flask, Linux

Senior Technology Analyst

2018 - 2020
Yugen Partners
  • Researched emerging technologies, primarily in blockchain and distributed-ledger technology (DLT).
  • Performed due diligence on prospective investments.
  • Built interactive demonstrations for presentations and talks.
Technologies: Research, Due Diligence, Blockchain, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), APIs

Network Architect

2017 - 2017
Trinity Mobile Networks
  • Designed, built, and maintained virtualized and hybrid cloud systems for the development, testing, and production use of JumpnetSDN, Trinity’s software-defined network for mobile devices.
  • Advised internally on performance, scaling, security, and carrier-grade integration with customers’ underlay and upstream networks.
  • Oversaw the development of internal tools for development, testing, configuration, and deployment.
Technologies: TCP/IP, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Terraform, Packer, OpenStack, Amazon Web Services (AWS), APIs

Systems Engineer

2015 - 2016
Trinity Mobile Networks
  • Contributed to the architecture and prototyping of JumpnetSDN.
  • Designed control-plane architecture and protocols.
  • Factored out libraries and microservices from monolithic prototype code.
  • Introduced continuous integration and continuous deployment practices.
Technologies: IEEE 802.11, TCP/IP, Python, C, REST APIs, APIs

Part-time and Volunteer Work

2009 - 2013
Various
  • Maintained and upgraded solar-powered wireless installations in the villages of Darbang and Nistok. (Volunteer Field Technician, Nepal Wireless Networking Project [May 2013].).
  • Maintained Cisco-switched fiber-optic LAN and satellite WAN connections. Implemented QoS traffic-shaping in FreeBSD-based PF. Replaced aging POTS PBX with Asterisk. (Systems Administrator, Deep Springs College [2010–2012].).
  • Wrote a custom single-sign-on module for PHP- and Python-based web applications. (Intern, Public Access Networks Corporation [Panix] [2009, 2011].).
Technologies: Red Hat Satellite, Python, Asterisk, Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, System Administration, Mail Servers, Google Workspace

Gizillion

https://chain.gazillion.network
A real-time interactive demonstration of how a blockchain works. I developed this demonstration in collaboration with blockchain co-inventor Scott Stornetta, the chief scientist at Yugen Partners. It has been used before live audiences throughout the US and around the world.

Overloading Address Space for Improved Routing, Diagnostics, and Content-Relay Network

https://patents.google.com/patent/US10462054B2
Co-invented a device constructed to (a) receive an internet protocol (IP) packet, [the said IP packet, including at least the address information and other information distinct from the said address information, wherein the said address information is sufficient to identify at least one device in the said packet network;] and (b) route or consume the said IP packet based on the said address information and the said other information. (US patent 10,462,054.)

Bridging Accessible and Non-Accessible Packet Cores

https://patents.google.com/patent/US10791005B2
Co-invented a method in a computer network in which the user equipment (UE) connects to multiple packet cores, wherein each of the said multiple packet cores assigns the UE a corresponding network address and acts as a virtual gateway. (US patent 10,791,005.)

Languages

Python, JavaScript, C, Scheme, R, Solidity

Platforms

Linux, Heroku, OpenStack, Amazon Web Services (AWS), BSD, Blockchain, Kubernetes, Docker, Proxmox, FreeBSD, NetBSD, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS Lambda

Other

TCP/IP, Linux Server Administration, Networks, System Administration, IEEE 802.11, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Mail Servers, APIs, Research, Due Diligence, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), Patents, Networking, Long-term Evolution (LTE), IPv6, Google Workspace

Frameworks

Flask, Django, FeathersJS

Libraries/APIs

Node.js, Vue 2, Vuex, REST APIs, Vue

Tools

Terraform, SaltStack, GitLab CI/CD, GitLab, VMware, Graylog, Packer, Asterisk, Red Hat Satellite, Ansible

Paradigms

DevOps, Microservices Architecture

Storage

Google Cloud, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)

2012 - 2015

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy

Yale College - New Haven, Connecticut

2010 - 2012

Coursework in Humanities

Deep Springs College - Deep Springs, California

APRIL 2020 - PRESENT

Certified DevOps Engineer

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