Justin Bailey / Software & Platform Engineering
Software and platform engineer, technical lead, and U.S. military veteran. I build Kubernetes operators, self-service infrastructure, and the practices that support production reliability.
Professional work
BrainGu
Built a Kubernetes operator for tenant onboarding, RBAC, network policy, secrets, and upgrade safety gates.
Platform delivery with developers, product teams, security engineers, and customers.
Explore platform lifecycle workStriveworks
Led high-severity incidents through cross-functional diagnosis, service restoration, and post-incident remediation.
Production reliability for a multi-region, GPU-backed MLOps platform.
Explore incident leadershipGovCIO
Built configuration and bare-metal deployment tooling with Ansible and Nautobot.
Enterprise and edge environments supporting mission-critical systems.
Role & responsibilitiesArchitecture / Implementation / Operation
Projects that show how I think, build, and maintain systems.
A hands-on environment for operating Kubernetes, exploring infrastructure patterns, and learning from real maintenance work.
What I bring
Each area connects to work I have contributed to.
Turn infrastructure requirements into APIs, controllers, and reusable capabilities with clear ownership and predictable reconciliation.
Build self-service workflows that let teams provision infrastructure and deliver software with less manual coordination.
Connect telemetry to decisions: service objectives, incident response, release readiness, and distributed systems troubleshooting.
Bring security into the build and operating model through container maintenance, policy, and repeatable delivery workflows.
Field notes
The benefits of using the Kubernetes Gateway API.
