Nicholas Huanca

Nicholas Huanca has a diverse work experience in the field of site reliability engineering and technology development. Nicholas began their career in 2003 as a Sr. Computer Technician at Optima Computers LLC, where they worked until 2006. Nicholas then joined GAW High-Speed Internet as an Inside Plant Manager from 2006 to 2011, and later transitioned into the role of Technology Development. Nicholas briefly worked as a Technology Specialist at 5thDigit Solutions in 2011.

In 2012, Nicholas joined Ping Identity as a DevTools Engineer, focused on increasing engineering team velocity and developing tools for product delivery and maintenance. Nicholas then transitioned into the role of a Site Reliability Engineer, responsible for day-to-day infrastructure automation and working closely with dev engineers for deployment and feature delivery. At Ping Identity, Nicholas developed an API to integrate a continuous delivery pipeline using a home-grown Rails deployment tool.

In 2017, Nicholas joined Ibotta, Inc. as a DevOps Engineer and later became a Platform Infrastructure Engineer, involved in the development and maintenance of their platform infrastructure.

From 2018 to 2019, Nicholas worked as a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer at Fairwinds, where they contributed to enhancing service reliability.

Nicholas's most recent role is at Greenhouse Software, where they joined in 2019 as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer II. Nicholas has since taken up the role of Lead Site Reliability Engineer. In this position, Nicholas has led various projects, such as the migration of S3 buckets to new AWS accounts without downtime, enhancing upgrade path and safety for incoming traffic, and developing a design proposal and review process. Nicholas has also mentored and facilitated group processes, led cross-team collaboration efforts, and coached individuals in IaC and reliability practices.

Overall, Nicholas Huanca has a strong background in site reliability engineering, infrastructure management, and technology development, with a focus on enhancing service reliability and facilitating cross-team collaboration.

Nicholas Huanca's education history includes attending Springfield Technical Community College. However, no information is provided regarding the start and end years of their enrollment or the degree and field of study pursued.