Erik Van Till
About Erik Van Till
Erik Van Till is a Senior DevOps Engineer at Brivo, where he has worked since 2019. He specializes in automated deployments, CI/CD processes, and database optimization, and holds a Bachelor's degree in secure application development from the University of Maryland Global Campus.
Work at Brivo
Erik Van Till has been employed at Brivo as a Senior DevOps Engineer since 2019. In this role, he has contributed significantly to the company's infrastructure by facilitating the transition from Vagrant-provisioned EC2 instances to automated multi-environment deployments using FluxCD on Kubernetes. His work has focused on enhancing deployment efficiency through the implementation of GitOps practices for configuration management.
Education and Expertise
Erik Van Till earned his Bachelor's degree in secure application development from the University of Maryland Global Campus, completing his studies from 2017 to 2020. His academic background has equipped him with the knowledge necessary for his role in DevOps, particularly in areas such as database query optimization and CI/CD processes. He has experience using Groovy for Jenkins pipelines, which streamlines these processes.
Background
Before joining Brivo, Erik Van Till worked as a Student Software Engineer at Vital Text Systems in Maine, United States, for nine months in 2014. This early experience in software engineering provided him with foundational skills that he has built upon in his subsequent roles. His career has since focused on DevOps practices and application performance optimization.
Technical Skills and Tools
Erik Van Till specializes in various technical skills that enhance application performance and monitoring. He utilizes OpenTelemetry for monitoring and tracing, which provides comprehensive insights into application performance. His expertise also includes database query optimization, which is critical for improving application efficiency and responsiveness.