Zachery Thomas
About Zachery Thomas
Zachery Thomas is a Senior Production Engineer at WP Engine, with a background in DevOps and software engineering from his tenure at Cisco and various internships.
Current Position at WP Engine
Zachery Thomas currently holds the position of Senior Production Engineer at WP Engine, where he works remotely. In this role, he is responsible for managing production engineering tasks and ensuring the reliability and efficiency of WP Engine's services.
Previous Roles at Cisco
Zachery Thomas has substantial experience working at Cisco, where he served as a DevOps Engineer from 2018 to 2021 in Morrisville, NC. Prior to this, he interned as a Software Engineering Intern twice, in Morrisville, NC for three months in 2017 and in RTP, North Carolina, for seven months in 2016. His work at Cisco included significant contributions to the Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution, where he aided in the development and deployment of collaboration tools.
Cyber Security Research Experience
In 2015, Zachery Thomas worked as a Cyber Security Research Intern at LGS Innovations in Florham Park, NJ for two months. There, he engaged in cybersecurity research projects, gaining valuable experience in the field of cyber security.
Educational Background
Zachery Thomas holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, where he studied from 2016 to 2018. He also earned his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, completing his studies from 2012 to 2016.
Implementation of CI/CD Pipeline
Zachery Thomas has implemented a CI/CD pipeline using a combination of BitBucket, Jenkins, Ansible, and Docker. This was designed to streamline the build, test, and deployment processes, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing time to market for new software releases.
Utilization of Elasticsearch and ElastAlert
Thomas utilized Elasticsearch to gather log and metric data from applications and servers while employing ElastAlert to send alerts for anomalous events directly to PagerDuty. This setup improved monitoring and incident response times, ensuring better operational stability and performance.