Gregory Gilbert
About Gregory Gilbert
Gregory Gilbert is a Staff Infrastructure Engineer at Headway, where he has worked since 2022 in New York. He has extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and programming, having held various engineering roles at companies such as NYSHEX, Splash, and ExpandTheRoom.
Work at Headway
Gregory Gilbert has been employed at Headway as a Staff Infrastructure Engineer since 2022. He previously held the position of Infrastructure Engineer at the same company from 2021 to 2022. His work at Headway is based in New York, New York, United States. In his current role, he focuses on cloud infrastructure management and automation, utilizing various tools and technologies to enhance the company's infrastructure capabilities.
Previous Experience in Cloud Infrastructure
Prior to his role at Headway, Gregory Gilbert worked at New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX) as Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer from 2020 to 2021. He also served as Engineering Manager - DevOps and Infrastructure at Splash (SplashThat.com) from 2018 to 2020. His experience includes significant roles in cloud infrastructure and DevOps, contributing to the development and management of scalable cloud solutions.
Education and Expertise
Gregory Gilbert earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Japanese from Colgate University, where he studied from 2003 to 2007. He possesses proficiency in multiple programming languages, including Python, Ruby, Golang, PHP, Javascript, and Bash. His expertise extends to cloud infrastructure management, particularly with AWS services, and he is skilled in container orchestration using Kubernetes and AWS ECS (Fargate).
Technical Skills and Tools
Gregory Gilbert is knowledgeable in various technical areas, including microservices architecture and cloud technologies like Kafka and Fastly. He utilizes configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure automation. His experience includes implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Git, GitHub Actions, Docker, and CircleCI, as well as managing databases with Postgres, Redshift, and MySQL.
Career Progression
Gregory Gilbert's career spans over a decade, with various roles in software development and infrastructure engineering. He has worked at ExpandTheRoom LLC in multiple capacities, including Senior Developer and Lead Server-side Developer, from 2011 to 2015. He also held a position as a DevOps Engineer at Vestorly in 2015. His diverse experience reflects a strong foundation in web technologies and cloud infrastructure.