Richard Howard
Senior SRE at RISC Zero
- Role
- Senior Sre at Risc Zero
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Richard Howard
Richard is a software engineer with a focus on DevOps. He has specialized in highly automated systems deployment for web applications and SMB configuration management. He holds a BA degree in Business Finance from Portland State University, lives in Portland Oregon and loves a good challenge.Specialties: Building and Scaling applications (AWS 10+ years, 5+ years Data Center)Designing and building application infrastructure (10+ years)Config management (Ansible, Pulumi)Infrastructure as code (Cloudformation, Terraform, custom tooling)Data pipeline engineering (pipeline creation, redundancy design, disaster mitigation)Zero Knowledge infrastructure and computation scaling
Experience
Senior Sre
Feb 2025 — Present
Richard is a detail-obsessed engineer who blends deep systems knowledge—especially around Linux, and GPUs—with rock-solid cloud and database practices, always aiming for the most efficient, scalable, and secure solution.
Education
Portland Community College
Associates Degree of General Studies, General Studies
2003 — 2006
Portland State University - School of Business
Bachelors Of Arts, Finance
2005 — 2009
Portland Community College
Associates Degree of Science, Science
2003 — 2006
Skills
- Cloud Computing
- Ruby
- Ruby on Rails
- Php
- Git
- Amazon Web Services (Aws)
- Bash
- Open Source
- Linux
- Web Applications
- Scalability
- Mysql
- Javascript
- Apache
- Unix
- Network Administration
- Integration
- Mongodb
- Os X
- Paas
- System Administration
- Servers
- Postgresql
- Shell Scripting
- Software Development
- Redis
- Server Architecture
- Cloud Foundry
- Mac Os X
- Open Source Software
- Vmware Infrastructure
- Wireless Networking
- Storage Area Networks
- Technical Documentation
- Html
- Iaas
- Jquery
- Web Development
- Red Hat Linux
- Linux System Administration
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