Micah Nagel
Platform Engineer
Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol Area United States
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Top SchoolMicah Nagel is a Platform Engineer with six years of hands-on experience building Kubernetes-based DevSecOps platforms and software at Defense Unicorns. Based in Kingsport, Tennessee, he blends platform automation, security-aware operations, and continuous improvement to deliver resilient cloud-native infrastructure. Micah's background in computer science from Liberty University underpins a pragmatic approach to engineering: he favors repeatable, auditable solutions that scale. Colleagues describe him as a constant learner who moves seamlessly between development and platform responsibilities, often surfacing subtle operational risks before they become incidents.
7 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Liberty University
Github Skills (171)
api-management10
devsecops10
github10
controller10
package-management10
sbom10
grafana10
cosign10
hasura10
security10
consul10
automation10
disaster-recovery10
backup10
docker-registry10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
defenseunicorns/uds-k3d
Dec 2023 - May 2026
Repository for the UDS k3d dev/test environment
Contributions:185 reviews, 159 PRs, 207 pushes in 2 years 5 months
k3duds
BagelLab/uds-core
Jun 2024 - Nov 2025
A secure runtime platform for mission-critical capabilities
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 91 PRs in 1 year 5 months
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