Backend, Network & Operations

IoT Software:
  • RabbitMQ (clustered)
  • AWS IoT Core
  • mosquitto
  • InfluxDB
  • Grafana
  • Telegraf
  • Prometheus
Cloud-Native Applications:
    AWS Serverless Architecture Model (SAM) CloudFormation Infrastructure Automation CloudFront CDN Serverless REST/JSON:API/GraphQL APIs AWS Lambda
Web Frameworks:
  • ReactJS UI
  • CodeIgniter
  • Expressjs
  • Flask
  • Tomcat
Networking Platforms:
  • Cisco
  • Juniper
  • Mikrotik
  • Linux-based firewalls
  • Quagga
  • BIRD
  • FreeBSD/PF
  • OpenBSD
Network Protocols:
  • ARP
  • OSPF
  • BGP
  • VRRP/CARP
  • UPnP
  • mDNS
  • Intimate knowledge of TCP/UDP
  • PXE/iPXE boot environments
Operating Systems:
  • FreeBSD (very extensive)
  • OpenBSD (extensive)
  • Ubuntu (extensive)
  • Debian (extensive)
  • Raspbian
  • Windows
  • OSX
Software Development:
  • Visual Studio Code
  • gcc/g++/gdb/strace/ktrace
  • make
  • vi and a terminal
  • Maven
IoT Hardware (recently used):
  • Multitech MDOT
  • Multitech Conduit AEP
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Arduino
  • Beaglebone
  • ESP32
  • ESP8266
Languages:
  • C/C++
  • GoLang
  • Python
  • Node.js/TypeScript
  • Java
Infrastructure Platforms:
  • AWS
  • Custom Datacenter/Bare Metal (extensive)
  • Linode/VPS
  • VMware vSphere (extensive)
Containers/Orchestration:
  • Docker (extensive)
  • docker-compose (extensive)
  • Docker swarm (extensive)
  • kubernetes
Standalone Web Applications:
  • Apache
  • nginx
  • Tomcat
  • lighttpd
Configuration Management:
  • Puppet
  • Ansible
  • Terraform
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • Packer
  • Consul
  • Custom Scripting Overlays
  • Diskless boot/read-only filesystem
  • ManagEengine Desktop Central (MDM, Apple Business Manager)
  • Microsoft SCCM
CI/CD:
  • GitHub Actions
  • Maven
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Apache Archiva
  • Nexus
  • Artifactory
  • Sonarqube
Bare-Metal Storage Platforms:
  • Oracle/ZFS
  • Linux/ZFS/XFS/btrfs
  • FreeBSD/ZFS (high IOPS performance NAS for scientific application)
  • ixSystems/TrueNAS/FreeNAS
  • Dell/EMC
  • NFS
  • iSCSI
  • MinIO
  • AWS/EBS/S3/EFS
  • Samba/CIFS/SMB (AD-joined as well)
Cluster/Batch Queueing Platforms:
  • Sun/Oracle Grid Engine
  • HTCondor
  • Jenkins
  • Funnel
Databases:
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • InfluxDB
  • SQLite
  • HDF5
  • AWS RDS/Aurora Serverless
System Monitoring:
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • PRTG
  • Nagios
  • Cacti
  • TICK stack
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • RANCID
  • Oxidized
IT:
  • Microsoft Active Directory (on-prem, Azure AD and hybrid)
  • Office 365 (including hybrid Exchange)
  • Microsoft Licensing (and how it applies to virtualization, OEM/MVLS/Retail, CAL, MSDN)
  • Google gSuite
  • Regulatory Compliance & Audits (PCI-DSS, ISO27001, USDoE, Export Control Regulations, Banking, Overzealous GIS Departments)
  • System Governence Policies
  • Patch Management
  • Enterprise Network Design
  • Numerous VPN Solutions
Security:
  • nmap (extensive)
  • Nessus
  • Various Managed Antivirus Suites
  • Malware Scanning/Removal Tools