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Josh McFarland

Developer / I.T. Professional / Goat Herder

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Professional Experience

Architectures

Windows

Mac

Linux

Servers

Desktops

Laptops

Frameworks

Laravel

Rails

Bootstrap

HTMX

Tailwind CSS

RippleUI

I.T.

Data Recovery

Machine Imaging

Remote Deployment and Management

Ticketing Systems

Directory Services

Languages

BASH

C

C#

CSS

HTML

Java

Javascript

OCaml

PHP

Python

Ruby

SQL

Networking

Cisco Routing and Switching

Cisco Wireless 200-355

Business Networks

Infrastructure Architecture

Email Servers and Migration

Security

Custom 2FA Implementations

Web Application and Network Firewalls

SSL/TLS Certificates

VPNs (Wireguard, IPSEC, L2TP)

Web Site Auth

Server User/Group Perms and ACLs

Technologies

Mobile Tech (iOS/Android)

Virtualization (Proxmox, Hyper-V, VMWare, QEMU, Virtualbox, Parallels, KVM)

Web Administration (DNS, Hosting, Servers)

Unity Game Engine

AI code generators (ChatGPT/Copilot)

Databases (MySQL, MariaDB, DB2, SQLite)

Formal Education

Ouachita Baptist University

Attending for Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

National Park Community College

Associate of Science, Dean's Award

Quapaw Technical Institute

Certificate of Computer Information Systems, won A+ certification for placing first in State VICA Competition

Employment

Ouachita Baptist University

Programmer

Arkadelphia, AR

Full stack web developer using PHP and IBMi series servers for in house ERP
Completed IBMi server training course
Performed various server upgrades
Installed and configured production GIT repository

Airmax Communications, LLC

Installer/Tower Monkey/Sysadmin

Hope, AR

Worked on operations management programs and network status map using Google Maps and Ubiquiti UNMS APIs
Troubleshooting for various server issues
Installed and configured radio tower equipment, climbing 200 foot towers like a boss
Installed/configured IPAM server for managing IP space and Owncloud server for hosting shared files
Created scripts for mass deploying SSH keys and remotely configuring equipment changes
Door to door sales and installation of CPE

Startek

Customer Security Department Supervisor

Hot Springs, AR

Fielded departmental questions for over 35 employees for a Fortune 100 company
Made customer escalation call backs, handling 'difficult' customer concerns
Utilized user authentication and document handling best practices
Assisted clients with all aspects of account security

References

Available upon request.