Joshua R. Hill
Skills
| Cloud: | AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (VN#: 7ccdd4f866164742a84be93b8dba7798) |
| Containerization: | Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, Helm |
| Configuration Mgmt: | Ansible, Some Puppet |
| Programming: | Bash, Java, Python |
| Tools: | Git, Make, Apache, Tomcat |
| Environments: | RHEL7, Fedora, Mandatory Access Control (SELinux), MacOS, Windows 10 |
Professional Experience
Independent
November 2024 – Present
Software Engineering Tutor
Atlanta, GA
- Built and maintained long-term client relationships for personalized instruction and mock interviews.
- Provided 1:1 technical mentorship on course help, coding interviews, and modern full-stack development.
Itential
March 2023 – November 2024
Network Automation Engineer
Atlanta, GA
- Implemented large scale cellular network router device backup solutions for high profile clients.
- Educated and enabled customers on proprietary network automation platform usage for custom solutions.
- Orchestrated cross-collaboration between previously misaligned customer projects.
- Troubleshot client Linux VM issues and platform bugs at all hours to minimize service interruptions.
Georgia Tech Research Institute
December 2019 – October 2022
Site Reliability Engineer
Atlanta, GA
- Worked onsite with GTRI CIPHER Lab to replace old infrastructure with Docker/Kubernetes solution.
- Used kickstart, coupled with ansible playbooks, to create an improved RHEL7 VM installation solution.
- Ensured reliability of onsite systems by performing system administration and troubleshooting as necessary.
- Maintained active TS clearance and worked in air-gapped network environment.
Education
University of Georgia
August 2015 – July 2018
B.S. Computer Science
Athens, GA
- 3.81/4.0 GPA.
Projects
Open Source Server Implementations
- Custom built server tower running CentOS Stream 9.
- Configured Apache reverse proxy as front end to several implementations of open-source projects.
- Open source server project implementations include: Radicale, DokuWiki, Jellyfin, Radarr, Sonarr, Minecraft, Ollama AI (via Open WebUI w/ openedai-speech), GitLab, EJBCA, Home Assistant, and more.
K3s Cluster
- 4 Raspberry Pi computers running headless Raspbian Bullseye OS.
- Computers connected as a K3s cluster with external SSD storage.
- Infrastructure and configuration managed via Ansible for easy rebuild in case of extensive hardware failure.
- Docker container projects deployed via combination of Helm charts and simple docker-compose scripts.