Jonathan Lynch
Verified Expert in Engineering
LDAP Developer
Jonathan has been working in automation and infrastructure his entire career. His experience in a number of technologies enables him to go above and beyond in every job he’s taken.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git, Vim Text Editor, Linux
The most amazing...
...project I worked on was a backwards-engineered integration engine between two related products. So many moving parts!
Work Experience
Sr. Software Developer
Tenable, Inc
- Contributed to critical cross-platform cloud migration.
Systems Programmer Lead
WVNET
- Rolled out new streaming and web conferencing services to meet client demand.
- Spearheaded puppet deployment across linux infrastructure.
- Created custom Nagios alerts to support software as needed.
- Built custom man-in-the-middle server in Python to work around issue with vendor software.
- Developed custom academic crisis early warning system for teachers.
- Maintained Blackboard Learn (Tomcat+Oracle) for over a dozen state community colleges.
- Developed custom LDAP authentication method for Banner using PL/SQL.
Consultant / Webmaster
Canadian Institutional Research and Planning Association
- Maintained website cirpa-acpri.ca for customer on per-request basis.
- Oversaw transition to Drupal from previous website.
- Implemented online payment gateway, mail system, election system, and conference organizing distribution.
- Created conference archival process to record institutional history.
- Developed membership tracking system.
Systems Integrator
Fairmont State University
- Maintained Blackboard Vista (weblogic) cluster and Oracle database.
- Developed custom integration platform between Banner and Blackboard.
- Re-wrote print audit infrastructure, automating three people's jobs.
- Oversaw transition to Blackboard Learn, providing key debugging and systems programming support.
- Served as 'linux guy' for applications & networking teams.
Research Assistant
West Virginia University
- Oversaw server management, log collection, data storage, virtualization, and data analysis.
- Created and managed honeynets.
- Researched web security and vulnerabilities.
Systems Tech
West Virginia University
- Remotely managed 50+ servers and 100+ dual-boot desktop machines.
- Contributed to custom-developed linux-based deployment system.
- Oversaw network infrastructure, revision control, issue tracking, and SPAM filtering.
Experience
Notejam Mini Database Conversion Driver
var settings = require('./settings');
if(settings.env == "dev") {
var db = require('mysql').createConnection(settings.dsn);
// mini sqlite -> mysql conversion driver
db.run = function (sql, params, cb) {
sql = sql.replace("AUTOINCREMENT", "AUTO_INCREMENT");
sql = sql.replace(/default current_timestamp/g, "timestamp default current_timestamp");
references = /,([a-z_]+) ([A-Z ]+) REFERENCES ([a-z(]+\))/g;
foreignkeys = [];
while(match = references.exec(sql)) {
foreignkeys.push("FOREIGN KEY (" + match[1] + ") REFERENCES " + match[3]);
}
if(foreignkeys.length > 0) {
sql = sql.replace(/REFERENCES [a-z(]+\)/g, "");
sql = sql.replace(");", "," + foreignkeys.join(',') + ");");
}
this.query(sql, params, cb);
};
db.close = function (err) {
this.end(err);
};
}
else
var db = new sqlite3.Database(settings.db);
Syslogipy
https://github.com/jimethn/syslogipyEducation
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
West Virginia University - West Virginia
Skills
Languages
Bash, Python, Java, PHP, CSS, HTML, C++, SQL, JavaScript
Platforms
Linux, Oracle, Blackboard, BigBlueButton, Ubuntu, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Drupal
Other
Linux Administration, Linux Server Administration, Learning Management Systems (LMS), Debian Packaging, Honeynet, LDAP, F5 Networks, Networks
Tools
Apache Tomcat, Puppet, Vim Text Editor, Git, Apache, NGINX, Syslog, Systemd, Bamboo, VMware vSphere, VMware, AWS CloudFormation, Vagrant, Nagios
Storage
PL/SQL, Hiera, LVM, MySQL
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, jQuery
Paradigms
Microservices
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