Justin Merrill, MBA, BS .:|:. Platform Engineer

Platform | DevOps | SRE | K8s | GitOps | IaC | CICD | Security | IAM | Cloud | Software | Data | APIs

Skills and Experience

The world of technology and software moves fast.

Since my first time touching a computer that had no connection to a network, the power and utility has fascinated me. I first started learning through doing. In the age of dial-up internet, information wasn’t as readily available as it now is. “Cloud Compute” wasn’t a thing, yet. So, learning how to configure web servers and services HAD to come first, even though all I wanted to do was host my own website, as a child. These skills that I learned along the way proved to be of value later in life, and ultimately my career.

I’ve done my best to keep this list “high-level” and break down the enormous complexities within each heading in separate lists and contexts.


Linux and BSD

Windows (and related Microsoft Products)

Mac (Macintosh), iOS (and related Apple Products)

Computer Hardware (Consumer, Commercial and Industrial Grade)

Computer Networking (Consumer and Enterprise Hardware)

Programming, Web and Application Development (Writing Code in “Languages” for Software and Web)

Software Services and Servers (Web Servers, API Servers, Information Storage and Retrieval)

Databases (Design, Create, Deploy, Maintenance and Scaling)

Computer Infrastructure (On Premises and Lease Rackspace)

Cloud Computing

Management of Skilled Labor

Business Administration

Accounting and Finance

Electronics Engineering (Circuit Design, TTL Logic, Radio Frequency, Digital Signal Processing, Fiber Optics)

Leisure (Just for Fun)