Micah R Ledbetter

Skills

• Programming:
  • Go command line tools and libraries
  • Python web applications, libraries, and command line tools
  • C# command line and deployment tools
  • Powershell modules and custom deployment systems
  • JavaScript and TypeScript web applications and libraries (with supporting HTML and CSS)
  • C command line tools
• Devops:
  • Deployment automation with Docker, Powershell, Python, bash, and cmd
  • Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services cloud automation and networking, including Windows, Linux, and mixed application and network environments
  • TeamCity and Octopus deploy continuous integration services, and Ansible and Powershell DSC configuration management systems
  • Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgresQL deployment and administration
• Other:
  • Information security best practices
  • Ed-Fi ODS, a noncommercial student data management standard and supporting software
  • Researching and documenting English for natural language parsers
  • Lexicon and ontology development for natural language processing applications
  • Creating high quality documentation for internal and external clients

Professional experience

• Certica Solutions (January 2016 - Present): Sr DevOps Engineer

  • Headed technical client relationships with state and local education organizations around the country. Built highly available, scalable, and secure solutions for Ed-Fi student data systems. Advised decisions on information security and enterprise data quality.
  • Built Powershell and C# systems for deploying and managing enterprise applications.
  • Built new infrastructure-as-code systems in AWS and Azure. Converted existing manual deployments to reproducible and idempotent processes.

• Double Line Partners (August 2013 - December 2016): Systems Management Engineer

  • Deployed Ed-Fi student data systems for clients around the country. Responsible for reliability and security for sensitive K-12 student data.
  • Built Powershell modules for deploying and managing Ed-Fi software. Balanced competing business needs of custom per-client solutions and standardization for scale.
  • Implemented continuous integration across the company, saving developer time and reducing deployment-time failures.

• Neuric Technologies (May 2008 - August 2013): Sysadmin, Tech Support, Security Officer

  • Built Powershell and Python tools for administering the mixed Windows and Linux network.
  • Managed internal company systems, including VPN, AD, email.

• Neuric Technologies (September 2006 - November 2008): Staff Linguist

  • Introduced the predicate-argument structure and semantic roles.
  • Co-authored new Parent Predicate-Argument Structure (PPAS) system. to improve concept mapping in automatic textual analysis.

• Self-employed (January 2009 - June 2012): Freelance IT consulting, tech support

  • Managed business networks and fixed problems for individuals.
  • Developed educational resources for end-users.

Education and credentials

• B.A. Linguistics, University of Texas, 2008
• US Patent 20080228467 A1: Natural language parsing method to provide conceptual flow

Open source projects

I maintain several open source projects, including:

• caryatid: Go plugin for Hashicorp’s Packer to manage JSON Vagrant catalogs for a lightweight alternative to Hashicorp’s Atlas
• lability-tutorial: End-user documentation with exercises for working with the Lability VM lab automation package
• biblemunger: Python and JavaScript webapp for making jokes using the King James Bible.
• remembyte: C command line utility to map arrays of bytes, such as those found in a public key fingerprint, to an array of something more memorable, such as words or emoji