I'm a Linux engineer with hands-on experience in system support and backend management, with a strong focus on integrating Asterisk PBX systems with web interfaces. In the past, I leveraged my expertise in Unix and MySQL for backend management, using Bash scripting to optimize automation processes. My role required extensive use of DNS, HTTP, DHCP, and TFTP protocols within a Unix framework to ensure efficient call routing and system interconnectivity.In addition to my backend skills, I conducted network security and performance testing using tools like Wireshark and sngrep, ensuring the reliability and security of telecommunication services. I also utilized solutions like Okta and FortiClient for system administration, while maintaining web-based control interfaces to enhance user interaction and administrative efficiency. My passion lies at the intersection of software and hardware, particularly in the domain of embedded systems, where I continuously explore how these systems can be optimized and securely managed within complex IT infrastructures.I was drawn into computer programming through a love of analog circuit design and experimentation. The beauty of the ideas I witnessed tangibly with electronic components and test equipment inspired me to look deeper into the functionalities that are embedded in our everyday lives. This drove me to start exploring programming languages like Python as well as Javascript. I look forward to gaining more hands-on coding knowledge, closer to low-level languages like C++, which would allow me to work on smaller hardware like the kind that inspired me to begin with.I love the objective truth-seeking nature of the coding process, and how there are an endless amount of ways to do even some of the simplest things. I particularly enjoy the beauty of an extremely creative and efficient solution to a problem that shows elegance in its execution and not just brute force calculations.SKILL SETS: LANGUAGES: Javascript(ES6), Python, TypeScript, CSS, HTMLFRONT END: jQuery, AJAX, JSON, RESTful APIs, BootstrapBACK END: Node.js, Express, Django, Flask, AWS, OOPDATABASES: SQL (MySQL, SQLite), NoSQL (MongoDB), Django ORM“Everybody in this country should learn to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think”— Steve Jobs