Portfolio
ACS Associate Member
Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (ID: LFCS-1700-001419-0100)
Education
- 2015-2017
Master of Information Technology (Computer Networking / Software Design and Development), Charles Sturt University
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2010-2013
Bachelor of Computer Science (Enterprise Systems), University of Wollongong.
Have complete a system administration subject (including work on Cisco Switches) - 2009
HSC, Dubbo Christian School, ATAR 82.05
Programming Languages
Languages
Software Experience
Linux Distros
Ubuntu
Fedora
Debian
Gentoo
Other software
Puppet
Apache
MySQL
OpenVPN
Joomla
BIND
PostgreSQL
Postfix
NFS
IPv6
Projects
University
- Image search Android app
- Module (in Java) for OpenMRS (medical record system)
Web dev
Work Experience
- 2016+
Junior System administrator at Global Recordings Network. (volunteer)
- 2015
PHP / Website developer at Global Recordings Network (volunteer). Helped develop new website at globalrecordings.net.
- 2012–2013
IT Department University of Wollongong to diagnose and troubleshoot network problems for users at International house.
- 2012
Everywhere Internet as a contractor diagnosing and troubleshooting network problems for users at multiple sites around Wollongong
- dec 2012 to present
A handful of Linux suport jobs through Fiverr (fiverr.com/portablejim).
- 2008–2012
Re-coded the Air Bush Charter website (airbush.com.au) to improve the quality of HTML, provide better SEO and allow for easier maintenance.
- 2006–2010
Created and maintained the Bodyoptions website (badbag.com.au)
- 2006–2012
Various jobs that involve the burning and printing of CDs and DVDs
Hobbies / Interests
- github
Github page: github.com/portablejim
- software
I created and maintain a mod for a game called Minecraft called VeinMiner
- software
I created an Android application “SMS via MyNetFone” that is used by around 300 people.
- software
I have created both a Python based application and a PHP-based application to correctly encode church sermons into multiple formats
- administration
I maintain a VPS that hosts my website (jamesmckay.id.au) that I set-up myself.
- networking
I have set-up IPv6 on my local network, working through a VPN connection.
- support
I volunteer support for people's hardware and software issues. For online support, I have accounts at several stackexchange sites such as AskUbuntu.
- online
On the internet I use the psudonym 'Portablejim'