Starting as a hobby, I've been working professionally with Linux since 1997 shortly after I had become interested in the software internals of what makes a computer run. My early years were getting the hang of security and how to get around it. Eventually I became more interested in making things work rather than making them break, but the thinking processes I absorbed from my learn-to-hack years is something I kept and still maintain. Sometimes the easiest way to see how to make something robust and stable is to be able to conceptualize about how it can possibly break. These days most of my interest is on developing tools that improve the logical workflow when working with AWS and other cloud-based systems infrastructure. Specialties: Infrastructure as Code, AWS automation via Python (boto), Linux automation, systems' infrastructure design, innovative and customized linux-based solutions in Python, C, Perl, Expect / TCL and Bash script.

Sr. Unix Systems Engineer @ From October 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) Founder @ From March 2013 to September 2013 (7 months) Systems Engineer @ From March 2013 to March 2013 (1 month) Lead Cloud Systems Engineer @ From March 2012 to March 2013 (1 year 1 month) Department Lead, Scientific and Research Computing IT @ From March 2011 to March 2012 (1 year 1 month) System Engineer @ From January 2007 to March 2011 (4 years 3 months) Assistant System Administrator @ From September 1999 to May 2005 (5 years 9 months) Assistant Network Administrator @ From January 1997 to May 1999 (2 years 5 months)

Bachelor's Of Science @ Stevens Institute of Technology From 1999 to 2004 James Light is skilled in: Python, Boto, Amazon Cloud, Infrastructure as Code, Varnish, Shell Scripting, Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, TCP/IP, LAMP administration, Perl, C, Expect, Solaris 10