Jesse Borden

Software Engineer with an interest in hands on learning

I have several years of professional Information Technology (IT) experience leading staff and projects within the Department of War (DOW). I have managed Service Desk, Web Application Development, and System Administration teams. My two greatest passions are learning and continual improvement (both personally and professionally). My key strengths are being straight forward and honest. I believe in good Contract and Project Management practices. In addition to my work life, I enjoy tinkering with new technology. I have several virtual servers at home and I practice with web development using C#, MVC, Bootstrap, AJAX, Apache, IIS, GoDaddy API, and server administration using Ubuntu, Rocky Linux, OpenVPN, FreeIPA, Nessus Home. I made my own smart thermostat using Raspberry PI, Windows IOT, C#, .NET Core, and UWP.

Skills

DevOps & Infrastructure

DevOps, GitOps, Flux, ArgoCD, Infrastructure as Code, Automation, and Monitoring

Container Orchestration

Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Kustomize, Container Management, Microservices, and Service Mesh

CI/CD & Automation

CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Automated Testing, Deployment Pipelines, and Renovate

Security & Secrets Management

SOPS, Age Encryption, Keycloak, OAuth, TLS/SSL, Cert Manager, and NeuVector

Service Mesh & Networking

Istio, Istio Ambient, NGINX Ingress, MetalLB, Load Balancing, and Network Policies

Storage & Data Management

Longhorn, MinIO, Harbor Registry, Persistent Volumes, Object Storage, and Garage Storage

Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus, Grafana, Monitoring Stack, Alerting, Metrics, and Heimdall Dashboard

Programming & Development

C#, .NET Core, MVC, Bootstrap, AJAX, UWP, Jekyll, and Ruby

System Administration

Ubuntu, Rocky Linux, Apache, IIS, OpenVPN, FreeIPA, and RKE2

Cloud & Platforms

Cloudflare, DNS Management, GitHub, Container Registries, and Self-hosted Infrastructure