James Wallace

James Wallace

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5.0
(2 reviews)
US$25.00
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ABOUT ME
LAMP - DevOps - K8s - AWS - SRE - SQL - Interview Prep
LAMP - DevOps - K8s - AWS - SRE - SQL - Interview Prep

Available to assist with mentoring or freelance projects related to PHP, CI/CD, or Cloud systems.

I can also provide interview preparation services!

English
Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-05:00)
Joined May 2017
EXPERTISE
17 years experience
Started with PHP back when the acronym still meant Personal Home Page. Been working in the web development industry consistently since a...
Started with PHP back when the acronym still meant Personal Home Page. Been working in the web development industry consistently since around 2003, focusing on PHP and LAMP stack development. Experience with all the major frameworks, OOP, etc.
15 years experience
Starting with MySQL version 3, I've been using it as a back end for web development. Everything from proper schema design, normalization...
Starting with MySQL version 3, I've been using it as a back end for web development. Everything from proper schema design, normalization levels, and simple single server setup, to highly available fine tuned clusters handling billions of writes a month!
8 years experience
From simple virtual host configuration, to advanced scenarios involving the openresty nginx compilation that includes lua, I've done almo...
From simple virtual host configuration, to advanced scenarios involving the openresty nginx compilation that includes lua, I've done almost everything when it comes to nginx aside from actual module development.
15 years experience
Since I first discovered Linux back in the nineties, I've been using it almost daily. Not for a desktop mind you, that is not where my e...
Since I first discovered Linux back in the nineties, I've been using it almost daily. Not for a desktop mind you, that is not where my expertise lies... but instead, for servers powering web sites and various web applications!
7 years experience
A large chunk of my professional experience has involved design and management of back end systems on the Amazon AWS platform. Intimate...
A large chunk of my professional experience has involved design and management of back end systems on the Amazon AWS platform. Intimately familiar with the ins and outs of the platform... whether using it directly, or coding against the API's. Figuring out the best way to utilize their cloud based offerings in a project is where I really shine!
AWS CloudFrontAws iamAmazon EC2Amazon RDSAmazon S3Amazon elastic transcoderAmazon glacier
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8 years experience
I've been the tech lead for two seperate startups. The first, which I co-founded, Project Sunblock, was in the online advertising realm...
I've been the tech lead for two seperate startups. The first, which I co-founded, Project Sunblock, was in the online advertising realm. The second one, as tech lead, I helped pivot the platform, get us accepted into the '15 cohort of Gener8tor (based out of Milkwaukee). I have a lot of knowledge of the startup world, mostly focused around the scrutiny put on any technology involved.
6 years experience
Led the tech teams at two distinct startups, handling all the infrastructure around development. Tests, auto deployment, bitbucket pip...
Led the tech teams at two distinct startups, handling all the infrastructure around development. Tests, auto deployment, bitbucket pipelines, Atlassian suite, monitoring, load testing, emergency situation planning, etc.

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(2 reviews)
Alexandra Schutz
Alexandra Schutz
April 2024
James is super patient and helped me clear my deployment hurdle.
arche
arche
June 2017
Very helpful, honest, knowledgable, fast, and profession. Could not ask for more! perfect
SOCIAL PRESENCE
GitHub
ansible
some ansible playbooks.
Python
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uni
A web application meant for viewing video courses
PHP
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