Bill Wacek
Technical Lead at The DarkStar Group, LLC
Herndon, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBill Wacek is a seasoned Technical Lead who blends software engineering with systems thinking to solve complex, cross-domain problems. Based in Herndon, Virginia, he has led architecture and delivery at The DarkStar Group since 2014, driving scalable solutions and hands-on leadership. His career includes senior roles at Northrop Grumman and SAIC, where he designed web UIs, built big data repositories on Hadoop/HBase/Lily/Solr, and developed signal and image processing software for DoD and IC. He has mentored interns, steered Agile teams, and built cloud-based testing clusters, reflecting a delivery-focused approach in security-conscious environments. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State and an MS in Systems Engineering from George Washington University, underscoring a strong engineering foundation that spans hardware-inspired thinking to software systems. With nine years of experience and a track record of turning complex requirements into reliable, scalable solutions, he is adept across Java, Python, C++, and big data ecosystems.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering at Penn State UniversityMS, Systems Engineering, MS, Systems Engineering at The George Washington University
Github Skills (29)
puppeteer9
chrome-extension9
browser-automation8
chrome8
selenium7
environment-variables7
flask6
boto36
yaml6
app-config6
django6
pathlib5
vault5
amazon-s35
automation5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bwacek/dockserver
Jul 2023 - Aug 2023
Docker + Traefik with Authelia and Cloudflare Protection
Contributions:8 pushes in 21 days
bwacek/ratgdo
Dec 2023 - Dec 2023
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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