Barry Smith
System Administrator III
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBarry Smith is a systems-focused engineer with 12 years of experience managing Linux infrastructure, SRE practices, and enterprise Active Directory environments across federal, media, and managed services organizations. Currently a System Administrator III at Valiantys Federal after roles as an SRE at Cprime and a Linux Engineer at Contegix, he blends hands-on Debian/Red Hat administration with operational reliability and team-building skills. He is comfortable spanning helpdesk-to-production workflows and has a practical background in networking and field operations from earlier roles in cable operations and locomotive maintenance. Known for clear public speaking and cross-functional collaboration, he brings a pragmatic passion for new technology and a history of reducing toil in recurring operational tasks.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
McCluer High SchoolAssociates, Computer Network Systems, Associates, Computer Network Systems at ITT Technical Institute
Github Skills (61)
sqlite10
one-time10
security10
php10
password-manager10
webapp10
disposable10
aes10
aes-encryption10
encryption10
bcrypt10
imap9
encrypt9
docker-compose9
snmp9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
barry-smithjr/atlassian-docker-compose
Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:6 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
barry-smithjr/caddy
Jan 2023 - May 2025
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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