Blake Carver
Senior System Administrator
Buffalo, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBlake Carver is a Senior System Administrator based in Buffalo, NY with 11 years of hands-on experience managing Linux systems, web hosting, and IT security for libraries and cultural organizations. He combines deep expertise in Drupal, WordPress, PHP/MySQL, and hosting operations with a librarian’s focus on reliable access, records management, and user-centered service. At LYRASIS he oversees production systems and infrastructure, drawing on a decade of prior library and technical librarian roles to bridge vendor technology and institutional needs. His background includes early programming experience and web librarianship, which gives him a practical full-stack perspective on delivering secure, maintainable web services. Blake holds a Master's in Library and Information Science from SUNY Buffalo and often applies archival-minded practices to system administration and hosting.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Library and Information Science, Master's degree, Library and Information Science at State University of New York at Buffalo
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Github Skills (108)
python10
security10
ruby10
malware10
ssh10
javascript10
ansible10
management10
social-media10
jruby10
xslt10
archives10
hosts10
privacy10
mhealth10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
archivesspace/tech-docs
Mar 2018 - Dec 2022
Technical documentation for ArchivesSpace
Contributions:4 reviews, 38 commits, 41 PRs in 4 years 9 months
technical-documentationarchivesspace
Blake-/cyber-security-podcasts
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
A big list of IT Security / Cybersecurity Podcasts
Contributions:1 review, 72 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 1 month
it-securitysecuritycybersecurityinfosecbig-list
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