Brad Schmidt
Principal Platform Engineer
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrad Schmidt is a Principal Platform Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building and operating cross-platform infrastructure for Mac, Windows, and Linux environments. Based in Minneapolis, he has progressed through progressive platform and systems roles at JumpCloud, Jamf, and Target, delivering tooling and platform reliability for both enterprise and education sectors. He combines deep operational know-how—rooted in early technical support and district-wide iPad 1:1 initiatives—with a developer mindset focused on automation, networks, and open source. Known for bridging customer-facing support with scalable platform engineering, Brad excels at translating real-world user needs into robust, maintainable systems. His background in MIS and PC/LAN IT gives him practical breadth from helpdesk to principal-level architecture. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that keep heterogeneous fleets secure and manageable at scale.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Associate’s Degree Management Information Systems, Associate’s Degree Management Information Systems at Saint Paul College-A Community and Technical CollegePC/LAN Information Technology, PC/LAN Information Technology at Brown College
Github Skills (9)
jss9
git7
macos4
mobile3
ios1
shutdown1
api1
verify1
security1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bradschm/jss-assettag-importer
Feb 2016 - Jul 2016
JSS Asset Tag Importer - Get those asset tags into your Casper JSS. For Mobile Devices and Computers!
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 26 pushes in 4 months
jssmobile
bradschm/assethook
Jul 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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