Summary
Brian Carpenter is an Information System Specialist with 13 years of hands-on experience supporting higher education technology at Western Oklahoma State College. He combines Linux system administration, network security, and computer forensics with application scripting in Python and PHP to keep campus infrastructure resilient and auditable. Comfortable across sysadmin, devops, and development roles, he focuses on practical, security-minded solutions that minimize downtime for students and faculty. Based in Altus, Oklahoma, he brings deep institutional knowledge from two decades at the same college, enabling efficient legacy system migration and continuity. Colleagues know him as a reliable problem-solver who pairs technical rigor with a pragmatic approach to documentation and incident response. Outside work he’s an avid dog lover, reflecting a personable, steady presence in both team and community settings.
13 years of coding experience
Associate's degree, Computer Science, Associate's degree, Computer Science at Western Oklahoma State College