Dave Vehrs
Linux Administrator
Larkspur, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Vehrs is a seasoned Linux administrator with over a decade of hands-on experience deploying and securing Debian-based systems for small to mid-sized organizations. He has a practical background spanning systems engineering, network administration, and production management, including building and configuring high-performance workstations, servers, and clusters. After recovering from a traumatic brain injury, he completed an AS degree and earned two Linux Foundation certifications while actively using Ansible and Lynis to harden servers. Comfortable as a lone IT operator, Dave has repeatedly delivered full-stack infrastructure ownership—from backups and heterogeneous networks to automation and security testing. Based in Larkspur, Colorado, he pairs pragmatic problem-solving with a disciplined, mission-focused approach honed in both civilian IT roles and prior military service.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Associate’s Degree, Associate of Science, Associate’s Degree, Associate of Science at Front Range Community College
English
Github Skills (24)
security-hardening10
unix10
vulnerability-scanners10
security-scanner10
testing10
linux10
security10
vulnerability-assessment10
security-vulnerability10
pci10
vulnerability-detection10
hipaa10
compliance10
pci-dss10
macos10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dvehrs/pyBallistics
Aug 2021 - Aug 2025
A Python port of GNU Ballistics Library
Contributions:44 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years
pythonballisticsgnupython-3
dvehrs/podget
Nov 2015 - Jan 2023
Podcast aggregator optimized for running as a scheduled job (i.e. cron) on Linux
Contributions:16 releases, 300 commits, 13 PRs in 7 years 3 months
cronlinux
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