David Hutchins
Network Administrator
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolDavid Hutchins is a seasoned Network Administrator with over a decade of experience managing municipal and military networks across the Greater Chicago Area, combining hands-on expertise in Cisco IOS, firewalls, routers, and Windows environments. His background includes senior LAN leadership in the Army National Guard and information operations in the US Army, giving him a disciplined, security-minded approach to infrastructure. Actively transitioning into cybersecurity, he holds a BS in Cybersecurity, a SANS graduate certificate in Cyber Defense Operations, and completed Cisco's Global Cybersecurity Scholarship—credentials that complement his field experience. He also contributes to open-source backend development, having fixed and improved Java-based assessment modules in the widely used Sakai learning platform, demonstrating an ability to move between networking, security, and code. Practical, methodical, and mission-focused, he brings institutional IT knowledge and a clear trajectory toward defensive security roles.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
CCENT, CCENT at tandem solutionsCCNA, CCNA at Tandem SolutionsAssociate of Science (AS), Information Technology, Associate of Science (AS), Information Technology at Ivy Tech Community CollegeGraduate Certificate, Cyber Defense Operations, Graduate Certificate, Cyber Defense Operations at SANS Technology InstituteBachelor of Science - BS, cybersecurity, Bachelor of Science - BS, cybersecurity at University of Maryland Global CampusCisco Global Cybersecurity Scholarship Program, Cisco Global Cybersecurity Scholarship Program at Cisco Networking AcademyBachelor of Science - BS, Cybersecurity, Bachelor of Science - BS, Cybersecurity at University of Maryland University College
Github Skills (9)
tomcat10
javas10
sakai10
java10
lms10
jsf9
sql9
ed255198
junit7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sakaiproject/sakai
Apr 2017 - Sep 2021
Sakai is a freely available, feature-rich technology solution for learning, teaching, research and collaboration. Sakai is an open source software suite developed by a diverse and global adopter community.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 51 commits, 27 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the Sakai project's Samigo module, focusing on backend Java code. Their commits addressed issues such as fixing parameter names, redirecting links to the login servlet, and converting timer threads. They also worked on UI aspects of the Samigo module, specifically correcting behavior related to the multiple-choice questions and question layout settings. The user made several contributions that centered on the improvement and maintenance of the Samigo application.
sakaisakai-clejavatomcatvle
dnhutchins/sakai-1
Aug 2018 - Sep 2021
Sakai is a freely available, feature-rich technology solution for learning, teaching, research and collaboration. Sakai is an open source software suite developed by a diverse and global adopter community.
Contributions:2 PRs, 51 pushes, 12 branches in 3 years 1 month
diversesakaiteachingfeature-richfreely
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.