Hector Garcia
Principal System Engineer at SAIC
Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHector Garcia is a Principal System Engineer with 11 years of IT and leadership experience, now based in Chantilly, VA, who blends hands-on systems engineering with program and team leadership at SAIC. A former senior enlisted leader in the United States Air Force, he led communications and infrastructure teams, deployed and stood up secure voice/data networks in austere environments, and served as a Cisco and Active Directory lead in Afghanistan. He is experienced managing cross-functional projects, driving operational readiness, and translating mission requirements into resilient, secure architectures. Known for pragmatic decision-making under pressure, Hector brings military-grade discipline to civilian systems engineering while maintaining a curious, engineering-first mindset evident in his continued engagement with developer communities from his Chicago roots.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BS Information Technology, BS Information Technology at American InterContinental UniversityAssociate's degree Electronic Systems Technology, Associate's degree Electronic Systems Technology at Community College of the Air Force
Github Skills (87)
facebook-api10
facebook-messenger10
okta-api10
chat-application10
javascript9
facebook9
okta9
react9
frontend9
api8
chat8
reporter8
declarative8
user-interface8
console8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
hectron/go-define
Feb 2020 - Mar 2022
A command-line dictionary
Contributions:3 releases, 10 PRs, 14 pushes in 2 years
dictionarygolangpythoncligo
hectron/blog
Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
Contributions:9 PRs, 26 pushes, 9 branches in 6 years 1 month
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