James Jerger
Technical Solutions Engineer at Google
Bothell, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Jerger is a Technical Solutions Engineer at Google with eight years of hands-on experience in automation, server and network administration, and end-user support. He brings deep practical skills from roles at Google and prior IT positions, including designing AD and Group Policy configurations, backup automation with PowerShell, and maintaining critical lab and campus infrastructure. An active contributor to the high-profile osquery project, he has improved Windows system tables (Bitlocker, disk, CPU, video, NT domain) and strengthened error handling and test integration—demonstrating a knack for low-level system instrumentation. Based in Bothell, WA, he pairs a 3.9 IT degree from Illinois Institute of Technology with a customer-first mindset aimed at making technical support not just effective but pleasurable. Colleagues rely on him for bridging user needs and backend systems, and he consistently seeks new knowledge to turn operational complexity into reliable, automated workflows.
8 years of coding experience
Professional Bachelor of Information Technology, Information Technology and Management, 3.9 Major GPA, Professional Bachelor of Information Technology, Information Technology and Management, 3.9 Major GPA at Illinois Institute of TechnologyNorthside College Preparatory High School
Github Skills (10)
windows10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
osquery10
wmi10
sql9
network-intrusion-detection8
monitoring8
security8
intrusion-detection8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
osquery/osquery
Feb 2018 - Jun 2020
SQL powered operating system instrumentation, monitoring, and analytics.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 13 PRs, 84 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:James focused on adding and modifying tables for Windows system information within the osquery framework. Their work involved retrieving data using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and creating tables for Bitlocker, disk, video, CPU, and NT domain information. They refactored code for improved error handling and added features like encryption method to the Bitlocker information. Additionally, they contributed to test integration for their code.
instrumentationanalyticsoperating-systemsecuritysql
jjerger/compute-image-tools
May 2022 - Mar 2025
Tools and scripts for Google Compute Engine images.
Contributions:213 pushes, 155 branches in 2 years 10 months
compute-enginegoogle-compute-enginepythongooglegoogle-compute
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