Jason Blakey
Perl Go Software Engineer In GeoIP Build at MaxMind
North Grenville, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJason Blakey is a seasoned software engineer with over a decade of experience building networking and security-focused systems, currently working on GeoIP build at MaxMind using Perl and Go. His background spans IoT security, telecom signaling, and network design across organizations like CIRA, Ribbon Communications, Nortel and the Government of Canada, blending deep protocol knowledge with Linux and Windows development. He pairs systems-level expertise—UNIX administration, communication protocols, and network monitoring—with hands-on product development and test framework delivery. Based in North Grenville, Ontario, he brings a pragmatic engineering approach honed over long-term public- and private-sector engagements, often operating where networking, security, and data integration intersect. Unexpectedly, his career path shows a steady shift from infrastructure-heavy roles into focused software build and security work, making him effective at translating operational constraints into robust, maintainable code.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at Dalhousie University
English
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Github Skills (114)
file-format10
socket10
ping10
spec10
test-data10
geoip10
maxmind10
nse9
mod-manager9
sniffer9
network-tools9
aix9
abaqus9
azerothcore9
data-storage9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
CIRALabs/iot-safe-middleware
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
MiddleWare for interfacing with IoT SAFE on eSIMs.
Contributions:1 review, 26 commits, 4 PRs in 17 days
middlewaresafeiot
CIRALabs/wolfssl
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
The wolfSSL library is a small, fast, portable implementation of TLS/SSL for embedded devices to the cloud. wolfSSL supports up to TLS 1.3!
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
sslc99libeventsecuritytls
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