Joe Clarke
Distinguished Services Engineer at FreeBSD
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJoe Clarke is a Distinguished Services Engineer at Cisco with 24 years of experience blending deep network engineering, automation, and customer-facing support. Based in Durham, NC, he has a long track record of contributing to both vendor and open-source ecosystems—most notably LibreNMS monitoring, YANG models, and FreeBSD documentation and commits. Joe specializes in backend and network automation work (NETCONF, RESTCONF, SNMP) and has improved alert transports, APIs, and device integration for real-world operational tooling. He chairs an IETF OPS working group and has led XML development for industry vulnerability reporting, demonstrating influence across standards and security communities. As an advisor to senior design projects at NC State, he mentors the next generation while continuing to ship pragmatic solutions at Cisco. A quiet polymath, he pairs protocol-level rigor with practical scripting and documentation skills that make complex networks more observable and manageable.
24 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at University of Miami
English, French
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Github Skills (31)
snmp10
python10
apidoc10
laravel-mix10
rest-framework10
snmpd10
laravel10
api10
gnome10
network-automation10
netconf10
documentation10
api-design9
restful-api9
freebsd9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
CiscoDevNet/python_code_samples_network
Jan 2017 - Dec 2020
A collection of Python Code Samples for Network Management. Includes samples to run on-box and off-box.
Role in this project:
Backend & Network Automation Engineer
Backend & Network Automation EngineerContributions:10 reviews, 26 commits, 15 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Joe primarily contributed to network automation by developing Python scripts for network device interaction and configuration. The contributions include scripts utilizing NETCONF and SNMP for retrieving and manipulating device data (specifically ENTITY-MIB information), as well as integrating with APIC-EM for inventory statistics. The user also enhanced existing scripts, addressing issues and incorporating new features like HTTPS support, RESTCONF integration and arguments for improved usability and IOS-XE compatibility.
pythonrestconfnetconfsshsnmp
freebsd/freebsd-doc
Apr 2002 - May 2011
FreeBSD doc tree (read-only mirror)
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:1228 commits in 9 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Joe primarily contributed to the documentation of the FreeBSD GNOME Project. Their commits focused on updating the FAQ, adding and modifying upgrade instructions for different GNOME versions, and correcting links. The user was also responsible for linking to resources and adding a script for common build errors.
freebsd
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