Summary
Josh Harvey is a Systems Engineer and Python Lead Developer with nearly a decade of experience building secure, mission-critical infrastructure at NASA Goddard and enterprise environments. He designs practical automation—Ansible playbooks, Python tooling for vulnerability triage, and an agency-wide URL shortener—and has delivered creative security solutions like a Let's Encrypt relay and a PIV-M implementation for isolated networks. A longtime macOS/Linux specialist, he has also led Jamf deployments, built role-based upload portals with smartcard auth, and taught administrators across the agency. An effective communicator and presenter (JNUC, NolaCon, Penn State and University of Utah MacAdmins), he blends hands-on engineering with security stewardship and a knack for turning operational pain points into reusable tools.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, General Studies, High School Diploma, General Studies at Hayfield Secondary School
N/A, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, N/A, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Northern Virginia Community College