Josh Klosterman
Director Of Information Technology
Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Klosterman is a technology leader and Director of Information Technology based in Arizona with a track record of building and scaling secure platform and identity solutions across regulated industries. Over the past decade he progressed from systems administration to architecting device and identity lifecycles that manage tens of thousands of endpoints, automating onboarding and compliance for PCI-DSS and HIPAA audits. He blends hands-on scripting (Python, Bash, ZSH, PowerShell) with strategic vendor and product evaluations to inform executive decisions and streamline operations. At Experian he led MacOps and Solutions Architecture efforts, mentoring distributed teams and introducing fully automated deployment workflows. Josh also contributes full-stack automation work in open-source projects—such as a real-time r/place drawing script—demonstrating an appetite for practical engineering that solves both infrastructure and creative problems. His uncommon combination of security-minded architecture, device lifecycle expertise, and developer-friendly automation makes him effective at turning compliance requirements into scalable, auditable platforms.
4 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
JAMF University
Github Skills (15)
r-api10
pixel-art10
websocket10
python10
image-processor10
scripting10
image-processing10
http-request10
bots8
googlebot8
reddit8
dotenv7
docker4
dockers4
cicd3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rdeepak2002/reddit-place-script-2022
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Script to draw an image onto r/place (https://www.reddit.com/r/place/)
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 19 commits, 7 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:Josh significantly contributed to the development of a script for the Reddit r/place event, focusing on pixel-based image drawing. Their work involved integrating websocket connections for real-time data, parsing image data, and implementing logic to identify and place pixels. The user refactored the code to efficiently handle drawing and color selection. Furthermore, they improved the method for obtaining the board and ensured each worker used the correct offset configured in the environment.
placescriptpythonimgursearch-engines
xifxor/wordlehelper
Feb 2022 - Sep 2022
A tool to help solve the daily wordle puzzle
Contributions:3 reviews, 31 commits, 9 PRs in 7 months
solvegamewordlewordle-solverpuzzle
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