Joshua Blankenship
Staff, Systems And Infrastructure Engineer at Walmart Global Tech
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolJoshua Blankenship is a Staff Systems and Infrastructure Engineer with eight years of experience building resilient, secure infrastructure and leading disaster recovery for large-scale enterprise services. He currently manages Walmart’s Disaster Recovery capabilities, coordinating hundreds of application teams to meet strict RTO/RPO targets while automating failover simulations with YAML and scripting. A former Air Force noncommissioned officer, he blends disciplined program management and operational rigor with hands-on skills in Python, Django/Flask, Linux, networking, and boundary security. His background includes firewall and IDS/IPS design at Jacobs and sustaining 99% availability across Microsoft Server environments in military contexts, showing a consistent focus on continuity and compliance. Joshua holds an MBA in IT Management and a laddered set of technical certifications, and he continually pursues back-end development training to bridge leadership and coding practice. An uncommon strength is his ability to translate military-scale operational procedures into automated, testable recovery programs that improve readiness and reduce human error.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Management, Management at Airman Leadership SchoolBack-End Development, Back-End Development at Boot.devAssociate’s Degree, Information Technology, Graduated, Associate’s Degree, Information Technology, Graduated at Community College of the Air ForceMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Information Technology Management, Graduated, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Technology Management, Graduated at Western Governors University
Github Skills (5)
gift8
azerothcore7
react6
nodejs4
javascript3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
LANsharkCryptoAnalytics/LANshark
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
AR History Tour
Contributions:230 commits, 94 PRs, 45 pushes in 1 month
react
joshuablankenship/LANshark
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
AR History Tour
Contributions:62 pushes, 30 branches in 27 days
react
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