Summary
Michael Shock is a seasoned Linux systems administrator with over nine years of experience across military, defense, and commercial environments, currently managing Linux servers and HPC clusters at HRL Laboratories. He blends hands-on field experience in satcom, power generation, and PCI-compliant network operations with automation expertise using Bash, Ansible, GitLab, and Red Hat Satellite. A lifelong coder since 1982, he brings deep familiarity with many languages (from Fortran and C to Go and Kotlin), which informs pragmatic scripting and tool-building for operations and infrastructure. His military intelligence background gives him a disciplined, mission-focused approach to reliability and security, while a 3.94 IT and Cybersecurity degree underscores his formal technical foundation.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, IT and Cybersecurity, 3.94, Bachelor's degree, IT and Cybersecurity, 3.94 at Baker College