Paul Knight
Sr. Technical Instructor at Zip Code Wilmington
New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Knight is a seasoned systems engineer and educator with 11+ years in software and over two decades delivering IT and virtualization solutions across public and private sectors. As Sr. Technical Instructor at Zip Code Wilmington he teaches modern data and software engineering stacks—Java, Spring, Python, Pandas, Kafka—while integrating AI tooling into curricula to bridge theory and industry practice. He previously led virtualization and private cloud initiatives for the State of Delaware, automating data center infrastructure to improve security, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness for citizens. A founding partner of a regional IT services firm, Paul combines hands-on consulting for small businesses with enterprise-grade architecture experience. Trained in physics and astronomy, he brings an analytical, systems-first mindset to teaching and operations, often translating complex infrastructure concepts into practical, job-ready skills.
11 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Astronomy and Physics, Astronomy and Physics at University of DelawarePhysics, Mathematics and Astronomy, Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy at University of RochesterSalesianum
German, Latin
Github Skills (47)
iot-application10
esxi10
network-configuration10
tuya10
python10
handlers10
upnp10
vmware10
hue10
automation10
smartthings10
zwave10
ansible10
esp3210
network-automation10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
n3pjk/community.vmware
Mar 2021 - Feb 2023
Ansible Collection for VMWare
Contributions:77 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 11 months
vagrantesxiansible-collectionvcenteransible
n3pjk/ansible
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy. Avoid writing scripts or custom code to deploy and update your applications — automate in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/
Contributions:4 PRs, 95 pushes, 11 branches in 2 months
pythonit-automationdevopsansibleplain-english
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