Stephen Slaughter
Information Technology Analyst
Christiansburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Slaughter is an Information Technology Analyst and experienced DBA with over a decade of hands-on experience building secure, performant data and infrastructure platforms across higher education, government, and private sectors. He designs and hardens Linux server environments and database architectures (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL) while automating ETL/ELT pipelines using SSIS, Bash, Python, and Perl to support research and transactional systems. Comfortable as the technical bridge between stakeholders and engineers, he has delivered production research data platforms, transaction workflows, and administrative portals that prioritize resilience, integrity, and compliance. Stephen pairs practical system administration—SELinux, firewalld/iptables, STIG/NIST-aligned patching, GPU/CUDA compute setups—with specialized cybersecurity training (SANS GIAC) and forensic skills. Based in Christiansburg and active in academic research environments, he favors deep technical roles that blend database performance tuning, secure automation, and reproducible infrastructure for mission-critical work.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Biochemistry, Biotechnology Option, B.Sc., Biochemistry, Biotechnology Option at Virginia TechA.A.S., Science, Information Systems, A.A.S., Science, Information Systems at Central Virginia Community CollegeE.C. Glass
English, Spanish
Github Skills (49)
robot10
robotics9
drawing9
nvidia9
ros8
reinforcement-learning8
simulation8
gpu7
canvas7
collaboration7
whiteboard6
deep-learning6
machine-learning6
minecraft6
pytorch6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
StephenWelch/stephenwelch.github.io
May 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:64 commits, 7 PRs, 154 pushes in 3 years 6 months
VTBOLT/BOLT_IV_ETCM
Nov 2019 - Apr 2021
Code for the LAUNCHXL-F28379D
Contributions:44 commits, 2 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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