Summary
Talbot Lawrence is an Infrastructure Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building and operating Linux-based systems, automation, and integration pipelines from Franklin, Tennessee. He has practical expertise in scripting (Perl, Python, Bash), configuration automation with Ansible, containerization with Docker/Compose, and running Kafka-backed data flows tied to MongoDB and SQL backends. Talbot’s background spans security tooling and operations—SolarWinds, OpenVAS, Burp Suite—and he’s comfortable troubleshooting through Nagios, Kibana, and syslog while fielding customer-facing incident response. Early exposure to development, QA, and technical writing at Universal Music Group and training offshore technicians speak to his ability to translate between stakeholders and engineers. He’s drawn to cutting-edge tooling and reliably turns legacy file-processing workflows (PDF/TIFF imaging, SFTP, PGP) into automated, auditable systems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, History Major, Bachelor of Arts, History Major at Hampden-Sydney College
El Colegio de Salamanca
Mountain Brook High School
Computer Programming, Computer Programming at Nashville Software School