{"id":5,"date":"2022-03-23T20:43:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T00:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrewmcgrail.com\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2022-03-23T21:30:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T01:30:21","slug":"andrew-mcgrail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andrewmcgrail.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew McGrail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Resume<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Computer Software Developer<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Github: https:\/\/github.com\/challos
Email: andrewjmcgrail@mcgrail.com<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SUMMARY<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Task-oriented employee who enjoys working\non complex computer systems.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXPERIENCE<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Peregrine\nComputer Consultants Corporation<\/span> <\/span>– Developer<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

MAY 2020 –\nPRESENT<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Administrating Google\nWorkspace on-premise to do cloud migrations including Google Apps\nScripts for data validation and automation<\/span><\/li>
  • Deploying email and web\nservices with CentOS and cPanel infrastructures<\/span><\/li>
  • Maintaining and\nimproving code in Perl<\/span><\/li>
  • Contributed to the\nApache Software Foundation SpamAssassin project<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    T3\nDesign<\/span> –<\/span> Programmer<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    SUMMER 2019 – FALL\n2019<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Improved the existing workflow for employees especially improving Excel automation and scripting for significant automation and productivity gains<\/span><\/li>
    • Created proprietary software to solve industry- and company-specific needs including a network-wide PDF indexer and discovery tool; and Manager Review automation using Google Docs, Google Forms, Microsoft Excel, and Scripting<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Virginia Tech<\/span> –<\/span> SWAT\nTechnician<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      SEPTEMBER 2018 – MAY\n2020<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • IT<\/span> support for engineering students, school-provided hardware,\nand curriculum-related software<\/span><\/li>
      • Software Installation,\nOperating System Installation, Driver Issue Resolutions, Virus\nScanning, Networking\/Wifi Troubleshooting, and PC & Mac Hardware\nDiagnostics<\/span>\n
        <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        InfraShield,\nInc.<\/span> – Intern<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        SUMMER 2017 – FALL\n2017<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • Database development &\ncomputer networking in support of corporate database\nprojects<\/span><\/li>
        • Deployed network\ninfrastructure and provided user support<\/span><\/li>
        • Designed and\nimplemented a Android and iPhone Application<\/span><\/li>
        • Assisted in the\nimplementation of the National Institute of Standards and\nTechnology (NIST) 800-53 cyber security controls<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          EDUCATION<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
          • Virginia Tech, B.S.\nComputer Science<\/span><\/li>
          • Robinson Secondary\nSchool, Advanced Diploma<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            HONORS &\nAWARDS<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
            • Future Business Leaders\nof America, VA State Champion and National Competition Team Member,\nProblem Solving in Computing<\/span><\/li>
            • Gallaudet University,\nMotorola Maker Camp – Awarded Beta Phone with Arduino for Work on\nApps for the Deaf<\/span><\/li>
            • Google-certified\nWorkspace Administrator<\/span><\/li>
            • Microsoft-certified\nOffice User<\/span><\/li>
            • NoVA regional and\nVirginia State competition Winner for an FBLA Pac-Man clone\nproject<\/span><\/li>
            • Boy Scouts of America,\nEagle Scout<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              PERSONAL\nINTERESTS<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
              • Making and Playing\nVideo games (Dota 2, Guilty Gear, Dark Souls)<\/span><\/li>
              • Creative writing and\nreading especially fantasy<\/span><\/li>
              • Open Source Software\ncoding including Discord bots, personal scripts, Apache Software\nFoundation contributions, and learning new programming\nlanguages.<\/span><\/li>
              • Currently learning\nRust.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                COMPREHENSIVE TECHNICAL SKILLS<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

                Programming Concepts:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                • Multi-threaded programming<\/span><\/li>
                • Systems<\/span><\/li>
                • Network & packet protocols, such as TCP-IP,<\/span><\/li>
                • Common data structures (binary tree\/hash tables\/etc)<\/span><\/li>
                • Low-level memory architecture<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Computer Programming\nLanguages:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  • Python<\/span><\/li>
                  • C\/C++\/C#<\/span><\/li>
                  • Java<\/span><\/li>
                  • SQL<\/span><\/li>
                  • JSON<\/span><\/li>
                  • XML<\/span><\/li>
                  • RESTful API<\/span><\/li>
                  • HTML\/CSS<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td>
                  • Perl<\/span><\/li>
                  • Javascript\/jQuery\/Electron<\/span><\/li>
                  • Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)<\/span><\/li>
                  • Google Apps Scripts (GAS)<\/span><\/li>
                  • Rust<\/span><\/li>
                  • Haskell<\/span><\/li>
                  • Prolog<\/span><\/li>
                  • Excel<\/span><\/li>
                  • Google Apps Scripting<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                    Writing<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    • Both writing\/creating and editing technical documentation, program manuals, technical reference manuals, user documentation, and use cases<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      Operating Systems:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      • Linux\/Unix (CentOS\/Mint\/Ubuntu)<\/span><\/li>
                      • Microsoft Windows<\/span><\/li>
                      • ChromeOS<\/span><\/li>
                      • Android<\/span><\/li>
                      • iOS<\/span><\/li>
                      • MacOS<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                        Software Experience (Partial List):<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                        • Oracle VirtualBox<\/span><\/li>
                        • Amazon Web Services (EC2\/ECS)<\/span><\/li>
                        • OpenSSH\/SecureCRT\/PuTTY<\/span><\/li>
                        • Vi\/Vim<\/span><\/li>
                        • LucidCharts\/Google Draw<\/span><\/li>
                        • Balsamiq Wireframing<\/span><\/li>
                        • vscode (with vim keybindings, of course)<\/span><\/li>
                        • Google Docs\/Sheets\/Slides<\/span><\/li>
                        • Microsoft Word\/Excel\/PowerPoint\/Access<\/span><\/li>
                        • Adobe Photoshop\/Microsoft Paint\/GIMP<\/span><\/li>
                        • Jupyter Notebooks<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td>
                        • System Imaging Tools (Ghost)<\/span><\/li>
                        • Logisim<\/span><\/li>
                        • Code42 Crashplan Cloud Backup (Administration and User)<\/span><\/li>
                        • OpenVPN<\/span><\/li>
                        • Thunderbird<\/span><\/li>
                        • ELK Stack<\/span><\/li>
                        • Wireshark<\/span><\/li>
                        • LogMeIn Rescue<\/span><\/li>
                        • GIS<\/span><\/li>
                        • git\/svn\/github\/gitlab<\/span><\/li>
                        • optipng<\/span><\/li>
                        • ffmpeg<\/span><\/li>
                        • ImageMagick<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

                          Python Libraries:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          • sqlite3<\/span><\/li>
                          • tesseract<\/span><\/li>
                          • imgkit (wkhtmltopdf\/wkhtmltoimage wrapper)<\/span><\/li>
                          • numpy<\/span><\/li>
                          • beautifulsoup<\/span><\/li>
                          • urllib<\/span><\/li>
                          • Pillow<\/span><\/li>
                          • pandas<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                            Additional Development\nProjects:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            • Image\/File Discord Re-hoster<\/span><\/li>
                            • Packet and UDP implementation for a client and host<\/span><\/li>
                            • Spotify Premium custom music playlist synchronization<\/span><\/li>
                            • Multi-threaded file discovery, indexing, and hashing<\/span><\/li>
                            • C++, ncurses-based, 2-dimensional game engine<\/span><\/li>
                            • Text game, Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) game engine<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td>
                            • Haskell passphrase generator<\/span><\/li>
                            • Reddit data-mining and archiving toolset<\/span><\/li>
                            • Custom Arduino and hardware switch actuators for ICISI conference demo booth<\/span><\/li>
                            • Raspberry PI server with Github mirroring<\/span><\/li>
                            • Reddit to Discord cross-posting bot<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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