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Chevis Y.
Fitchburg, MA
87% Job Success

IT/Security Consultant, Software Developer

I am an IT Consultant and software engineer, specializing in blockchain and Linux Administration. I have worked on a range of projects, particularly pertaining to back-end development, cyber-security, arbitrage crypto trading, pen-testing, data analysis, API integration, web scraping open source intelligence gathering, and more. My primary programming languages are Python3 and the Bash shell. My IT career began in 2014 as an IT Consultant for the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Originally I offered to volunteer my time to better the community, with the theory that if you are good at something, eventually someone will pay you to do it. As it turns out, I was correct, and it wasn't long before I was offered a job. My first task was installing Linux Ubuntu on several hundred computers that were donated to the city by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Obviously the disks were wiped before we got the computers, so there was no operating system. I saw this as a perfect opportunity to help my community transition away from proprietary software, embracing open source systems instead. During 2016-2017, I co-founded a server hosting company. As a client of several different hosting providers myself, I felt that I could do better. This experience taught me much, including KVM and other virtualization technologies, sharpened my web design skills, and made me a better businessman. Late 2017 through early 2019 I worked on a confidential project relating to cryptographic currency trading and automation. This job changed my life forever; the experience was a catalyst to success and financial freedom. My role was diverse; I was both the project manager, one of the developers, and the architect for the system that we built. Today I am a self employed contractor, working as a software engineer, system administrator, and consultant. I specialize in security and blockchain, and I have written countless security tools and several automated trade platforms. More recently I have began to specialize in administering various blockchain/cryptocurrency technologies -- for example, recently I began working as an engineer/sysadmin deploying a block producing node on a proof of stake network. And most recently, I am doing a lot of web3 related projects. **Note for Prospective Clients**: If you're curious why after ten years of only **ever** getting 5 star reviews, I somehow managed to get a 1 star review, the answer is that I was deceived, manipulated, and destroyed by that so-called "client". I lost six months of my life, and then I was extorted into paying the for the privilege! It was disgusting. We reached an agreement in which I would pay a ransom in exchange for him removing that feedback. I followed through. Of course, he did not. That is because in this particular case, the point was not to write software. For reasons unknown to me, I was "hired" so he could destroy my life. I'd appreciate if you'd ignore that one review. That was no job. That was just a hit job. Nothing more.
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Skills

  • API Integration
  • Telegram API
  • MQTT
  • Linux System Administration
  • Software Architecture & Design
  • Linux
  • IT Consultation
  • Cybersecurity Management
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Selenium WebDriver
  • Python

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