Jake Braun

9 Waunona Woods Court · Madison, WI 53713 · (920) 382-5555 · jakeabraun@gmail.com

I want to write code that improves peoples lives

Experience

System Administrator

Acumium
  • Monitored and Maintained Production, Staging, and Testing Servers
  • Performed and Resolved Comprehensive Vulnerability Scans against Customer Sites
  • Solved Elevated Help Desk Tickets in a timely and friendly fashion
  • Documented new procedures and updated the documentation when it was outdated
  • Resolved alerts and outages that occurred outside of regular business hours
  • Helped Design and Perform security audits on employees home networks
  • Audited and Updated our Firewall Configurations on a monthly basis
Febuary 2020 - Present

IT Consultant

Robert Half
  • Helped users in the transition to a updated database model
  • Schema had to be redesigned as they would were switching to a per licenses model
  • While waiting for administrators to respond also deployed and setup VOIP phones
January 2020 - Febuary 2020

IT Technician LTE

Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions
  • Upgraded the department from windows 7 to windows 10
  • Created System images for different hardware models and updated them regularly
  • Repaired damaged laptops and replaced cracked screens
  • Imaged and deployed new computers as necessary
  • Solved Help Desk Tickets as quickly as possible
June 2019 - December 2019

Audiovisual Technician

WARF and MIR
  • Responsible for Providing Audio/Video Technical Support for Towncenter Events
  • Regular Maintenance and Testing of State-of-the-Art- A/V Systems
September 2016 - June 2019

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bachelor of Science
Computer Science

August 2015 - May 2019

Skills

Programming Languages & Frameworks
  • Proficient in Powershell, Java, C, and Python
  • Familiar with Php, Lisp, Matlab, Javascript, Dart, Sql, and C++
  • Front-end HTML, CSS, React, React-Native, Flutter

Programs and Tools
  • Nessus Professional Vulnerability Scanner
  • Wordpress Administration and Security
  • Windows Admin Center
  • Checkmk Installation and Monitoring
  • Hyper-V Virtual Server Administration
  • Edgerouter Firewall Configuration

Interests

I currently spend a significant amount of my free time working on my personal computer and homelab. Due to Covid my friends wanted to be able to play games together, and I took it upon my self to host the game servers. From there I have gotten a little carried away with several old computers now adorning the shelf next to my desk.


When I do manage to get outside I enjoy hiking and camping. Back in Highschool I belonged to Troop 760 and would camp every other weekend. Now that I live in Madison I get out much, much less often, but I still like to get outside and explore the parks and trails that I can.


Then come the hobbies. I have a larger than normal amount of houseplants and books, I play DND about once a week, and I have a cat named Pixel who likes to eat human food off of the counter when I am not looking.

Awards & Certifications

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practioner
  • Crestron DMC-D-4k Certified
  • Audia For Technicians Certified
  • Biamp VoIP Certified
  • Eagle Scout of Troop 760