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Jeff Cockrum

Cloud Engineer / Software Developer · Remote

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I build software, wrangle servers, and keep the internet from catching fire.

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About

A short read on who I am and what I work on.

I'm a systems administrator with hands-on experience across Linux, Windows, virtualization, hosting, and network infrastructure. Over the years, I've worked with server provisioning, troubleshooting, migrations, backups, DNS, cPanel/WHM, Plesk, Proxmox, Docker, RAID/storage, IPMI, and customer-facing technical support.

Alongside infrastructure work, I also enjoy programming and building tools. Much of my development experience focuses on automation, scripting, APIs, and internal systems that make day-to-day operations easier, clearer, and more reliable.

I like solving practical technical problems, especially the kind that reduce repetitive work, improve visibility, or make complex systems easier to manage. I aim to be both technically thorough and easy to communicate with, whether I'm troubleshooting an outage, improving a workflow, or explaining what went wrong in plain English.

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Projects

A selection of things I've built. Click through for code or live demos where available.

cat skills.json

Skills

The tools I reach for most often.

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • Go
  • SQL

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Vite
  • HTML / CSS

Backend

  • Node.js
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • REST / gRPC

Infra & Tooling

  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • Linux
  • CI / CD
  • Git

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Experience

A condensed work history.

  1. HorizonIQ, A Summit Company

    1 yr 11 mos · Remote · Full-time

    acquired by SummitHQ

    • Cloud Engineer Tier 1

      Sep 2024 — Present

  2. Pluralsight

    1 yr 10 mos · Remote · Full-time

    • Content Support Engineer

      Mar 2022 — Apr 2023

    • Content Support Manager

      Jul 2021 — Mar 2022

  3. A Cloud Guru, A Pluralsight Company

    1 yr 7 mos · Remote · Full-time

    acquired by Pluralsight

    • Content Support Manager

      Sep 2020 — Jul 2021

    • Content Support Analyst

      Jan 2020 — Sep 2020

  4. Linux Academy

    6 mos · Remote · Full-time

    acquired by A Cloud Guru

    • Content Support Analyst

      Jul 2019 — Dec 2019

  5. HostGator.com

    3 yrs 1 mo · Houston, Texas, United States · Full-time

    • Internal Support

      Sep 2018 — Jul 2019

    • Web Advisor

      Jul 2016 — Sep 2018

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Contact

The best ways to reach me.

Got an interesting problem, role, or project? I read every message.

jcockrum@foxdale.tech
Jeff Cockrum — Cloud Engineer / Software Developer