Skills Page
Scott's Skills List
This web page lists many of the skills I have acquired over the years as I have worked in the world of Information Technology. The skills are grouped together into various categories. In some cases, you can move your mouse over the skills to see a popup with more information about that particular skill or piece of technology.
The groups of information you see below include technology skills, business skills, communication skills, management skills, and personal soft skills.
Azure Certification Status
Webinars I Attend
Key Skills List
A Bachelor Degree Earned in C.I.S.
Analytical Thinker
Attention to Detail
Auditing Software, Applications and DevOps Environments
Azure Technology Used Regularly
Create and Give Training and Presentations
Create PowerPoint Slides and Proposals
Creativity
Debugging software problems and issues
Design and architect Sessionless, Stateless, Scalable cloud-native web applications
Discuss issues with Users, Customers, and Staff
Effective Oral and Written Communications
Flexibility
Great Listening Skills
Heroku.com Cloud Platform
Identifying Performance Problems
Meet Deadlines
Mentoring Others
Perform Programming in Several Languages, Tools, and Frameworks in a Break-Fix Production Environment
Positive Can-Do Attitude
Project Lead and Team Leader
Provide Timely and Accurate Answers
Self-Motivated
Teamwork
Tenacity
Thoughtful and Useful Documentation Created
Time Management Success
Troubleshooting Many Layers of Problems
Using DevOps Regularly
Willing to Work Long Hours and Weekends if the Situation Requires it
Write Contracts, Proposals and Supporting Documents
Opensource Tools/Technology
Bootstrap
C# Csharp
CSS
Git
HTML
JavaScript
Node.js
Swagger.io
Vue.js
My Agile Experiences
Bug Tracking
Burndown Charts
Code Branches
Code Reviews
Kanban Boards
Prioritization of Work Tasks
Product Backlogs
Pull Requests
Retrospectives
Sprint Backlogs
Story Points
User Stories
WIKI's
Wish Lists
Analysis Tools
Application Insights
Azure Alerts
Azure Monitor
Dashboards
KUSTO Query Language
Log Data and Parsing Data
Performance Metrics
Azure Technology
App Service Plans
Azure Logic Apps - ALA
Azure NetApp Files - ANF (enterprise grade NAS service)
Azure Portal (PaaS)
Azure Web Apps: Linux or Windows
Deployment Artifacts
Power BI
Power Platform (low-code no-code experiences)
PowerApps
Azure DevOps
Deploy Release to Azure Web Apps with Azure Pipelines
Deploy to Azure Logic Apps
Deploy to Azure Web Apps
Deploy to VM's
Deployment Artifacts
Deployment Groups
Microsoft Hosted Agents
On-Premise (deployments behind firewalls)
Pipelines
Projects
Releases
Repositories
Story Points
Targets (for Deployments)
Azure Certifications I am working on
AZ-400 -> Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps (work in progress)
AZ-900 -> Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (work in progress currently)
Client Side Security
Certificates
Encryption
HTTPS
Mcaffee
Nortons Security
SSH Clients
VPN Clients
Webroot Internet Security and Antivirus
Windows Firewall
Zone Alarm
Code Editors / Code Editing
Git Bash - shell terminal (emulation layer for a Git command line experience)
Microsoft FrontPage
Nano
Notepad++
Vi
Visual Interdev
Visual Studio Professional versions: 6.0, DotNet 2002/2003, VS.NET 2005 - VS.NET 2022
VSCODE
Windows Notepad
Communications Platforms/APIs
Mailgun
Slack
TFA
Twilio SendGrid
Twilio SMS
Containers
Docker
Docker CLI - Command Line Interface
Docker Containers
Dockerhub
Helm - The Package Manger for Kubernetes
Databases/Data Access Layers
Access/Jet
ADO.NET
Azure SQL
Cosmos DB
DBase
FoxPro
JSON Server for Data (mocking)
MongoDB
MS Access
MS SQL Server
MySQL
No SQL - provides a mechanism for storage and retrieval of data that is modeled in means other than the tabular relations used in relational databases.
Oracle DB
Paradox (Borland)
Postgres
SQLite
SSRS Server - Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
DevOps Processes
CI/CD - Continuous Integration and Continous Deployment
Docker CLI - Command Line Interface
Git
Github
Github Actions
Github Workflows
Helm - The Package Manger for Kubernetes
Helm Charts - Kubernetes YAML manifests combined into a single package that can be advertised to your Kubernetes clusters
Heroku.com
Personal Access Tokens
Diagram/Flowcharting Tools
Diagrams.net
GoJS.net
Microsoft Publisher
Silverlight
Visio
Data Visualization Tools
Chart.js
D3 Library
DevExpress Dashboard Toolset
Dundas Dashboard
Frameworks/Platforms
.Net / Dotnet
.Net CLI
.Net core
.Net core 6.0
Asp pages
Asp.net
Asp.net core
Data Dynamics ActiveReports.net
DevExpress.com Universal Subscription - I own this large tools
EF.Core
Expression Studio from Microsoft
Expressjs / Express - Express is a minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework that provides a robust set of features for web and mobile applications
Infragistics
LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP)
MEAN stack (all JavaScript - MongoDB, Express, Angular, and Node)
Node.js - an asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime, Node.js is designed to build scalable network applications
PHP - Hypertext Preprocessor ia a general-purpose scripting language geared towards web development
Graphics Tools/Libraries
Adobe Image Ready
GSAP Greensock Library - Greensock is an industry standard JavaScript animation library
Illustrator
Inkscape - Open Source Graphics tools
Photoshop
SVG Files and Animations with CSS and Javascript
The Microsoft MS-Paint.exe Program
Hardware
Cisco PIX Firewalls
DELL Managed Switches, DELL PowerEdge Servers, and DELL PowerVault Servers
Design and Build Custom Rack-Mounted Servers
Design and Build NAS boxes
Fiddler
Firewalls/Routers: Setup, Install, Manage, Maintain
HP Proliant Servers like DL380's - setup and manage for projects like VMWare ESXi rack mounted servers with multiple RAID arrays
Networking: Setup, Manage, and Monitor various network equipment including smart switches and managed switches with Virtual Network Configurations
RAID Arrays: Setup and maintained various RAID Arrays such as RAID 5 and RAID 6 configurations in numerous servers and NAS boxes
Setup Internet Routers
Virtual Networks
HTTP Testing Tools
Fiddler
Postman
REST Client
TCPDUMP - Packet Analyzer and the Wireshark Protocol and Packet Analyzer for Network Sniffing and Troubleshooting
Thunderclient for VS CODE
Wireshark (network packet analyzer)
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Ansible
Automated Deployments
Microsoft ARM templates - Azure Resource Manager templates
Octopus Deploy
YAML (Yet Another Markup Language)
Internet servers I have setup and managed
DNS servers
Exchange Servers
Firewall Servers
Honeypots
Proxy Servers
SMTP Mail servers
Various Windows Servers and Linux Servers (Debian, RedHat, Ubuntu)
Web Servers: Microsoft IIS, Linux Apache
Kanban Boards
Azure Devops
GitHub Issues/Project
Kanban
Monday.com
Waffle.io
Zenhub.Com
Kubernetes / K8S
AKS - Azure Kubernetes Service
Command line tools: Kubeadm, kubectl
Egress
Helm / Helm Charts
Ingress
LENS dashboard (IDE)
Minikube
NFS Shares and Persistent Volumes
NGINX (web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail pro
Persistent Volumes
Linux Scripting and Desktops
Linux Technology/Servers
Debian
Services used include Web servers, firewalls, dns servers, proxy servers
Ubuntu
UNIX - Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna, FreeBSD
Mapping Tools and Libraries
ArcGIS / Esri - ArcGIS is a family of client software, server software, and online geographic information system services developed and maintained by Esri
Geojson - Based on JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), GeoJSON is a format for encoding a variety of geographic data structures
Markup Languages/UX Tools
Bootstrap
CSS
CSS Grid
Flexbox
Font Awesome
HTML
JSON - is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute�value pairs and arrays
KML - Keyhole Markup Language
Razor (Razor markup, C#, and HTML)
Razor Syntax
XML
Management
CEO/President
Project Lead
Solutions Architect
Started and ran my own consulting company for 10 years - Chicagoland
Team Lead
Tech Lead
Operating Systems
DOS - Microsoft
Mac OS
Windows 10
Windows 11
Windows 2000 Workstation and Server
Windows 3.x, WFW 3.11, Windows 95 through Windows 98 ME
Windows 7
Windows 8 and 8.1
Windows NT 3.5
Windows NT 4 Server
Windows NT 4 Workstation
Windows Server 2003 - 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2003 and more
Windows Vista
Online Job markets I plan to be listed on, by Q4 2022
Fivver.com
TopTal.com
Upwork.com
You will be able to hire me using these three web portals. Check back late in 2022, on this website to locate my profiles and hire me to assist on your teams and projects.
Package Managers
Chocolatey
NPM
Nuget
Yarn
Programming methodologies/concepts
Assembly Language
C# (C Sharp) & C Programming Languages
Javascript and Java
MVC - Model View Controller
MVP - Model View Presenter
OO, OOD, and OOP - Object Oriented Design and Programming
PHP - Hypertext Preprocessor
Python
REST, and RESTful API's - Representational state transfer is a software architectural style that was created to guide the design and development of the architecture for the World Wide Web. REST defines a set of constraints for how the architecture of an Internet-scale distributed hypermedia system, such as the Web, should behave
Typescript
VB & VB.NET Programming Languages
WEB API's / Third Party API's
Repositories for Code
Apache Subversion (SVN)
Azure DevOps
Github
SourceSafe
Soft Skills List
A Bachelors Degree Earned in C.I.S.
Analytical Thinker
Attention to Detail
Auditing Software, Applications and DevOps Environments
Azure Technology Used Regularly
Create and Give Presentations
Create Powerpoint slides
Creating Proposals
Creativity
Discuss Issues with Users, Customers, Staff
Effective Oral and Written Communications
Flexibility
Give Training Sessions
Great Listening Skills
Identify and Resolve Performance Problems Throughout Full Stack Frameworks and Software
Meet Deadlines
Mentoring Others
Perform Programming in Several Languages, Tools, and Frameworks in a Break-Fix Production Environment
Positive Can-Do Attitude
Programming Done Regularly with Microsoft and Open source languages
Provide Timely and Accurate Answers
Self-Motivated
Team Leader and Project Leader
Teamwork
Tenacity
Thoughtful and Useful Documentation
Time Management
Troubleshooting Problems
Use Heroku.com Cloud Platform
Using DevOps Regularly
Willing to Work Long Hours and Weekends if the Situation Requires it
Write Contracts, Proposals and Supporting Documents
Security/Authentication
Active Directory
Azure Active Directory
Honeypot's
JWT's - JSON Web Token is a proposed Internet standard for creating data with optional signature and/or optional encryption whose payload holds JSON that asserts some number of claims. The tokens are signed either using a private secret or a public/private key
Microsoft Identity
Microsoft Membership System
OAuth/OAuth2 - is an open standard for access delegation, commonly used as a way for Internet users to grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords.
Scaffolding Microsoft Identity Pages in .NET Core 6
Smart Cards
Third party tools/integrations
Authorize.net
Cybercash
Ecommerce
Paypal
Square
Training sites I subscribe to and use
Trendy topics
AI - Artifical Intelligence
Blockchain
Scripting Tools (mostly interpreted vs. compiled)
Azure CLI
Batch Files, Basic, cmd.exe
JScript (legacy EMCAScript)
Linux shell scripts
Perl
Powershell(Monad/MSH) cmdlets, .ps1 files
VBScript
WMI - Windows Management Instrumentation - manage windows computers/servers
UI and Front End Styling
Bootstrap
CSS
CSS Grid
Flexbox
Material Design
Video/Audio Editing Tools
Audacity
Blender
Corel Draw
Cyberlink PowerDirector
Fruity Loops - FL Studio
Lightworks
ULEAD Tools
VLC Client
Windows Movie Maker
Virtualization Tools/Servers
Containers
Docker
HyperV
Hypervisors
Microsoft Virtual PC
Microsoft Virtual Server
Virtual Machines VM's
VMWare ESXi
VMWare Workstation
vSphere Client
Web Browsers
AOL and Compuserve
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft IE Internet Explorer
Mozilla / Firefox
Netscape Navigator
Webinars I Attend
Web Servers/Web Frameworks
Apache
Cold Fusion
IIS Express
Lotus Domino Server
Microsoft IIS Web Server
PHP
Piranha CMS
WordPress
Web Research/Experimentation with Technology
Ansible
Automapper
Blazor
DAPR
DevSecOps
GoLang
Grafana
Message Bus Technology
MicroServices, Micro Services
Microsoft PowerApps
NanoServices, Nano Services
SignalR
Vagrant
WebAssembly
List of Useful Websites
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