Eastern Kentucky  ·  IT Specialist

Jake
Sexton

Sifting through the noise to find what matters.

IT support specialist covering 17 convenience stores and additional sites across eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia. I keep the systems running, build the tools that make that easier, and document everything in between.

What I work with

Networking & Systems
  • LAN troubleshooting
  • Active Directory
  • TCP/IP fundamentals
  • Remote support
IT Operations
  • Hardware lifecycle
  • Endpoint support
  • LogMeIn
  • Tikit (ticketing)
  • SharePoint
Development
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • HTML / CSS
  • Bash scripting
  • Git / GitHub
Security (building toward)
  • OSINT methodology
  • Kali Linux
  • Wireshark
  • Network scanning
  • Network+ (in progress)

Things I've built

About me

I'm an IT support specialist covering 17 convenience stores plus a handful of other sites across eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia. The work keeps me moving — roughly a third of my week is windshield time — across endpoints, networking, payment hardware, and the kind of problems that don't have a knowledge base article yet.

When something slows me down more than once, I build a tool for it. That's led to Python reporting scripts, LAN utilities, web-based maintenance apps, and a ticketing dashboard my team actually uses.

On the side I write D&D modules, volunteer on missing persons OSINT investigations, and study toward a cybersecurity path — currently working through the Google Cybersecurity Certificate and Network+ material, with hands-on time in Kali.

Location
Eastern Kentucky
Current role
IT Support Specialist — multi-site retail
Studying
Google Cybersecurity Cert  ·  CompTIA Network+  ·  Security+
On the side
Guitar (22 yrs)  ·  MTG Commander  ·  Playstation

Let's talk

Open to IT roles, web development work, and conversations about tools, security, or Appalachian tech. Fill out the form below or find me at the links underneath.

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