Jack-daniyel Strong
Lead IT Systems Engineer at Lumen Technologies
Spokane, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJack-daniyel Strong is a Lead IT Systems Engineer with 11+ years designing and operating large-scale, multi-platform endpoint environments, blending macOS, iPadOS, Windows, and ChromeOS management with GitOps and automation. An Apple-certified specialist and former Apple Consultants Network member, he has run customer-facing businesses and built service offerings for SMBs, local government, and non-profits while leading platform strategy and mentoring engineers at scale. He pairs hands-on scripting (bash, Python, AppleScript) and CI/Ansible automation with deep experience in MDM, osquery, and fleet management tooling to drive policy, compliance, and lifecycle workflows. A prolific technical communicator and content creator—podcast co-host, conference speaker, and video/documentation author—he has a knack for translating complex operational needs into clear runbooks and training programs. Based in Spokane, WA, he combines retail service roots with enterprise-grade engineering, often surfacing real-world edge cases to influence product roadmaps.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Civil Engineering Computer Science, Civil Engineering Computer Science at Gonzaga UniversityBS Computer Information Systems, BS Computer Information Systems at Eastern Washington University
Github Skills (24)
vulnerability-management10
ios10
device-management10
scripting10
configuration-management10
open-source10
linux10
osquery10
mdm10
security10
gitops10
powershell10
macos10
orchestration10
telemetry10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
watchmanmonitoring/munki-plist
Dec 2016 - Mar 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 6 PRs, 7 pushes in 5 years 3 months
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spokanemac/fleet-docker-traefik
Jul 2023 - Jun 2026
Simple, one command minimal production deployment for Fleet
Contributions:4 PRs, 3 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 11 months
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