Patrick Rourke
Information Technology Specialist
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Rourke is an experienced Information Technology Specialist and software developer with 11+ years building and maintaining web applications and ETL pipelines for the Library of Congress. He combines solid server- and client-side skills—Python/Django, JavaScript, databases, and DevOps tooling—with hands-on work in web archiving, API development, and site operations for loc.gov. His background spans enterprise .NET systems, data modeling, and security-focused system administration, giving him a rare mix of development, networking, and compliance expertise. Patrick has shepherded production services on AWS and RedHat environments while automating deployments with Jenkins and Fabric, and contributes to nonprofit and personal projects as time permits. Trained originally in the humanities with a BA in Classical Civilizations and later an MS in Computer Science, he brings analytical rigor and attention to archival detail to large-scale public-facing systems. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that balance legacy system constraints with modern web and data practices.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, College/University Preparatory, Diploma, College/University Preparatory at St. John's PrepB.A., Classical Civilizations and English, B.A., Classical Civilizations and English at Boston University
English, Latin, Greek, French
Github Skills (38)
python-web10
webarchive10
web-application9
python9
embeddable9
webapp9
creative-commons8
collections8
java8
search-engine7
infrastructure7
rest7
elasticsearch7
legacy-database6
restful6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ptrourke/viewshare
Jan 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:3 releases, 26 pushes, 13 branches in 3 years 4 months
nationalcultural-heritageheritageculturalinfrastructure
LibraryOfCongress/viewshare_site
Sep 2014 - Sep 2022
Site specific project retired Library of Congress instance of the Viewshare project
Contributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 9 pushes in 8 years 1 month
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