Tjaart Van der Walt
Software Engineer
I am a fullstack software engineer, command line fanatic, and open-source software contributor.
Profiles
https://github.com/tjaartvdwalt
https://gitlab.com/tjaart
Contact
Emailtjaart@tjaart.org
Phone(805) 304-9973
Experience
Outside Open
2017-07 - 2023-09
Software Engineer
Highlights
  • Built network scan tool and honeypot, and a server to digest data from multiple clients, and reports on network status and security.
  • Built a CLI application for use by IT technicians that manages Socks/RDP/VNC tunnels to clients’ networks.
  • Part of a team that built a Long Term Disability, and Long Term Care management system for Law enforcement officers, and Firefighters.
  • Built a Slack application that manages door access to our company offices.
  • Built an application that files incoming emails into folders, based on information in the email subject line.
  • Part of a team that built a CRM tool that financially educates family members of high net worth families.
Solmates
2015-07 - 2016-12
Technical co-founder
Highlights
  • Built an API, and web application for renting beach equipment at several beaches along the Florida coast.
  • Published the app to Android Play Store and iPhone App Store.
University of Missouri - St. Louis
2015-01 - 2015-05
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Highlights
  • Taught Introduction to Computing
Interfront
2010-08 - 2012-12
Software Engineer/Devops Engineer
Highlights
  • Part of a team that implemented Excise Movement Control System (EMCS) for Luxembourg Customs.
  • Automated the configuration and deployment, of development and testing environments.
NioCAD
2007-04 - 2010-07
Software Engineer
Highlights
  • Implemented a graphical editing framework for Java, using Swing.
  • Wrote automated tests using Squish.
Education
University of Missouri - St. Louis - Computer Science
MS
2013-08-01 - 2015-05-31
North-West University - Information Technology
Honours BSc
2003-01 - 2003-12
North-West University - Computer Science
BSc
1999-01-01 - 2002-12-31
Skills
UI
  • HTML, CSS
  • Vue.js
  • Vuex
  • Vuetify
  • Nuxt
  • Swing
Server
  • Ruby on Rails
  • ExpressJS
  • H3
  • Tomcat
  • Weblogic
Languages
  • Javascript/Typescript
  • Java
  • Python
  • Ruby
Databases
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Oracle
Devops
  • Docker
  • Terragrunt
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Chef
CI/CD
  • Github Actions
  • Gitlab CI
  • Bitbucket Pipelines
Operating Systems
  • Arch Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • FreeBSD
Interests
Mechanical keyboards
Disc Golf