Nate Sias

Nate Sias is currently working as a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer at Bushel since 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Canonical from 2021 to 2022 as a Technical Support Engineer II, where they provided support for Canonical's private cloud stack and worked with technologies such as OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Ceph. Before that, Nate served as a Sr. Linux Administrator at Stellar Innovations & Solutions, Inc. from 2020 to 2022, where they provided support and administration for various systems and storage devices. Nate also worked as a Field Implementations Specialist at nexgen|packaging, LLC from 2017 to 2018, where they onboarded retail clients and developed scripts to automate data handling. Nate's earlier work experience includes serving in the US Navy from 2013 to 2016, where they managed teams, maintained mission-critical systems, and ensured compliance with security protocols. Nate also pursued post-bachelor's education in Finance at Northwestern University School of Professional Studies in 2017.

Nate Sias has a diverse education history. In 2020, they briefly attended the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. However, they discontinued this program and did not obtain the degree.

From 2010 to 2012, Nate studied at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree. Nate'sfield of study was Chinese Language and Culture.

In 2017, Nate began their post-bachelors education at Northwestern University, focusing on Accounting and Finance. Nate completed this program in 2019.

Prior to attending university, Nate attended the College of Lake County from 2008 to 2010. Nate obtained an Associate of Arts degree during this time. The specific field of study for this degree is not provided.

Additionally, Nate has obtained several certifications in various fields. These include being a Certified OpenStack Administrator (obtained in May 2022), a Red Hat Certified Specialist in Linux Diagnostics and Troubleshooting (obtained in October 2021), an Offensive Security Certified Professional (obtained in September 2021), a Penetration Testing Advanced+ (obtained in July 2021), an Exam Developer for the Linux Foundation Certified IT Associate (obtained in January 2021), ITIL Foundations (obtained in April 2020), a Python 3 Programming Specialization (obtained in May 2019), a Microsoft 70-761 Querying Data with Transact SQL (obtained in April 2018), a Red Hat Certified Engineer (obtained in November 2020), an LFCS: Linux Foundation Certified Systems Administrator (obtained in May 2020), CompTIA Security+ SY0-501 (obtained in September 2019), and a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (obtained in September 2019).

Lastly, Nate has also acquired a Ham Radio Technician license from the FCC, although the specific month and year of obtaining this certification is not provided.