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Hi, I'm Dylan Ledbetter
IoT Edge Systems Architect
I design, deploy, and manage secure edge computing nodes, robust container environments, and remote communication links at scale. Focused on Linux orchestration, SCADA interfacing, and resilient network architectures.
dylan_ledbetter.json
const architect = {
name: "Dylan Ledbetter",
title: "IoT Edge Systems Architect",
os: ["Linux", "Ubuntu"],
comms: ["Cellular", "LEO Satellite", "SCADA"],
orchestration: ["Docker", "OpenShift", "Ansible"],
activeGateways: 8200
};
About Me
I am an IoT Edge Systems Architect with 8+ years of experience specialized in building secure, distributed compute infrastructures for remote devices, factory floors, and industrial automation networks.
My design philosophy centers around high availability, automated host provisioning, failover telemetries, and containerized edge logic. I excel at orchestrating Linux distributions, writing high-efficiency Bash and Python control scripts, and integrating hardware sensors with cloud endpoints.
Resilient Edge
Designing localized edge architectures that operate autonomously even during total network blackouts.
Smart Comms
Architecting hybrid connection paths utilizing cellular networks, LEO satellites (Starlink), and local industrial fieldbuses.
Scale Control
Standardizing configuration states across massive device grids using Ansible, Puppet, and OpenShift clusters.
Technical Expertise
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Systems & Core OS
Linux
Ubuntu
Hardware Gateways
Distributed Systems
System Architecture
Containers & Automation
Containers
Docker
OpenShift
Puppet
Ansible
Bash Scripting
Python Automation
Connectivity & Protocols
SCADA Systems
Cellular Connectivity
LEO Connectivity
Networking (TCP/IP)
Industrial Protocols
Cloud & Intelligence
Azure IoT
AWS Core / Greengrass
Machine Learning
HTML & CSS
Scripting
Work Experience
2023 - Present
Lead IoT Systems Architect @ Horizon Systems
Remote / Houston, TXArchitecting secure containerized runtimes and automation engines for fleet edge computing hardware.
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- Designed and deployed OpenShift / Kubernetes orchestrations managing 8,000+ active edge gateway installations globally.
- Formulated standardized host configurations utilizing Puppet and Ansible, reducing localized installation times by 80%.
- Engineered network path routing logic for automatic failover between cellular LTE/5G and LEO satellite (Starlink) links, achieving 99.99% connectivity uptime.
- Automated security compliance provisioning across Linux Ubuntu distributions, enforcing sandbox containment policies for third-party scripts.
2020 - 2023
Senior Edge Systems Architect @ Industrial Solutions Group
Boston, MADeveloped localized telemetry sync engines and SCADA gateway systems for critical infrastructure.
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- Integrated SCADA field devices with central cloud pipelines (AWS IoT Core, Azure IoT Hub), structuring data telemetry under high-throughput conditions.
- Developed custom containerized microservices in Docker to aggregate sensor readings and perform local processing, decreasing local bandwidth requirements by 45%.
- Deployed TensorFlow Lite machine learning models directly to localized edge gateways to trigger real-time anomaly alerts without cloud reliance.
- Coded automated Python and Bash scripting test harnesses to simulate sensor streams and hardware failure conditions.
2018 - 2020
Systems Engineer @ Automation Labs
Austin, TXAdministered plant floor automation systems and configured remote telemetry units.
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- Maintained plant-floor Linux (Ubuntu) server nodes, managing user access controls, system backups, and hardware updates.
- Authored robust Bash configuration scripts that automated 90% of repeatable setup routines for remote telemetry terminals (RTUs).
- Created responsive HTML/CSS web portals to serve local diagnostic data and cellular signal logs to plant supervisors.
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I am open to contract opportunities, full-time senior technical leadership positions, or architectural consulting. Fill out the form or reach out directly via email.