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wayne.mcknight@gmail.com (Wayne McKnight) — Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I’m Wayne McKnight — senior systems and infrastructure engineer, U.S. Navy veteran, and IT professional based in Columbus, Texas.

I’ve spent 30+ years working in IT across K–12 education, county government, healthcare, and law enforcement. I currently architect and operate the core infrastructure for Brenham ISD, and previously served as IT Department Head for Colorado County, Texas — where I built and managed the technology infrastructure for the county government, the 911 Data Center, and the Colorado County Sheriff’s Office.

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wayne.mcknight@gmail.com (Wayne McKnight) — Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Wayne McKnight #

Senior Systems & Infrastructure Engineer // U.S. Navy Veteran

Columbus, TX · 979.661.9362 · wayne.mcknight@gmail.com · Remote-Only

Professional Summary #

Senior systems and infrastructure engineer with 40+ years working with computer systems and 30+ years of professional IT experience across K–12 education, county government, healthcare, and law enforcement environments. Currently architect, operator, and on-call escalation point for a multi-campus district running Proxmox/Ceph hyper-converged virtualization, VMware ESXi, Active Directory, Cisco Meraki networking, and Cisco Unified Communications, with Python and shell automation across the operational tooling. Proven under pressure: led a full VMware-to-Proxmox migration, recovered a production cluster from a critical ZFS outage, and delivered a multi-million-dollar financial system migration on schedule. U.S. Navy veteran. Disciplined, self-directed, and built for a fully remote role.

Welcome to the Blog

wayne.mcknight@gmail.com (Wayne McKnight) — Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Site is live. Four topics, one place — tech, rock crawling, politics, and law. More posts coming.

Before Colorado County Asks for More Money, Explain the $2.2 Million Already Spent

wayne.mcknight@gmail.com (Wayne McKnight) — Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Published as a letter to the editor in the Colorado County Citizen, May 12, 2026.

On Monday, April 27, the Colorado County Commissioners Court approved an architectural assessment for a proposed new justice center. According to reporting in this paper, the jail recently passed inspection but has rust documented since 2024, out-of-compliance sliding doors, no space for additional female inmates, only one psych cell, and no room for sheriff’s office staff growth.

Colorado County's PREA Compliance Failure Is a Taxpayer Time Bomb

wayne.mcknight@gmail.com (Wayne McKnight) — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Published as a letter to the editor in the Colorado County Citizen, March 31, 2026.

I am writing to address a critical failure in Colorado County’s governance that threatens both public safety and our fiscal stability. Our county has allocated over $2.2 million in federal State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) specifically to bring the county jail into compliance. Yet, the jail remains in violation of federal law — specifically the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA).