Looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer, System Admin, or IT Specialist?

I am a general Linux server and cloud platform engineer well versed in a wide array of technologies ranging from CI/CD and infrastructure automation, to IT support and network design. I have been deploying and managing web apps and open source tools professionally and for myself, friends, and family for over 7 years, and I am eager for interesting problems and challenges to tackle within this space.

I am available for general consulting and part-time work with skills in the areas listed below.

DevOps

 

CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code

Cloud Infrastructure Automation

Monitoring and Alerting

Python and Bash Scripting

System Administration

 

Linux Server Management and Maintenance

Robust Application Deployment

Package Repository Management

Virtualization Deployment and Support

IT & Support

 

VPN & Network Design and Maintenance

Web Hosting and VPS Management

Firewall Design and Deployment

System Documentation and Review

Other Skills and Tools

  • VMware ESXi, KVM, and VirtualBox

  • Ansible

  • Apache and Nginx

  • Prometheus and Grafana

  • Linux and BSD Firewalls

  • Linux and BSD Mail Servers

  • SSL Management

  • AWS EC2, S3, Route53, RDS, and VPC

  • GitLab CI/CD

  • Atlassian Jira, Confluence, and Service Management

  • Google Workspace

  • Docker and Docker Compose

  • LAMP Stack

  • Linux and Windows System Diagnostics

Previous Projects

  • Developed Ansible playbooks for deploying and managing a fleet of 50 production, dev, and testing EC2 instances

  • Built monitoring system for production servers, first with Nagios, then upgraded to Prometheus/Grafana

  • Developed internal knowledge-base from scratch using open source Wiki software

  • Built portable sales and demo kits with local server, network, and wifi router in a traveling case

  • Deployed and managed bare-metal virtualization server in the cloud for service hosting and testing

  • Wrote extensive documentation for use by international teams at a high-tech startup

  • Deployed and maintained fully operational BSD email and web server