I am currently working as a system administrator for a medical laboratory overseeing infrastructure for 8 locations across the United States. I use this site along with my social media to show off my hobbies and the projects I’m working on.

System Administration

As the system administrator for a lab, it is my responsibility to ensure the entire system stays online and operational. This includes preventative maintenance and updates on servers, firewalls, and other network equipment. I’m also responsible for data recovery in the event of data loss. I am routinely thrown problems that I may not be familiar with and will be tasked with finding a solution.

Homelab

I have a personal homelab that resides in a 38U rack. This includes two 1500W battery backups, a PowerEdge R710, an R620, a pfSense router, a Cisco 2911 router, and several Cisco switches. I run Proxmox as my hypervisor for containers and virtual machines. These run different services including: web servers, MySQL & MSSQL databases, file share, various game servers, VPN gateway, Tor gateway, NVR, fax server, Plex media server, torrent server, NextCloud server, and an SDR server.

Technical Skills

  • Windows Server
  • Linux Server (Ubuntu & Red Hat)
  • VMware & Proxmox
  • Docker/Portainer
  • PBX/Asterisk Systems
  • SD-WAN
  • IPsec VPN
  • L2/L3 Networking
  • WLAN Networking
  • SharePoint Management
  • Cisco IOS
  • FortiGate & Datto Hardware
  • WordPress Backend/Frontend
  • Apache, NGINX, and IIS
  • PowerShell/BASH scripting
  • C & Python Programming

Management

In addition to overseeing the network and infrastructure, I also oversee the IT support team. I’ve hired and trained a number of level 1 support technicians and it is the support team’s responsibility to respond to any IT related issues that may arise. I’ve managed a team of 4.