💩SYSTEMS CONSTELLATIONReliable systems are built by connecting small, observable signals.
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AWS architecture, Linux operations, automation, observability and AI-assisted development—grounded in production systems, published field notes and continuous learning. I connect design decisions with the realities of running, securing and paying for systems.
Practical experience and documented learning. Certification status is shown in the dedicated archive.
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From bare-metal origins to a private S3/CloudFront platform: I design for scalability, recoverability and cost. Serverless components handle background work while the public request path stays simple.
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DNS, health checks, load balancing and edge caching connect application behavior to the network. My Akamai project offloaded roughly 90% of requests from the origin during highly variable traffic.
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From early C++ development to Linux administration, VMware virtualization and storage troubleshooting. I look beyond CPU utilization to I/O wait, worker saturation and shared-storage constraints.
Linux · Storage · VMware
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I turn recurring operational work into repeatable code and deployment workflows. CloudFormation and Python power this site; Ansible, Puppet, Git and GitLab CI/CD belong to my broader automation toolkit.
Python · Puppet · Ansible · CI/CD
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Monitoring should help responders act before customers report a problem. My experience spans Nagios, Zabbix, Checkmk, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK and CloudWatch.
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Shift-left security combines security linting, dependency awareness and engineering review. I focus on actionable findings, least privilege and verified updates rather than treating a passing scanner as proof of security.
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Container training and hands-on labs in Docker, Kubernetes and AWS container services. My focus is understanding how workloads are packaged, deployed and operated across a platform.
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Codex helped me build Kraftwerk, digitize handwritten training notes and rebuild this site. Recent coursework extends that practical work into Claude Code, agent orchestration, RAG, MCP and Amazon Bedrock.
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I have led systems-administration teams, supported 24/7 operations and guided infrastructure change. Scrum Master and IT Escalation Manager roles connect technical decisions with prioritization, communication and incident response.