🎯 Key Responsibilities #
Owned the platform teams built on top of — VMware infrastructure, storage, backups, networking, and the datacenter it all lived in. Focused on turning infrastructure into something internal teams could actually self-serve, not wait in line for.
🛠️ Technical Expertise #
- Virtualization Redesigned VMware infrastructure to enable a self-service model — internal teams provisioning what they needed, without engineering as the bottleneck.
- Storage Led migration from Dell EqualLogic to Nimble Storage, redesigning the storage platform for better performance and reliability.
- Backup Infrastructure Rebuilt backup strategy from the ground up, moving from Veeam and other tooling to Bacula.
- Datacenter Administration Hands-on responsibility for datacenter operations and hardware lifecycle.
- Linux Systems Administration Daily-driver expertise across CentOS, Ubuntu Server, and FreeBSD.
- Networking Administered and maintained core network infrastructure supporting the platform.
🚀 Notable Projects #
- VMware Self-Service Redesign Transformed VMware platform architecture to give internal teams self-service capabilities — reducing turnaround time and freeing up engineering bandwidth.
- Storage Migration Migrated storage backend from Dell EqualLogic to Nimble Storage with minimal disruption to running workloads.
- Backup Modernization Redesigned backup infrastructure end-to-end, consolidating multiple products into a Bacula-based solution.
💪 Core Competencies #
- VMware infrastructure design and self-service enablement.
- Storage platform migration and redesign.
- Backup infrastructure architecture.
- Datacenter and network administration.
- Multi-OS Linux/BSD systems administration (CentOS, Ubuntu, FreeBSD).
- Agile delivery — certified Scrum Master and Product Owner, working as Scrum Master within a Scrum team.