System Administrator with hands-on experience supporting people and technology across multiple office locations.
My work spans Microsoft 365, Active Directory, endpoint management, networking, backups, and security. I enjoy tracing difficult problems to their root cause and turning the fix into a reliable process my team can use again.
Outside of work, I build and maintain a home lab where I explore virtualization, storage, networking, and automation. It gives me room to test ideas, learn by doing, and bring what I learn back to the systems I support every day.
Walking through how I configured Tailscale alongside Pi-hole in an LXC container to ensure ad-blocking and secure DNS resolution applies to all my remote devices, regardless of the network they connect to.
Read Full Setup →A breakdown of custom Python scripts I use to automate mundane workflows. I cover how I structure the logic routing, handle dependencies, and test the scripts before implementing them.
Read Full Setup →My current progress preparing for the CompTIA Network+ exam. Sharing my approach to mastering packet analysis with Wireshark and breaking down subnetting into manageable chunks.
Read Full Setup →Documenting my transition to a high-availability homelab. I cover the hardware sourcing, setting up ZFS storage pools, and configuring automated backups to an integrated Synology NAS via NFS/SMB targets.
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