This page highlights selected work across infrastructure, automation, systems administration, e-commerce platforms, and software development.
Some entries are based on professional experience and have been intentionally generalized to respect confidentiality. The goal is to show the kind of problems I have worked on, the systems I have helped build, and the outcomes I care about: reliability, maintainability, performance, and practical execution.
Selected Work
Bare-Metal Kubernetes and HPC Platform Operations
Role: Infrastructure Manager / DevOps Engineer
Focus: Kubernetes, Proxmox, Rancher, GitOps, storage, automation
Built and managed bare-metal Kubernetes clusters for internal applications, SaaS platforms, and high-performance computing workloads. This work included container orchestration, infrastructure automation, cluster operations, and helping development teams improve software delivery through better CI/CD and platform workflows.
Highlights:
- Built and managed Kubernetes environments on bare metal
- Automated provisioning using Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and related tooling
- Supported internal platforms and SaaS workloads
- Worked across containerization, orchestration, and operational reliability
Norway Data Center Migration and Distributed Storage Build
Role: Infrastructure Manager
Focus: Data center migration, networking, Ceph, MinIO, GPU infrastructure
Led a large infrastructure migration from a Germany colocation environment into a newly designed data center in Norway. The work involved planning and deploying physical servers, GPU-enabled nodes, managed switches, privacy-first networking, and large-scale distributed storage to support Kubernetes clusters and internal systems.
Highlights:
- Migrated 20 production servers into a newly designed environment
- Deployed 40 physical servers, including GPU-capable systems
- Implemented large distributed storage using Ceph and MinIO
- Supported internal systems, cluster workloads, and future platform growth
Cloud Provisioning Platform and Bare-Metal Automation
Role: DevOps Engineer / Linux System Administrator
Focus: Terraform, Ansible, Hetzner, DigitalOcean, APIs, observability
Worked with developers to help build and maintain a SaaS platform for provisioning cloud instances and hosting bare-metal resources. I focused on infrastructure automation, reliability, security practices, provisioning workflows, and operations support for dedicated infrastructure.
Highlights:
- Built and maintained infrastructure automation with Terraform and Ansible
- Helped support a proprietary cloud-like platform
- Managed dedicated Hetzner and bare-metal infrastructure
- Implemented observability with Netdata and ELK
Restaurant Platform Migration and AWS Automation
Role: Part-time Linux System Administrator / DevOps
Focus: AWS, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, security, performance
Helped modernize a high-traffic restaurant ordering environment by moving from a legacy single-server setup into a more automated AWS-based architecture. The work included malware recovery, server hardening, infrastructure strategy, deployment automation, and performance tuning for production workloads.
Highlights:
- Helped recover and harden compromised environments
- Supported migration from legacy hosting to AWS
- Built automated deployment workflows for safer releases
- Improved performance and reduced operational risk during peak usage
Magento Hosting Automation for Multi-Client Environments
Role: System Administrator
Focus: Magento, cloud provisioning, performance, client operations
Managed infrastructure and hosting workflows for a large set of Magento clients, including cloud provisioning, performance tuning, automation, and ongoing technical support. I redesigned the provisioning flow so new demo environments could be created much faster and more consistently.
Highlights:
- Supported around 100 e-commerce clients
- Automated Magento provisioning workflows
- Improved deployment speed and operational efficiency
- Worked on monitoring, VPN access, logs, and cloud security
Infrastructure Automation for 600+ WordPress Sites
Role: Linux System Administrator / Web Developer
Focus: WordPress, Terraform, Ansible, Python, operations tooling
Built scalable infrastructure and automation for a large WordPress footprint spread across multiple U.S. regions. I worked on provisioning, deployments, backups, upgrades, patching, and support tooling to keep a very large number of sites manageable.
Highlights:
- Supported infrastructure for 600+ WordPress-based sites
- Automated cloud provisioning with Terraform and Ansible
- Built tools for backups, upgrades, and security updates
- Wrote Python utilities for error monitoring and task generation
Harley-Davidson CXI Support and Infrastructure Automation
Role: NetOps Engineer / Infrastructure Automation Manager
Focus: AWS, releases, support, CI/CD, internal tooling
Supported infrastructure operations and release workflows for enterprise client environments, including Harley-Davidson CXI, while also contributing to automation efforts for other projects involving infrastructure modernization, travel site migrations, and Shopify/WordPress transitions.
Highlights:
- Supported production Linux-based application environments on AWS
- Managed releases and 24x7 operational support
- Helped maintain SLA-sensitive systems
- Built delivery workflows and managed self-hosted engineering tools
Fire Alert Product Development
Role: Co-founder / VP of Business Development
Focus: product development, business development, early-stage execution
Co-founded RevoSys and helped lead the development and promotion of a fire alert system called RevoFAS. The product gained early adopter support from local businesses, government groups, and the Bureau of Fire Protection, combining technical development with business development and market outreach.
Highlights:
- Co-founded and helped shape product direction
- Led business development, partnerships, and promotion
- Helped bring the product to early adopters
- Worked across technical and business execution
Magento Extensions, E-Commerce Infrastructure, and Client Platforms
Role: Magento Developer / Infrastructure Engineer
Focus: Magento, server provisioning, email systems, Jenkins, Hetzner
Worked across remote e-commerce infrastructure and custom Magento development, co-authoring extensions, managing production systems, automating deployments, and maintaining email and hosting environments for multiple client projects.
Highlights:
- Co-developed Magento extensions and custom features
- Built automated provisioning pipelines using Ansible, Terraform, and Jenkins
- Managed hosting, databases, domains, and UAT environments
- Supported long-term client stores and integrations
Bank Loan Servicing System and Branch Deployment
Role: Junior Visual Basic Programmer / Lead Loan System Developer
Focus: Visual Basic, banking systems, databases, internal software
Served as lead programmer for a loan management system deployed across more than 70 branches. The system integrated with savings workflows and gave me early experience in software delivery, usability improvements, database administration, and business-critical internal systems.
Highlights:
- Led development of a loan servicing system for nationwide branch use
- Worked with banking operations and reporting requirements
- Managed supporting network and database environments
- Helped build the bank’s first official website
What these projects have in common
Across different roles, the pattern has been consistent: I enjoy building things that work in the real world.
That usually means:
- automating repetitive operational work
- improving reliability and uptime
- simplifying deployments
- making infrastructure easier to manage
- solving business problems through practical systems
Areas I work in
- Infrastructure and platform operations
- Linux systems administration
- DevOps and CI/CD
- Cloud and bare-metal environments
- Kubernetes and container platforms
- E-commerce systems and hosting
- Automation, observability, and operational improvement
- Selected software and internal business applications