I operate a Windows Server Active Directory domain, maintain monitored Linux infrastructure, and build AWS applications. My project write-ups document troubleshooting steps, fixes, and verification—not just installations.
Currently completing a B.S. in Software Engineering at Western Governors University while building practical infrastructure and support experience through a dedicated homelab, AWS projects, and ongoing study of systems administration and cloud operations.
Windows Server 2022 Active Directory lab in VMware: domain controller with AD DS and DNS, member file server with role-based SMB share access, a Windows 11 domain client, and an OPNsense firewall/router used for segmentation practice. The current client and servers remain on VMnet8 while the VMnet2 segmented client layout is the next networking exercise.
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An interactive IT troubleshooting application on AWS (Amplify, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB) with React. Realistic support incidents, command-line workflows, diagnosis, resolution, and scoring.
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A self-hosted Hetzner Ubuntu environment running Docker-based services with Prometheus, node_exporter, cAdvisor, Grafana, Loki, Authentik, Gitea, Woodpecker CI, TLS routing, and a sanitized live status API. Built to practice deployment, monitoring, identity, security, recovery, and day-to-day infrastructure operations.
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A serverless AWS CRUD application built with Amplify, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, and IAM. Used to practice AWS serverless architecture, permissions, and least-privilege access.
View Live SiteProblem: An AD domain controller reported Local CMOS Clock as its time source. Unreliable domain time can lead to Kerberos clock-skew failures.
Action: Checked the source with w32tm, configured external NTP peers, restarted Windows Time, and resynchronized.
Result: Verified time.windows.com as the source, stratum 5.
Problem: WIN11-01 was bridged onto the physical LAN and could not reach DC01 on the VMware NAT subnet. Trust repair initially failed.
Action: Changed the VM network to NAT, pointed client DNS at DC01, and repaired the machine-account trust.
Result: Test-ComputerSecureChannel returned True; nltest located DC01 successfully.
Windows Server 2022, Active Directory, DNS, domain joins, SMB/NTFS permissions
See Windows Server labUbuntu, Docker Compose, TLS routing, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
See infrastructure labAWS IAM, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Amplify; PowerShell, Bash, Git
See AWS projectTCP/IP, DHCP, DNS troubleshooting, secure-channel repair, access control, incident isolation
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I'm transitioning into IT, cloud, and systems administration while completing a B.S. in Software Engineering at Western Governors University. My focus is practical, hands-on infrastructure work: Windows Server and Active Directory, Linux, AWS, Docker, networking, and technical troubleshooting.
My professional background is at Costco Wholesale as a Baker. The job is production-paced and team-based, and it's where I developed the habits I bring to IT work — customer service, teamwork, training coworkers, process discipline, prioritization, and real-world problem-solving under pressure.
Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan — available on-site, hybrid, or remote.