Technical Portfolio

Hands-on projects in NetOps, DevOps, and infrastructure architecture

Real-World Projects

  • City of Wichita Traffic Infrastructure: Managed subnetting and IP design for over 500 traffic signal cabinets, integrating DYMEC 3170 switches and optimizing power use, reducing annual costs by $20K.
  • Firewall & Security Hardening: Led deployment of Palo Alto PA-445 firewalls in air-gapped networks using vWire with active IDS/IPS and STIG compliance.
  • Infrastructure Automation: Built a home lab using Terraform and Ansible to automate ESXi and Linux VM provisioning with GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
  • AIOps Monitoring Framework: Deployed Prometheus and Grafana with Seldon Core ML models for predictive alerts and self-healing workflows.

Tools & Tech Stack

  • Cisco IOS/NX-OS, ASA, DYMEC
  • Palo Alto PAN-OS, STIGs
  • Python, Bash, Terraform, Ansible
  • GNS3, EVE-NG, VMware ESXi

Key Metrics

ImpactDescription
99.99% uptimeMaintained critical services during infrastructure migrations
3x deployment speedAutomated network builds with Terraform and Python
$20K+ savedImproved switch efficiency in public sector deployment

Lab Screenshots

Lab topology
Firewall setup
Automation results

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