Engineering Portfolio

This portfolio documents hands-on work in network engineering, infrastructure operations, monitoring, automation, troubleshooting, and local AIOps through Project Saṃsāra. Each project focuses on practical problem-solving, technical decision-making, documentation, and continuous improvement.

Core Competencies

  • Network design and segmentation
  • Routing and switching
  • Linux administration
  • DNS and infrastructure services
  • Virtualization
  • Monitoring and observability
  • NAS/storage administration
  • Automation and scripting
  • Cisco Routing & Switching Lab
  • Troubleshooting methodology
  • Local AI / AIOps experimentation
Engineering Method

Observe → Design → Build → Test → Troubleshoot → Document → Improve
I use this cycle throughout Project Saṃsāra. When something fails, I focus on identifying the root cause, validating the solution, documenting what changed, and determining how the issue can be detected or prevented earlier in the future.

Tools & Platforms

Networking: Cisco IOS, UniFi, VLANs, ACLs, DNS, routing, switching
Systems: Linux, Raspberry Pi, Proxmox
Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Node Exporter
Storage: Asustor NAS, backup workflows, cloud synchronization
Automation/AIOps: Bash, Ollama, local LLMs, automated health checks

Featured Projects
  • Infrastructure Monitoring & Observability – Prometheus and Grafana deployment for infrastructure health monitoring.
  • Charlemagne Automated Health Checks – Linux-based automated service checks with local AI-assisted log summarization.
  • Network Segmentation & Lab Design – Segmented network architecture and dedicated Cisco routing/switching environment.
  • Network Services – DNS filtering, time synchronization, and supporting infrastructure services.
  • Storage & Backup Architecture – NAS administration and cloud-integrated family backup workflows.
  • Secure Remote Administration – Remote access to homelab resources while keeping management services private.

Current Development

🟢 Operational
Monitoring, network services, virtualization, storage, health checks

🟡 In Development
Charlemagne/AIOps, expanded automation, alerting, portfolio case studies

⚪ Planned
Sanitized architecture diagrams, advanced Cisco scenarios, historical trend analysis