About

Welcome to my personal blog hosted on Michigan Technological University's Linux Users Group's shell server!

My early years of education were in network engineering, Windows server environments, and virtualization, but my work experience has introduced me to DevOps technologies and spurred my interest in becoming a DevOps Engineer. Through my personal hobbies, I've taught myself containerization and I'm trying to learn more about K8s, although this is a broad and daunting task.

I started my journey in IT with three different IT Help Desk positions. I was the boots-on-the-ground person to do initial troubleshooting with any and all computer hardware and software issues. From these early roles, I have experiences in manufacturing and education environments.

After help desk, I joined a team focused on Azure cloud. I learned about deploying applications with a cloud-native mindset and also learned about some of the financial aspects of cloud deployments.

Next, I decided to step into the automation space. I learned a lot about CI/CD principles, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD, Linux administration, and self-hosting enterprise grade services.

I graduated from Michigan Technological University in April 2024 with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Networking and System Administration (Information Technology) and a minor in Cyber Security. I took a month or so to enjoy vacation and the odd feeling of having no commitments. After that month, I started my career as an IT Server Engineer. My primary focus at work is Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift administration.