I’m a Systems Engineer by day, but a Homelabber and wannabe Coder by night. Click on blog to read about my nerd adventures.
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I’m a ravenous homelabber who is dedicated to learning, practicing, and sharing new and nerdy things.
Some of my favorite areas of interest are cloud, code, and containerization – but I will pick up and learn just about anything.
By day, I’m a Systems Engineer; identifying and closing gaps between operational problem-sets and technical solutions.
By night, I’m a Homelabber (and sometimes a wannabe Software Engineer). I love to tinker with new technologies and work on the infrastructure of my homelab. Automation tools are something I get giddy over. Linux is my daily driver, and learning to code is a passion of mine.
But, I think what I love most of all is sharing my knowledge with others. Every now and then, I get a message from someone
who got some value out of something I wrote or created. That keeps me motivated and fuels my passion for technology.
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I currently work in Cloud and Data operations as the Group’s Data Systems Engineer. I work directly with the CTO on data-related innovation efforts. I champion major IT projects and cybersecurity efforts while managing multiple Azure-based cloud environments.
Accomplishments:
This was my first job after graduating the Information Systems Engineer course at Ft. Gordon (now Ft. Eisenhower). Here, I got plenty of hands-on experience with VMWare, SharePoint, Active Directory and PowerShell. I spent most of my time Briefing the commander on our tactical network architecture, ensuring that our systems were highly available, secure, and meeting the needs of the brigade. I also worked on several projects to improve our network architecture and security posture.
Accomplishments:
It was at this course that I found my passion for solving problems with technology. It all started with CCNA. I drank from a firehose and in two months, I went from asking the question “What is an IP address?” to having my CCNA. The course covered networking, Microsoft Server, VMWare, cloud, cybersecurity, RMF and more. I also began studying for my master’s degree during this time.
Accomplishments:
US Army Alaska has since been re-flagged as the 11th Airborne Division. I took over as the Deputy Commanding General’s Aide-de-Camp just in time for COVID to start. Unfortunately this meant that all of the fun travel plans never happened. I did, however get a front row seat to the making of the US Army’s Arctic strategy.
It was during this job that I took an interest in tech. Dealing with the rapid deployment of Microsoft Teams and various other teleworking solutions required this lowly infantryman to act as a tier 1 helpdesk.
Accomplishments:
This was my first real job in the Army. I got to ride around in trucks with big guns, sneak around in the woods and fight pretend bad-guys at the Joint Readiness Training Center, and generate some stories that I’m sure I will tell my grandchildren in inflated detail for dramatic effect.
The Josh of this era would have never guessed that he would be doing what he does today.
Studied a range of topics including:
