Technical Skills

Container Orchestration

  • Kubernetes — K3s cluster deployment, management, and troubleshooting
  • Argo CD — GitOps continuous deployment
  • Kustomize — Configuration management with overlays
  • Podman — Rootless, daemonless container engine
  • Quadlet — systemd-native container management
  • Docker Compose — Multi-container application definitions

Infrastructure Automation

  • Ansible — Playbooks, roles, and inventory management
  • Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) — Enterprise automation controller
  • Bash — Shell scripting and automation
  • Infrastructure-as-Code — Version-controlled system configurations

Linux Administration

  • RHEL — Enterprise Linux (9.x, 10)
  • Ubuntu — Server administration (24.04)
  • systemd — Service management and unit files
  • SELinux — Security policies (permissive mode)
  • firewalld — Host firewall management

Networking & Security

  • nginx — Reverse proxy, stream proxy, and web server
  • Cloudflare Tunnel — Zero-trust networking and CGNAT bypass
  • DNS — AdGuard Home, dnsmasq, DoH/DoT/DNSCrypt
  • TCP/IP — Subnetting, routing, and network troubleshooting
  • Cisco — Enterprise network design (Packet Tracer)

Monitoring & Observability

  • Zabbix — Infrastructure monitoring (server, agent, PostgreSQL)
  • Prometheus — Metrics collection and time-series storage
  • Grafana — Dashboard creation and visualization
  • Uptime Kuma — Availability monitoring and status pages
  • Netdata — Real-time metrics and anomaly detection
  • Loki — Log aggregation (Kubernetes)

Databases & Storage

  • PostgreSQL — Database administration and configuration
  • Samba — SMB file sharing
  • NFS — Network file system exports
  • Storage Tiers — Multi-tier storage architecture

Web Development

  • PHP / Laravel — REST API development and full-stack applications
  • Java / Spring Boot — Enterprise application development
  • TypeScript / Preact — Static site generation (Quartz 4)