Systems Administration • Infrastructure Operations • Technical Documentation
Building, Securing, and Troubleshooting Real-World Systems
This portfolio showcases hands-on experience in designing, building, securing, troubleshooting, and documenting Windows and Linux infrastructure across enterprise-style laboratory environments. The projects span system administration, networking, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, identity management, backup and recovery, and security operations.
Reliable IT environments depend on more than just technical knowledge. They require secure configurations, structured processes, validated implementations, and clear operational documentation that enables systems to be deployed, managed, maintained, and recovered consistently. The projects in this portfolio demonstrate the practical skills and operational workflows used to improve security, reduce risk, increase reliability, and support daily infrastructure operations.
Each project follows a structured methodology that includes planning, implementation, validation, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement. Technical reports, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), process guides, lab demonstrations, and validation evidence provide verifiable proof of the work performed and the outcomes achieved.
Regardless of whether deploying new infrastructure, hardening existing systems, troubleshooting complex technical issues, implementing operational standards, or creating repeatable administrative procedures, the focus remains the same: delivering practical, well-documented solutions that help organizations build secure, reliable, and maintainable IT environments.
Available Infrastructure Services
Systems Administration
- Windows administration
- Linux administration
- User & permissions
- Service troubleshooting
- System monitoring
- Operational support
Infrastructure Hardening
- GPO hardening
- Linux security baselines
- Least privilege access
- Registry restrictions
- RDP/SMB hardening
- Firewall rules
Monitoring & Logging
- SAR metrics
- Event log analysis
- Process monitoring
- Log filtering (grep)
- Resource tracking
- Performance diagnostics
Network Defense
- pfSense firewalling
- Traffic control
- VPN setup
- DNS/routing checks
- Segmentation
- Network fixes
Backup & Recovery
- Backup validation
- Snapshots
- Restores
- DR planning
- System recovery
- Continuity support
Cloud Infrastructure
- AWS VM deployment
- GCP compute instances
- VM migration workflows
- Cloud networking setup
- Hybrid environment support
- Cloud troubleshooting
Virtualization Services
- VM deployment
- Virtual networking
- Snapshot management
- VMware / ESXi setup
- Virtual lab environments
- Hypervisor configuration
Security Governance
- NIST-aligned controls
- Risk validation
- Security mapping
- Audits
- Documentation
- Incident support
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Professional Influence
George H. Ross
NBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ Judge & Mentor
Reinforced structured decision-making, operational discipline, and risk evaluation principles used when analyzing infrastructure issues, system reliability, and security controls.
Wahida Clark
4x NYT Bestselling Author
Strengthened professional communication and documentation skills used to translate technical findings, operational risks, and troubleshooting outcomes into clear, business-focused reports.
Stedman Graham
Author, Educator & Business Strategist
Participated in a professional virtual engagement focused on leadership, personal development, and strategic thinking skills. The discussion reinforced structured goal-setting, identity-based leadership principles, and disciplined professional growth frameworks.
A structured collection of infrastructure troubleshooting reports, hardening procedures, monitoring deployments, recovery operations, and security investigations demonstrating applied systems administration and infrastructure security practices in real-world environments.
REPORT – AIDE Integrity Monitoring Remediation on Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS – v1.0.0
Technical remediation of AIDE configuration errors causing memory exhaustion and scan instability on Ubuntu 24.04.
REPORT – SSH Systemd Service Stabilization and Socket Activation Recovery – v1.0.0
Technical implementation of diagnosing and stabilizing OpenSSH service failures caused by systemd configuration conflicts.
REPORT – SELinux Migration on Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS – v1.0.0
A technical report on migrating from AppArmor to SELinux on Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS to enhance system security.
REPORT – Linux Hardening Framework – v1.0.0
Phase 3 of a Linux security hardening framework showing how a structured design reduces risk and strengthens system baselines.
REPORT – Attack Surface Reduction and Service Hardening – v1.0.0
Technical implementation of attack surface. reduction by disabling and masking unnecessary system services on Ubuntu Server.
REPORT – Analyzing Legacy Network Services – v1.0.0
Technical implementation of a network service audit to demonstrate the risks of cleartext authentication protocols and network traffic interception.
REPORT – Network Service Auditing and Hardening – v1.0.0
Technical implementation of network service auditing and the disabling of insecure legacy protocols to reduce system attack surface.
REPORT – Securing Boot and Authentication Files – v1.0.0
Technical implementation of permission hardening across critical system directories, bootloader configuration files, and authentication databases on Ubuntu Server.
REPORT – Password Strength Assessment – v1.0.0
Authorized password strength assessment on a Linux system using John the Ripper to identify weak passwords and improve account security.
REPORT – SSH Hardening with Multi-Factor Authentication – v1.0.0
Technical implementation of SSH multi-factor authentication (MFA), public key authentication enforcement, and user access whitelisting using OpenSSH and PAM.