Hardware & Systems
Installed, maintained, reimaged, configured, and troubleshot workstations, peripherals, secure systems, video teleconference equipment, and network-connected communications equipment.
Data Center Technician · IT Infrastructure · Technical Operations
Built for environments where uptime matters.
IT and technical operations professional with 20 years of U.S. Marine Corps communications experience, now transitioning into data center operations. Background in troubleshooting, network-connected systems, equipment readiness, technical documentation, and leading teams in mission-critical environments.
InfrastructureOperations
Troubleshoot · Document · Restore · Improve
Data center readiness
Operations experience built for uptime.
Across communications and IT roles, I have diagnosed workstation and network issues, supported secure systems, maintained equipment readiness, documented service status, and coordinated escalation when problems required enterprise support.
Network Troubleshooting
Troubleshot computer access, voice/data services, network equipment, and TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, VLAN, and managed-switching connectivity; coordinated escalation when issues required enterprise support.
Documentation & Escalation
Maintained service records, status reports, accountability documentation, issue summaries, and trouble-ticket information used to track outages, requirements, and unresolved technical needs.
Operational Discipline
Managed technical equipment readiness and accountability across multimillion-dollar portfolios while leading teams of up to 45 personnel in high-pressure operational environments.
Professional experience
20 years of technical operations.
Marine Corps communications and IT leadership spanning troubleshooting, secure systems, network connectivity, equipment readiness, documentation, and technical team operations.
U.S. Marine Corps · Communications / IT Operations
Selected Marine Corps communications and IT operations experience · 2006–2026
- Led troubleshooting for workstations, shared services, endpoint access and network connectivity.
- Supported secure workstations, hardware VPN configurations, system reimaging and video teleconference equipment.
- Directed installation, maintenance, inspection and troubleshooting of network-connected communications equipment.
- Managed multimillion-dollar technical equipment portfolios, readiness records and accountability documentation.
Self-directed infrastructure lab
Hands-on infrastructure at home.
My homelab gives me a place to build, maintain, break, troubleshoot, and restore systems while developing practical experience with the infrastructure technologies I want to support professionally.
Virtualization
Proxmox & Linux Systems
Operate virtual machines and containers while practicing Linux administration, maintenance, backups and service recovery.
Proxmox VELinuxVMs / LXC
Networking
Managed Home Infrastructure
Maintain a managed network with switching, wireless access points, segmented networks, DNS, firewall policies and remote access.
UniFiVLANsDNSVPN
Administration
Storage & Automation
Maintain network storage and practice repeatable Linux administration through centralized management and automation tools.
SynologyAnsibleSemaphoreSSH
Self-hosted services
Services I maintain
Operate and maintain self-hosted services that give me hands-on practice with storage, DNS, reverse proxying, monitoring, remote support, backups, updates, and service recovery.
Immich
Jellyfin
Home Assistant
Pi-hole
NGINX Proxy Manager
Uptime Kuma
RustDesk
Training & credentials
Training focused on data center operations.
WaV2T is expanding my hands-on exposure to server hardware and data center operations. The Google IT Support Professional Certificate reinforces core troubleshooting, networking, operating systems, and system administration.
WaV2T Data Center Technician Residency
Saint Martin’s University · Washington Vets to Tech
Server hardware, networking, cloud technologies, data center operations, troubleshooting and documentation.
Current Training
Google IT Support Professional Certificate
IT support fundamentals covering troubleshooting, networking, operating systems, system administration and security concepts.
Active Secret Clearance
Experience supporting secure technical environments with disciplined access, configuration and accountability practices.
ActiveContact
Ready for the next infrastructure challenge.
I am interested in teams where reliable operations, structured troubleshooting, accurate documentation, equipment readiness, and continuous learning are part of the day-to-day work.