About

Posted on March 30, 2022  •  2 minutes  • 399 words

Hello, and Welcome!

Welcome to my site, Cinderblook.com. This is a side project of mine, where I may put anything and everything on here.

I am a tech enthusiast. Professionaly I’m a Network Speciliast working at Jersey Shore Area School District, and I am enrolled at Pennsylvania College of Technology in the Network Admnistration and Engineering Bachelor’s undergraduate program.

In my free time I like to tackle mini projects of all sort. This site being one of them.

Items on this page:

• Interests of mine:
  • Information Technology related
  • Outside of Tech
• Education Background
  • Certifications
• Professional Experience
• Professional Projects

Interests of mine:

Information Technology related

• IaaS with the Terraform platform
• All things Networking
  • Network Automation
  • Homelab Networking
  • Cloud Networking
• Dabbling in mostly AWS and Azure cloud
• Homelab
  • Powered by Proxmox
  • Kubernetes
  • Much more
• Websites - built with Wordpress & Hugo
• Kubernetes! K3s and Rancher

Outside of Tech

• Drones & Photography
• Snowboarding
• Hiking
• Hunting/Fishing

Education Background

• Pennyslvania College of Technology
  • Bachelors of Sciense - Network Administration and Engineering
  • Associates of Applied Science - Network and User Support

Certifications

• CompTIA Network +
• CompTIA Security +
• Actively working on CCNA

Professional Experience

• Jersey Shore Area School District

  • Part-Time Network Technician | June 2020 - Present

  • Information Technology Intern | August 2018 - May 2020

• Nuweld Inc

  • Contract Technician | March 2020 - April 2020

Professional Projects

• Imaging System using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with Windows Deployment Services
  • Automation of Driver injection, Software deployment, Updates, and Windows Environment setup
  • Custom crafted .wim Images
• SSTP VPN Setup with Radius & Authentication
  • Certification & User-based authentication using NPS
• Zabbix Network Monitoring Implementation
  • Networking Devices with SNMPv3
  • Windows & Linux Servers with secure PSK authentication
  • Notification Alerts
• Camera Monitoring System
  • Setting up and implementing Verkada Camera access
  • Configuring Network requirements
• NPS Authenitcation with Networking Equipment
  • User-basedd authentication on Networking Equipment based on role in Active Directory
• In-progress Migration to Intune MDM system for Windows Devices
  • Policy Setup for Staff & Students
  • Software Deployment
• Managing Active Directory
• Managing DNS & DHCP
• Ruckus Wireless Systems
• Managing Failover Clustering with Microsoft Hyper-V Servicees
• Supporting Hybrid Windows Active Directory Environment
• Mobile Device Management with Intune & JAMF Nation
• Cisco VoIP Phone Setup, and Configuration
• Interfacing with Vendors for Purchasing and Troubleshooting of Services or Products
• Help Desk Tickets and Services
• Microsoft Exchange & Office Admin

Please feel free to check out some of my projects here in Projects and also on GitHub.