Resume
Experience
Download Resume2024 – Present
IT Solutions Manager
Prosper Spot LTD
Kingston, England · Remote
- Designed and deployed cloud infrastructure across AWS and Hetzner, improving uptime to 99.9% and cutting hosting costs by 35%.
- Automated full-stack backups (5 TB +), snapshots, and failover systems achieving zero data loss.
- Built custom Linux pipelines leveraging Docker and Kubernetes for on-demand scaling.
- Implemented enterprise-grade security (VPNs, firewall rules, intrusion detection) to harden multi-tenant environments.
- Developed Python and Bash automation frameworks reducing deployment time by 3×.
- Directed IT strategy from hardware procurement through cloud optimization and cost forecasting.
2022 – Present
Infrastructure Lead
Prosper Systems / Prosper Spot
Remote
- Architected a multi-node Linux network serving 15 + applications via Caddy and Cloudflare tunnels.
- Automated service recovery and alerting with n8n, cutting downtime by 90% +.
- Standardized Docker deployments and CI/CD scripts for reproducible builds and rapid rollback.
- Engineered self-healing containers and telemetry hooks that reduced MTTR by 70%.
- Deployed zero-trust VPN mesh and network failover to maintain uninterrupted multi-domain traffic.
2021 – 2022
Infrastructure Engineer (Contract)
Independent / Private Clients
Remote
- Delivered custom network and cloud solutions for small business deployments and homelab clusters.
- Migrated legacy VMware instances to Dockerized environments with zero data loss.
- Implemented wire-guarded remote access and automated patching across mixed Linux ecosystems.
Education
2023
Belmont College
Saint Clairsville, OH
A.S. Cybersecurity & Computer Forensics
2011
Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA
B.A. Fine Art
Professional Skills
Linux (Debian / Ubuntu / Rocky)
Docker / Docker Compose
WireGuard · pfSense · Caddy · Cloudflare
Ansible (familiar)
System Architecture
Languages
Python
Bash
JavaScript
SQL
YAML / JSON
Achievements
Reduced downtime by 90% through automation
Maintained 99.9% uptime across multi-domain network
Built 5+ open-source frameworks for deployment automation