Resume

Experienced Linux Systems and IP Networking engineer specializing in IP/MPLS Carrier Networking. Proven expertise across Service Provider roles, including Customer service, ISP engineering, managed hosting, and large-scale content delivery.

Skill overview

Routing: Juniper, Vyatta, FRRouting, Bird; BGP, OSPF; OpenVPN, WireGuard; Juniper Security Zones, Linux iptables/nftables
Linux servers: Apache, NGINX, PHP; HAProxy, Keepalived; MySQL, MariaDB; Postfix/Dovecot, Qmail/VPopMail; Asterisk, 3CX; Puppet, Ansible; DRBD, Ceph
Virtualization: Linux KVM/QEMU (Libvirt, Proxmox); VMware vSphere; LXC, OpenVZ
Programming: Python; Perl, PHP; shell scripting

Employment history

Senior Infrastructure Engineer — bunny.net

2023 – Present

Management of large scale server fleets — Linux and Windows build/deploy, “cattle”-style deployment automation, hardware and software fault troubleshooting
Building monitoring and metrics collection platforms — real-time server and platform availability, growth forecasting, early fault identification
Procurement of connectivity and hardware to support various business requirements
Liaising with upstream IP and Metal-as-a-Service providers — IP/DIA capacity, leased hardware, owned hardware in private data centre spaces
Investigating network-related issues escalated from other business units
Capacity planning based on growth metrics and forecasted business requirements
Assisting development and engineering teams with scoping resources and scale identification

Network Engineer — Interphone

2021 – 2023

Day-to-day management of residential ISP infrastructure
Design and build of Juniper MPLS core and BNG subscriber platforms — BGP Labelled Unicast (6PE, Customer VRF), OSPF/LDP MPLS mesh
Configuration and deployment of xPON optical networking — MDU fibre plants, Adtran SDX API integration
Internal tooling development — FastAPI database/API services, billing integrations via Python and Message Queue frameworks
General server and systems management — Proxmox hypervisors with Ceph backing storage, Linux VMs running varied application stacks

Systems Administrator — HostAway

2017 – 2021

Provisioning and support of web hosting and email services
Patching and monitoring of clustered infrastructure
Documentation and management of network infrastructure — Netbox/phpIPAM, Nagios/LibreNMS
Configuration and deployment of new Juniper border routers (MX, vMX) — BGP policy design, IPv4+IPv6 transit and peering, traffic accounting via IPFIX/jFlow
Testing and migration to replicated, multipath iSCSI storage for VPS platforms — OmniOS ZFS with Comstar iSCSI, Linux open-iscsi/multipathd
Testing and deployment of DDoS monitoring and mitigation — FastNetMon detection with chatops notification and remediation

Telecommunications Service Desk — HostTel

2015 – 2017

Provisioning hardware for clients with varied requirements — managed Cisco routers/switches, Cisco phones connected to Hosted PBX
Troubleshooting issues arising both in the lab and in the field, including in-depth SIP debugging and SDP/RTP analysis
Ongoing maintenance of voice servers and LNS infrastructure — Cisco L2TP LNS for high speed ethernet services
Liaising with clients to identify pain points and design solutions
Day-to-day maintenance of asterisk dial plans and creation of complex IVRs

Customer Support — Zeno Internet

2014 – 2015

DSL service provisioning
Server deployment and management
Router configuration and management (Mikrotik, Cisco) — BGP transit and peering configuration, L2TP LNS

Volunteering

Infrastructure Team Lead / Chairperson — RedFlag Lan Fest, Bentley WA

2013 – 2022

Configuration of network and server equipment — Juniper switching, Ubiquiti edge switching
Processing attendee sign in
Infrastructure troubleshooting and general technical support
Monitoring and building of on-lan caching servers — custom NGINX/Varnish deployment for attendee game updates