Hands-on across systems, infrastructure, cloud, and automation, owning environments end to end from the hypervisor to the firewall.
I'm a systems administrator and infrastructure engineer with 14+ years building, securing, and operating hybrid Windows, Linux, and macOS environments at enterprise scale. I've repeatedly been the sole and/or lead engineer responsible for virtualization, identity, cloud, and backup/DR across organizations serving up to 27,000 users.
I migrated an entire virtual environment from VMware to Nutanix AHV, customized an identity management platform and built the supporting scripts to automate the user lifecycle for tens of thousands of accounts, modernized remote access with a zero-trust model and multi-factor authentication, and protected the business with cloud-based backup and disaster recovery. I am a strong automator at heart. I use whatever scripting or tooling gets the job done and clears away the manual, repetitive work.
Currently seeking a fully remote role in systems administration, infrastructure, cloud, or IT operations. Currently working toward a cloud administration certification.
An advanced, self-hosted environment run as a near-enterprise stack. It is my proving ground for everything before it reaches production. (This very site is served externally for reliability, while the lab hosts the live demos.)
Self-hosted services I designed, containerized, and deployed using modern, AI-assisted workflows. Source on github.com/hanafytech.
A privacy-respecting, AI-powered search stack. SearXNG aggregates results privately and feeds them to a local LLM, fully containerized with Docker Compose.
A lightweight, “burn-after-reading” pastebin for sharing text, secrets, and files. Data lives in memory and is destroyed on read; a companion build handles secure transfers up to 10 GB.
A fully isolated Tor Browser running inside a Docker container and accessible from any web browser. It is an exercise in container isolation and secure networking.
Broad, hands-on depth across the modern infrastructure stack.
A clean upward arc from IT Support to Senior Systems Engineer.
Migrated the entire virtual estate (50+ VMs) from VMware to Nutanix AHV, deployed Cloudflare ZTNA and Duo MFA, added centralized security monitoring and vulnerability scanning, containerized apps on Docker Swarm, and implemented Veeam-to-Wasabi cloud DR.
Engineered Jamf Pro zero-touch deployment, rebuilt the Active Directory OU structure, consolidated Azure and Microsoft 365 tenants, automated SIS-driven account lifecycle, and implemented Veeam and Synology backup.
Migrated the district's virtual environment from VMware to Hyper-V, built failover clustering and failover internet, configured L3 Palo Alto routing, hardened email (DKIM/DMARC/SPF), deployed Entra ID sync and SSPR, and automated account provisioning.
Maintained a 16-host VMware environment with 200+ VMs including Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, automated routine administration through scripting, delivered a 3-tier unified communications platform for 2,000 users, and migrated 1,500+ accounts to a single domain.
Designed a 50,400 sq ft warehouse network; managed multi-client MSP infrastructure (VMware/Hyper-V, ConnectWise); supported and built school IT from the ground up.
Open to fully remote Systems Administration, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Operations roles. Based in the U.S., open to international teams, and flexible across time zones.