Skillset

In order to build a lego castle one needs bricks of various sizes and colors. This page is to show which bricks I know and am comfortable with, however, one must always keep learning. These are like the tools used by the construction worker that builds a house.

A TL;DR version of the broad categories I thrive in:

  • DevOps CI/CD
  • Infrastructure Engineering (Virtualization, Containerization, Building HA platforms, Platform automation)
  • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
  • System administration - Mail, Web, DNS, Wordpress, Plesk, WHM, WHMCS

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So, to start inventing the universe in earnest, here is a list of skills and qualifications I’ve amassed:

Operating systems and System administration: Link to heading

Linux 🐧: Link to heading
  • Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL
  • SystemD, SysVInit, Cron, SSH, user management
  • System logs, Syslog
  • Repository management, Package management, creation, installation - Apt, Yum, Deb, RPM
Windows 🪟: Link to heading
  • 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016
  • Service and user management
  • Active Directory
  • System logs

Infrastructure Automation 🛣️ Link to heading

  • Puppet (Puppet Certified professional certificate)

Virtualization 🏗️ Link to heading

  • Vmware
  • Hyper-V
  • Virtualbox
  • Virtuozzo
  • Xen
  • Qemu/KVM
  • SolusVM, SolusIO

Containerization 📦 Link to heading

  • LXD/LXC
  • Docker and Docker swarm:
  • Image management - Artefactory, Mirantis

CI/CD DevOps 👾 Link to heading

  • Git/GitOPS
  • Jenkins, Groovy, Maven

Web servers 🕷️ Link to heading

  • Apache
  • Nginx
  • LightHTTPD
  • IIS

Database servers 📊 Link to heading

  • MySQL clusters and standalone
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLlite

Mail systems 📬 Link to heading

Open source: Link to heading
  • Postfix
  • Exim
  • Qmail
  • Dovecot
  • Courier
  • SpamAssasin
  • MailMan
Proprietary: Link to heading
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Office 365
  • SpamExperts
  • SmarterMail

Storage 💽 Link to heading

  • NFS
  • SMB
  • FTP
  • S3, MinIO

DNS 🗺️ Link to heading

  • BIND
  • PowerDNS

Web services ⚙️ Link to heading

  • Plesk
  • WHM/Cpanel
  • Webmin
  • WHMCS
  • Attlassian products: Jira, BitBucket, Confluence

Scripting/Programming 🤖 Link to heading

  • Python 🐍
  • Bash 🪨

Monitoring 🖥️ Link to heading

  • Prometheus, Grafana
  • Nagios

Website development 🕸️ Link to heading

Wordpress: Link to heading
  • Core, plugin and theme installation
  • Load time optimization
  • Updates
  • General administration
Other: Link to heading
  • Joomla, Drupal
  • PHP server optimization
  • Hugo
  • MediaWiki
  • HTML

Networking 📡 Link to heading

  • Load balancing
  • I can tell you why your site at http://127.0.0.1 isn’t loading for your clients!

Other 🌐 Link to heading

  • Can write a tar command without having to look at the manual or Google 😎
  • PC Hardware assembly and maintenance (gotta keep them fans clean!)
  • Cabling (no ugly cable nests)

In progress… 🔄 Link to heading

Here are the fields I’m still inventing the universe for 📚 :

Cloud ☁️ Link to heading

AWS: Link to heading
  • On going certification tracks: Cloud Practitioner [In progress] -> SysOps Administrator [To Do] -> DevOps Engineer [To Do])
Infrastructre automation: Link to heading
  • Ansible
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes

Real world stuff… 🚵‍♂️ Link to heading

Of course, life isn’t just technology, so here are my non-IT skills:

  • Bulgarian - Native speaker
  • English - C1/C2
  • German - A1/A2
  • I love learning languages so this list is going to grow
  • Driver’s license
  • Avid road cyclist
  • Can stick my tongue out and make it fold 😜