Projects

Projects and experiments

Projects & Documentation

ESXi & VCSA Upgrades for 1300+ Hosts

Upgrade ESXi v7 to v8 and VCSA v7 to v8 for 1300+ hosts. As well as configure VCSA backups and certificate renewals.

I lead the upgrade of 1300+ ESXi hosts from v7 to v8, & VCSA servers from v7 to v8, ensuring compatibility with the latest features and security updates. Including setting the schedule & creating the process documentation.

The QRTist Gen-AI

AI-powered Art Generation for Scannable QR Code Artwork

Developed an AI-powered art generation platform that creates unique scannable QR Code artwork.

vRA Migration & Upgrade

vRA Cloud too On-Prem Migration & Upgrade to latest vRA / vRO versions.

Migrated vRA Cloud workloads to on-premises infrastructure, ensuring seamless transition and minimal downtime. Then upgraded to the latest vRA / vRO versions.

Scripts to Report & Correct ESXi host drift

PowerCLI scripts used to generate find & correct configuration drift on 1300+ ESXi hosts.

I created PowerCLI scripts to generate Reports on configuration drift & to set the correct values on misconfigured hosts for 1300+ ESXi hosts.

OS Hardening and Security Compliance

Managed a project to reach Security teams 90% compliance requirement for Windows and Linux. We exceeded the requirement & achieved 96%-100%.

Lead the deployment & enforcement process. Creating, tuning & running the Tanium Assessments. As well as coordinating with App owners on the testing & impact of Security GPOs on Applications in a Development environment.

Dell BIOS & OME upgrades for 1300+ Servers

Upgrade Dell BIOS and OME servers to latest versions

Upgraded the BIOS of 1300+ Dell Servers and their related OME servers to the latest versions, ensuring improved system stability, security, and performance.

OS Image Management Automation

OS Image Management and Deployments for Windows and Linux images including documentation.

On a team of Engineers, who managed the deployment of Windows and Linux images for a large enterprise, ensuring consistent and efficient system setups across the organization.

Intune Vulnerability Remediation

Deployed AD CS ESC1 & ESC8 Remediation

Managed the process documentation and deployment of AD CS ESC1 & ESC8 Remediations, ensuring enhanced security and compliance across the organization.

PURE & VMware Replicated Datastores

Creating and managing PURE and VMware replicated datastores for high availability and disaster recovery.

Managed the process documentation and configuration of PURE and VMware replicated datastores for high availability and disaster recovery.

NetApp LDAPS (secure LDAP) Configuration Standardization

Creating and managing PURE and VMware replicated datastores for high availability and disaster recovery.

Managed configuration change and LDAPS standardization across the organization, ensuring secure and compliant LDAP implementations.

NetApp BlueXP Deployment & File Auditing

Deployment of NetApp BlueXP for file auditing & reporting.

Lead the deployment of NetApp BlueXP. As part of a larger initiative to delete unused files and reduce storage costs ahead of a data Migration project.

PURE Storage Plugin

Install PURE Storage Plugin on VMware VCSA.

Lead the efforts to deploy the PURE Storage Plugin to VMware VSCAs.

UCS Fabric Interconnect port Enable / Disable How-To

Create a How-To for junior Engineers

Created a How-To for Junior Engineers to follow that details the process of Enabling or Disabling a UCS Fabric Interconnect port.