Infrastructure Experience
Practical systems work across UNIX and Linux environments, with an emphasis on installation, maintenance, and repeatable infrastructure practices.
- Linux: Red Hat/CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu/Arch, 2002 - Present
- Solaris: 1996 - 2005
- SunOS: 1987 - 1996
Linux installation and maintenance, infrastructure as code practices, and VMware 7/8 installation and maintenance.
Cloud and Virtualization
Experience building and maintaining virtualized and cloud-hosted systems, from traditional hypervisors to container orchestration and image-based provisioning.
- AWS: 2016 - Present
- Diskimage-builder: 2023 - Present
- Docker: 2018 - Present
- GCP: 2020 - Present
- Hyper-V: 2018 - Present
- Kubernetes: 2021 - Present
- OpenStack: 2023 - Present
- Packer: 2016 - 2023
- VMware: 2009 - Present
- Xen/KVM: 2007 - 2009
VMware vSphere 4/5/6/7/8, vRealize Operations Manager, and Site Recovery Manager.
Automation and Tooling
Scripting, configuration management, CI tooling, and data formats used to make system builds and operations more repeatable.
- Ansible
- Bamboo
- Bash
- Bitbucket
- C
- GitLab
- Go
- Jenkins
- Jira
- JSON
- PowerShell/PowerCLI
- Python
- YAML
Additional tools and platforms available on request.
Internet Services
Hands-on experience with the core services, protocols, and provisioning methods behind classic and modern internet infrastructure.
- Databases: MySQL, Postgres, Redis, SQLite
- DNS: BIND, dnsmasq
- Mail: Exim, Postfix, Sendmail, Zimbra
- Protocols: NFS, CIFS, LDAP, iSCSI, FC, RAID, SSH, TCP/UDP, S3
- Provisioning: PXE, iPXE, IPMI, Redfish
- Spam filters: SpamAssassin, ClamAV
- Web: Apache, Nginx
- Nostalgia Index: Classic UNIX references and archives
Additional services and tooling experience available.
Current Studies and Interests
Active areas of learning and exploration, especially where storage, automation, and virtualization systems overlap.
- AWS
- Docker
- GCP
- Go
- Harvester
- Hyperconvergence
- Kubernetes
- NVMe
- Rancher
- S3/Object Storage Systems
- Terraform
- VMware
- U.S. Army MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) reference
Industry trends remain a strong area of interest.
Selected Projects
Public repositories that reflect hands-on infrastructure, provisioning, and tooling work.
- Browse A multi-file pager with recursive navigation.
- DIB7 Ansible-based diskimage-builder workflow.
- go-prompt Fork of c-bata/go-prompt.
- initramfs-flash Create initramfs images for iPXE installers.
- sentinal Software for logfile and inode management.
- ubuntu-autoinstall Create an ISO for unattended Ubuntu LTS auto-install.
More repositories are available on request.
Contact
Available for infrastructure, automation, and systems engineering conversations.
Mail:
contact@internetguy.net
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/jjbailey
"The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple." -- Albert Einstein