Experience

Common Network Implementation

The figure shown is an example of a common network implementation that I would design and configure. Most of the router's traffic would be routed over the Satellite WAN. A local Active Directory server would communicate with it's parent over this connection, essentially acting as a subdomain which all workstations would authenticate to. All traffic from the router over the WAN would be encrypted to the remote domain. In many situations EIGRP or BGP would be used, sometimes together, to improve expandability in the network. The VOIP phones in these networks would be segmented into a separate VLAN to improve call quality and improve network security.

Notes


Before understanding the sheer amount of information that was needed to correctly  work in Information technology, I would fill multiple notebooks with my notes. I now uses OneNote and Obsidian to better organize this information. In an industry that stresses notes and documentation, I will still provide the most detailed notes to ensure anyone can understand the work I accomplish and settings I modify. Including why I did what I did.

Personal Experience

In my free time, I configure many Linux servers for my family and friends. Recently, I created a file server that encrypts the data placed on it and duplicates it automatically to a remote site. All of these servers are hosted locally on the user's home network, with the offsite backup located at another location. All files transmitted are also encrypted. Most recently, this was done with OpenMediaVault's open source Linux OS but I have also configured this in Ubuntu server and Windows server.

Personal Devices and Gaming PCs

My experience goes beyond just software. Besides the common RAM upgrades and SSD/HDD replacement. I have also built many gaming Computers for myself and friends. I have upgraded and modified over 200 computers, often times having to troubleshoot systems with damaged hardware. This has aided me in my troubleshooting process, more often then not being able to diagnose a damaged PC without seeing or touching the machine.