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1f8ed3fa92 Added my journal repo to about-me 2023-11-25 17:46:47 -06:00
de4a0472bb Specified that I work on projects to setup new servers 2023-11-25 17:37:07 -06:00
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878398fa70 Removed "& Admin" from header in about-me 2023-11-25 17:33:11 -06:00
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1731aa5f17 Corrected formatting in about-me 2023-11-25 17:17:29 -06:00
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4c3941b8b2 Added more content to auvik review 2023-11-25 14:45:27 -06:00
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[[index.wiki|Index]] [[/home/tristan/Blog/blog/hello-world.wiki|Hello World]] [[index.wiki|Index]]
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*Date:* 2023/09/05 *Date:* 2023/09/05
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet *Author:* Tristan Ancelet
= Blog Issue = = Blog Issue =
== DNS == == DNS ==
---------
Looks like my master DNS server was down for the last 3 days (didn't know until the teacher mentioned it). Had to end up taking a look at my provider and it looks like my master DNS server had crashed at some point. After restarting it I got everything started up and it seems to have come back up. Looks like my master DNS server was down for the last 3 days (didn't know until the teacher mentioned it). Had to end up taking a look at my provider and it looks like my master DNS server had crashed at some point. After restarting it I got everything started up and it seems to have come back up.
I had a backup DNS server as well, but after looking into the VM (that was still running), it turns out that I never whitelisted the DNS port (53/udp) on it. So it's entire life has been failure (as it's been the backup for several months). My thought is that I *DID* whitelist it but not perminately. So after a reboot it cleared the config and DNS traffic wasn't whitelisted it anymore. I had a backup DNS server as well, but after looking into the VM (that was still running), it turns out that I never whitelisted the DNS port (53/udp) on it. So it's entire life has been failure (as it's been the backup for several months). My thought is that I *DID* whitelist it but not perminately. So after a reboot it cleared the config and DNS traffic wasn't whitelisted it anymore.

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*Date:* 2023/10/30 *Date:* 2023/10/30
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet *Author:* Tristan Ancelet

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*Date:* 2023/11/09 *Date:* 2023/11/09
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*Date:* 2023/11/09 *Date:* 2023/11/09
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet *Author:* Tristan Ancelet

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- [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
- [[1699558725-ref-290-submitted.wiki|REF-290 Submitted]] - [[1699558725-ref-290-submitted.wiki|REF-290 Submitted]]
- [[1699375988-ref-209-start.wiki|REF-290: Start]] - [[1699375988-ref-209-start.wiki|REF-290: Start]]
- [[1698642000-first-ticket.wiki|First Ticket]] - [[1698642000-first-ticket.wiki|First Ticket]]
- [[1693890000-blog-issue.wiki|Blog Issue]] - [[1693890000-blog-issue.wiki|Blog Issue]]
- [[1693630800-hello-world.wiki|Hello World]]
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*Date:* 2023/11/15 *Date:* 2023/11/15
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet *Author:* Tristan Ancelet
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The company being [[https://www.acumera.com/|Acumera]]. I had one round of interviews with the hiring manager and one of their engineers. We had a really good time and I rather enjoyed the convo, as I got to talk about all of the work I do for my current company and the tools I've both made and used for work. The company being [[https://www.acumera.com/|Acumera]]. I had one round of interviews with the hiring manager and one of their engineers. We had a really good time and I rather enjoyed the convo, as I got to talk about all of the work I do for my current company and the tools I've both made and used for work.
== Struggles == == Struggles ==
I've noticed working and getting job offers is dealing with actually accepting them. I've been working for my current company for about 2 years, and without going to far into it, I've had a really bad time due to lack of support. Mostly due to me being the sole person responsible for my companies infrastructure. I've told them several times that I've needed assistance handling our systems (as we have over 40 and each is handling their own applications and services. I do not have the time in the day to handle both admin and engineering duties. It has been over a year of this and honestly I can't take it anymore. I've noticed working and getting job offers is dealing with actually accepting them. I've been working for my current company for about 2 years, and without going too far into it, I've had a really bad time due to lack of support. Mostly due to me being the sole person responsible for my companies infrastructure. I've told them several times that I've needed assistance handling our systems (as we have over 40 and each server is handling their own undocumented legacy applications and services. I do not have the time in the day to handle both admin and engineering duties. It has been over a year of this and honestly I can't take it anymore.
== Will I take it == == Will I take it ==
Yes I will proabably take it. The new position actually has me doing engieneering work with a team. Meaning I will not be the sole person to handle my workload. It will be shared. While the job will probably not be a cakewalk, I believe I will be able to handle it much better than my current workplace. As I will be doing my work, and not the work of an entire dept. Yes I will proabably take it. The new position actually has me doing engieneering work with a team. Meaning I will not be the sole person to handle my workload. It will be shared. While the job will probably not be a cakewalk, I believe I will be able to handle it much better than my current workplace. As I will be doing my work, and not the work of an entire dept.

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*Date:* 2023/11/18 *Date:* 2023/11/18
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet *Author:* Tristan Ancelet
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== Did I do any Tickets == == Did I do any Tickets ==
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No unfortunately I haven't had time to pick up any tickets from the board. Although with any luck next week I will be able to pick one up (as I kinda feel useless). No unfortunately I haven't had time to pick up any tickets from the board. Although with any luck next week I will be able to pick one up (as I kinda feel useless).

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- [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|Busy Week]]
- [[1700104768-new-job-offer.wiki|New Job Offer]]
- [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
- [[1699558725-ref-290-submitted.wiki|REF-290 Submitted]]
- [[1699375988-ref-209-start.wiki|REF-290: Start]]
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*Date:* 2023/11/24
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet
= Auvik Trial =
== The Trial ==
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[[https://www.auvik.com/|Auvik]] was providing a 14 day trial to test out their platform.
I wasn't even aware of what Auvik even was until I came accross a "try Auvik and win a free Ubiquity Switch" ad. The primary factor for me messing with their paltform was admittedly the free switch.
== Their Platform ==
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Unbeknownst to me, their platform was akin to something I've just recently been working with at work. A network monitoring service, but instead of an on-prem solution it's based in the cloud with a collector/agent you have to install on a server in your network.
== LibreNMS: At Work ==
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At work we use Solarwinds almost exclusively, but recently in the engineering dept we decided to setup our own NMS with [[https://www.librenms.org/|LibreNMS]]. A process that I setup in a [[https://git.arcanium.tech/tristan/myscripts/src/branch/master/install-librenms.sh|script]] for ease-of-use for anyone else wanting to try it. It is an amazing project and I highly praise it for all of the functionality it brings.
However, there are still some pain points with the project in terms of the network map. When viewing a network map, unless you've grouped up your devices in small enough network groups (doesn't help sometimes) your network map will be presented in a spider-web without any ability to resize or manipulate the map in any way (that makes it easier to read). Although this is where any gripes over LibreNMS starts and ends, as otherwise this is an amazing project that makes monitoring your network much more manageable.
== Auvik ==
=== Deployment & Setup ===
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Deploying their solution was insanely easy. I took the route of deploying their collector via a docker container (they generate you a docker compose file) on my VM Server, which only took a few minutes to download the necessary images and start it. Very soon after it connected back to their platform and began scanning my internal network.
=== Operation : Function ===
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Within 10 minutes their collector had mapped out (just about) every single VLAN and network I had running in my homelab (even the vnets running on my VM server). It really suprised me how invasive it was.
=== Operation : UX ===
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With my experience with Solarwinds, Zabbix and LibreNMS I didn't expect much in the way of UX from Auvik. However, I was plesantly suprised. The UI & UX for their platform was outstanding. Everything is laid out well and everything is formatted in a way that makes everything easy to read.
For someone that despises Front-End work, I can appreciate the effort they've put into their product.
=== Operation : Features ===
==== Remote Management ====
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One of the features that I really like about this prouct is the "remote management" feature. While it does allow you to monitor your devices from the cloud, it also allows you to run commands and even get a shell on the device itself. It looks like it supports both telnet and ssh to get a shell on the device (provided you have configured the credentials).
LibreNMS lets you take a shortcut by pressing the "Telnet to <hostname>"/"SSH to <hostname>" that simply opens up a link in a new window in the format `ssh://<hostname>` or `telnet://<hostname>` and it's up to your desktop enviroment to interpret it and try to launch it in the default application to handle those connections. However, with Auvik they have a web-based terminal that allows you to access your devices from anywhere (provided the collector has access to the port needed to ssh or telnet to the device.
This allows you to gain access to your devices and make changes without having to deal with VPN's or actually being on the network to do it locally. This is a very useful tool and one of the few features that I appreciate from the platform.
==== Others ====
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Unfortunately with the little time I was on the platform I wasn't able to delve into the depts of what it offers. However, from what I was able to see the offered the full stack of applications and services for your needs:
- SNMP monitoring
- Syslog
- Remote Management
- Network Map (best I've used so far on a NMS platform)
- Traffic Analysis
There were probably much more that I just haven't seen, but this is the what I was able to see on the surface.
== Overall ==
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This is a really high-quality product I would like to use in my own lab, but due to it's black-box nature I wouldn't be ok with using it for my home network.

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- [[1700863814-auvik-trial.wiki|Auvik Trial]]
- [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|Busy Week]]
- [[1700104768-new-job-offer.wiki|New Job Offer]]
- [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
- [[1699558725-ref-290-submitted.wiki|REF-290 Submitted]]
*Date:* 2023/12/02
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet
= No Tickets =
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- [[1701545547-no-tickets.wiki|No Tickets]]
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- [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|Busy Week]]
- [[1700104768-new-job-offer.wiki|New Job Offer]]
- [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
*Date:* 2023/12/07
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet
= No Tickets =
Unfortunately there are no tickets for us to do at the moment. The tickets that are there are too advanced for us in school to do. However, once QA goes through our other tickets they will put in tickets for bug fixes.

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- [[1701545547-no-tickets.wiki|No Tickets]]
- [[1700863814-auvik-trial.wiki|Auvik Trial]]
- [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|Busy Week]]
- [[1700104768-new-job-offer.wiki|New Job Offer]]
- [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
*Date:* 2023/12/17
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet
= ZFS Upgrade Issue =
== Background ==
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I have an DIY Ubuntu NAS (one of the first few linux installs), and I was having aggravations with the zfs-dkms package that I had setup a couple of years ago to host raided pools for my NAS setup. However, recently during an update I noticed the kernel was updated on the machine to 6.2.0-39-generic which now caused the zfs-dkms to throw errors when apt would run mkinitcpio as the zfs-dkms-2.1.5 module only supported up to kernel 5.19.
While it didn't exactly cause any issues with the zfs installation there was currently (it still functioned fine even with the new kernel). I got tired of it so I decided to compile openzfs from source and install it on my system.
{{{bash
## Run as root
# sudo -i
git clone https://github.com/openzfs/zfs
## I was missing a few dependencies but installed them like so
apt install uuid-dev libblkid-dev
cd zfs
## Run the autoconf autogen script
./autogen.sh
## Run the configure script to build the Makefile
./configure
## Build the module to make sure everything goes ok
make
## Had to add the extra modules to the depmod search ath
depmod_cont="$(</etc/depmod.d/ubuntu.conf)"
## Replace "search" with "search extra" to put the extra modules into the depmod path
depmod_cont="${depmod_cont/search/search extra}"
echo "$depmod_cont" > /etc/depmod.d/ubuntu.conf
## Build and intall
make install
## Run ldconfig
ldconfig
## Run depmod
depmod
}}}
== Other issues ==
=== Zpools not importing ===
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Upon finishing installation and reboot I noticed that when the server rebooted it didn't mount the pools on boot. I always had to import them manually `zpool import data && zpool import media`
I was confused because the configs setup by my dkms installation were still valid `/etc/defaults/zfs`.
While it took me an hour to figure it out, I eventually figured out what was wrong and why zfs wasn't importing my pools.
the services configured in /usr/lib/systemd/system were setup with the path that bsd/unix would use for the zpool.cache file (`/usr/local/etc/zfs/zpool.cache`) instead of what zfs was configured with on my zfs-dkms installation (`/etc/zfs/zpool.cache`).
=== Resolution ===
------------------
All I ended up needing to do was change the path's that the service files from `/usr/local/etc/zfs/zpool.cache` to `/etc/zfs/zpool.cache` (wherever applicable).
After doing that and rebooting the pools were imported and mounted as they previously had.

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- [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|Busy Week]]
- [[1700104768-new-job-offer.wiki|New Job Offer]]
- [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
*Date:* 2024/01/15
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet
= No Tickets =
Unfortunately there are no tickets for us to do at the moment. The tickets that are there are too advanced for us in school to do. However, once QA goes through our other tickets they will put in tickets for bug fixes.

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- [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|Busy Week]]
- [[1700104768-new-job-offer.wiki|New Job Offer]]
- [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
*Date:* 2024/01/21
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet
= No Tickets =
Unfortunately there are no tickets for us to do at the moment. The tickets that are there are too advanced for us in school to do. However, once QA goes through our other tickets they will put in tickets for bug fixes.

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- [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|Busy Week]]
- [[1700104768-new-job-offer.wiki|New Job Offer]]
- [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
*Date:* 2024/01/27
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet
= No Tickets =
Unfortunately there are no tickets for us to do at the moment. The tickets that are there are too advanced for us in school to do. However, once QA goes through our other tickets they will put in tickets for bug fixes.

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- [[1700863814-auvik-trial.wiki|Auvik Trial]]
- [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|Busy Week]]
- [[1700104768-new-job-offer.wiki|New Job Offer]]
- [[1699564352-webhooks.wiki|Webhooks]]
*Date:* 2024/02/02
*Author:* Tristan Ancelet
== Post-Mortem ==
-----------------
As of today we have presenteed out post-mortem for out time on the Eschelon Project.
== Out-take ==
--------------
I feel like we got some really good experience in the industry (both the good and the bad).
=== The Good ===
==== Priorities ====
--------------------
During out tenure on the project we learned about the development process regarding tickets & QA of features we develop. Part of this process is where the company had prioritized their other `more official` projects over ours.
There is no issue with this, it gave us a bit more context to how we need to handle our tickets going forward and know just how long we should expect to take for QA to be able to test our change and Queue it for build.
==== The Experience ====
------------------------
With this project, there is a lot of good experiences regarding this:
- Experience in an Enterprise Company working on a upcoming project
- Learning the development process and experience with a ticketing system
- Learning the importance of effective collaboration
=== The Bad ===
==== The Inital Experience ====
-------------------------------
Initially, I had a bit of trouble learning the codebase. This was mostly due to it having literal years of work and large sections of the codebase not being very well documented. Additionally, we have very little onboarding time (about a week) and were told to just explore the codebase and get familiar with it.
This made it difficult to really get an idea of the codebase before we were assigned a ticket. If it wasn't for my fellow students and my lead I would've likely floundered for my entire time here.
==== Tickets ====
-----------------
In most cases when getting a ticket they were very unhelpful as they weren't specific to what was required from us as developers. Meerly being vaguely worded and not providing an actual explanation to what we were doing.
This often also had us walking on others toes as some of the tickets were either duplicates or couldn't be done seperately from another ticket (other ticket included the same expectation as the one you were working on).
This happened often enough that it was hard to know if this was going to cause merge conflicts down the line.

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{{local:/images/tristan.jpg|Image of Tristan}} {{local:/images/tristan.jpg|Image of Tristan}}
== Who Am I == == Who Am I ==
-------------- --------------
I am Tristan Ancelet, an aspiring technologist. I enjoy working with both software and operating systems. I work as a Systems Engineer in my day job for an ISP, in this job I do both Engineering work and Administration Work. In this position I also leverage ansible and create software to help automate portions of my job so that I can cut down the time I have to spend administrating our systems. I am Tristan Ancelet, an aspiring technologist. I enjoy working with both software and operating systems. I work as a Systems Engineer in my day job for Acumera (a MSP). In this job I work alongside a team facilitating automated deployments for customers at the edge. We do this by leveraging Puppet, Jenkins and a host of internal tooling to setup CI-CD pipelines to be able to have reproducible deployments.
== What work do I do ==
=== Unix & Linux Systems Engineering ===
------------------------------------------------
As explained above I work as a Linux Systems Engineer, at an MSP.
=== Development ===
-------------------
While I haven't done any professional development I have quite a bit of experience working with programming languages. I particularly like working with scripting languages like bash, python and ruby.
In my day job I use scripting languages to automate portions of my workload on the admin side. I've used scripting languages alongside automation tooling like ansible to automate backups & version control of server configs as well as Cisco & Calix E7 (AXOS) equipment.
=== Software Projects ===
-------------------------
My experience with software is documented in a number of git repos. These are stored primarily on GitHub, but going forward most will on my personal gitserver. Many of my projects will likely be privated because they are unfinished (many of which I haven't worked on in many months at this point).
Although I do have some of my favorite projects I've worked on to date (that I'm willing to share):
- [[https://git.arcanium.tech/tristan/webcron|WebCron]]
- [[https://git.arcanium.tech/tristan/blog|Blog Generator]]
- [[https://git.arcanium.tech/tristan/myscripts|My Scripts (just a collection of scripts I decided to archive after making)]]
== Contact Info ==
------------------
| Name | Value |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------|
| Email | tristanancelet@yahoo.com or tristan@arcanium.tech |
| Number | +1 (337) 965-1855 |
== Other Links == == Other Links ==
----------------- -----------------
- [[https://git.arcanium.tech/tristan/journal|My Journal]]
- [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristan-ancelet/|LinkedIn]] - [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristan-ancelet/|LinkedIn]]
- [[https://github.com/TristanAncelet|GitHub]] - [[https://github.com/TristanAncelet|GitHub]]
- [[https://github.com/TristanAncelet/BlogGenerator|GitHub Repo for this Project]] - [[https://github.com/TristanAncelet/BlogGenerator|GitHub Repo for this Project]]

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[[about-me.wiki|About Me]] [[about-me.wiki|About Me]]
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## Blog Posts == Blog Posts ==
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- [[/1706899198-post-mortem.wiki|2024/02/02 - PostMortem]]
- [[/1706384973-no-tickets.wiki|2024/01/27 - No Tickets]]
- [[/1705864010-no-tickets.wiki|2024/01/21 - No Tickets]]
- [[1702849369-zfs-upgrade-issue.wiki|2023/12/17 - ZFS Upgrade Issue ]]
- [[1701978587-no-tickets.wiki|2023/12/07 - No Tickets ]]
- [[1701545547-no-tickets.wiki|2023/12/02 - No Tickets ]]
- [[1700863814-auvik-trial.wiki|2023/11/24 - Auvik Trial ]]
- [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|2023/11/18 - Busy Week ]] - [[1700345096-busy-week.wiki|2023/11/18 - Busy Week ]]

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= Unix & Linux Systems Engineer (Acumera 2023 -> Current) =
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== Employer ==
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*Name:* [[https://www.acumera.com|Acumera]]
| Duration of employment | |
|------------------------|------------|
| Start Date | 2023/12/04 |
| End Date | Current |
== Job Duties ==
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As a Linux Systems Engineer working at Acumera, my role is multifaceted, encompassing various responsibilities to ensure the efficient operation of our infrastructure.
Key aspects of my position include:
- Infrastructure Deployment
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Proficiently utilizing Puppet to build out new equipment and virtual machines (VMs)
for customers. This involves configuring and optimizing Linux systems to meet
specific requirements.
}}}
- Cloud Infrastructure Management
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Setting up new Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) in AWS to facilitate the seamless
rollout of customer VMs. This involves configuring networking, security, and
other AWS services to create robust and scalable environments.
}}}
- Automation Scripting
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Developing scripts to automate intricate tasks, enhancing operational efficiency.
These scripts empower our customer support team to address and resolve issues
promptly, ensuring a swift and effective response to customer needs.
}}}
- Escalation Handling
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Handling escalations from customers when their infrastructure encounters issues.
This involves diagnosing and resolving complex problems, collaborating with
cross-functional teams to ensure the restoration of normal operations.
}}}
- Jenkins Integration
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Collaborating with Jenkins to design automated buildout jobs. This process
streamlines the provisioning of customer equipment from a gold-image, reducing
manual intervention and enhancing the speed and consistency of our
deployment processes.
}}}
In summary, my role involves a combination of infrastructure deployment, cloud management, automation scripting, escalation handling, and Jenkins integration, contributing to the overall reliability and efficiency of our systems and services.

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= Unix & Linux Systems Engineer (Fastwyre 2022 -> 2023) =
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== Employer ==
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*Name:* [[https://fastwyre.com|Fastwyre Broadband]]
| Duration of employment | |
|------------------------|------------|
| Start Date | 2022/02/21 |
| End Date | 2023/12/01 |
== Job Duties ==
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In my role as a Unix & Linux Systems Engineer at Fastwyre Broadband, I was deeply involved in various critical facets of our operations. I spearheaded the administration of our servers, catering to a wide spectrum of internal and external services. Additionally, my responsibilities extended to delivering robust L2 & L3 support for the myriad applications running on them.
As a Systems Engineer, I played a pivotal role in orchestrating and executing strategic projects focused on establishing new infrastructure. I spearheaded the seamless migration of both our internal systems and our valued customers from legacy setups to modernized environments. This involved meticulously planning and implementing the transition, ensuring minimal disruption while maximizing the efficiency and reliability of our systems. Collaborating cross-functionally, I worked with my team to architect robust solutions that aligned with evolving technological needs and significantly enhanced our operational capabilities
In addition to my core responsibilities, I maintained a suite of legacy scripts and workflows, predominantly scripted in Perl, Python, Shell, and Bash. These played a pivotal role in streamlining our internal processes, serving as the backbone for automating a significant portion of our operations. They efficiently generated crucial data from a myriad of legacy services utilized by our customers. This data was instrumental in facilitating our billing department's accurate invoicing processes, ensuring precise customer charges based on the services availed
== Services ==
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=== Provided to Customers ===
- Email ([[https://www.magicmail.com/|MagicMail]])
- Public NTP Servers (xntpd, ntpd & chrony)
- Legacy WebServers (apache2 & httpd)
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Note:
These in the past hosted websites for our customers, however shortly before I
started working there the company no longer offered this service to new customers.
While we still continued to host some of our legacy customer's sites.
Our webservers got shut down a few months before I left the company.
}}}
- DNS (named/bind9)
{{{
Note:
The company used to offer to fully handle customer's domains and websites.
Meaning that we used to register their domain at a registrar and host their
DNS records on our public DNS servers.
}}}
- Telephony & VoIP ([[https://www.metaswitch.com/|Metaswitch]])
{{{
Note:
I managed our MetaSwitch enviornment (CFS, EAS & their related Hardware & VMs).
This included:
- Setting up & configuring VoIP Phones to work with our CFS for businesses
- Providing support for VoIP & SIP related issues
- Managed hardware maintainance (drive & unit replacements) Setting up automated (via cron) scripts to archive BAF files
and transfer them to our vendors.
}}}
- DHCP (isc-dhpcd)
- IPTV Managment Server ([[https://www.minervanetworks.com/platform/|Minerva 10]])
=== Provided Internally ===
- SMTP Servers (postfix configured as a relay)
{{{
Note:
I had to setup postfix as a smtp-relay to allow for our legacy internal systems &
applicatons that didn't support auth over tls or starttls to be able to send
emails for both internal & customer related services.
}}}
- File Servers (nfs, samba, ftp, sftp, etc)
{{{
Note:
This is a rather general/broad service, but our file/storage servers handled storing backups
from our various services & servers that didn't all support just using sftp. This was due
to the age of some of our systems as many of them didn't suport the same hostkey algorithms
and/or we didn't have shell access to the underlying OS to change sshd_config to add
support.
}}}
- [[https://calix.com|Calix]] Network Management Servers ([[https://www.calix.com/compass/calix-management-system.html|CMS]] & [[https://www.calix.com/calix-university/axos/introduction-to-smx.html|SMx]])
- Network Monitoring Server ([[https://www.librenms.org/|LibreNMS]])

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= My Jobs =
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- [[/job/fastwyre-unix-linux-systems-engineer|Unix & Linux Systems Engineer (Feb 2022 -> Dec 2023)]]
- [[/job/acumera-linux-systems-engineer|Linux Systems Engineer (Dec 2023 -> Current)]]

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