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Hello, I'm Ryan

Ryan Anderson

Infrastructure Engineer at Rylees.net

I am a passionate infrastructure engineer with 6+ years of working experience. I have deployed and currently maintain ProxmoxVE, Proxmox Backup Server, and TrueNAS for physical hosts. I implemented Ceph in my Proxmox Cluster to create a Hyper-Converged Cluster.

Infrastructure
Virtualization
Support
Networking
Firewalls

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Experiences

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Homelabber
Rylees.net

Aug 2015 - Present, Nashville, TN

Rylees.net is a my digital playground!

Responsibilities:
  • Design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure hardware/software for purposes of learning.

Systems Administrator
BFC Solutions

January 2022 - Present, Nashville, TN

BFC Solutions, formerly Bonded Filter Co., merged with PureAir in 2018 to become the largest self-performing, preventive maintenance service provider for commercial HVAC systems in the U.S.

Responsibilities:
  • Provision cell phones via IBM MaaS360 for field techs.
  • Deploy and manage endpoints for employees - Desktops,Laptops, and peripherals.
  • Support remote users via Connectwise Automate or Teamviewer.
  • Support Infrastructure including VMWare ESXi, Exchange,Terminal Servers.
  • Provision accounts for AD and E-mail.
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User Services Desk Supervisor
Loews Hotels & Co

August 2021 - January 2022, Nashville, TN

Loews Hotels & Co was founded in 1960 and continues to own and operate hotels and resorts in the United States and Canada.

Responsibilities:
  • Supervise and provide technical guidance to the staff of Service Desk analysts.
  • Coordinate with Hotel IT staff and vendors to resolve complex issues.
  • Manage ticketing system (ServiceNOW).

Systems Administrator
BFC Solutions

April 2021 - August 2021, Nashville, TN

BFC Solutions, formerly Bonded Filter Co., merged with PureAir in 2018 to become the largest self-performing, preventive maintenance service provider for commercial HVAC systems in the U.S.

Responsibilities:
  • Provision cell phones via IBM MaaS360 for field techs.
  • Deploy and manage endpoints for employees - Desktops,Laptops, and peripherals.
  • Support remote users via Connectwise Automate or Teamviewer.
  • Support Infrastructure including VMWare ESXi, Exchange,Terminal Servers.
  • Provision accounts for AD and E-mail.
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Infrastructure Services Analyst
Loews Hotels & Co

June 2016 - April 2021, Nashville, TN

Loews Hotels & Co was founded in 1960 and continues to own and operate hotels and resorts in the United States and Canada.

Responsibilities:
  • Management, Installation and Configuration of Technical Hardware, Software and Infrastructure at the Loews Hotels Primary and Secondary Data Centers and Loews Hotels Properties.
  • ESX VMWare 5.5-6.5 managed with vSphere, Dell EMC Storage, Citrix XenDesktop, Citrix PVS ,Commvault/Rubrik Backups, Active Directory and GPO Management. Windows Server 2008-2016.
  • Set-up and decommission virtual and physical servers, deployed Commvault back-up solution ,SME of SentinelOne anti-virus, deploy application packages via LANDesk, migrate local VDI to IaaS, tested and deployed zero touch Dell Wyse clients, resolve escalated tickets from users.
  • Travel to hotel properties for IT projects, including hotel set-ups, hotel decommissions, and local IT support.
  • Participate in 24/7 rotational on-call.

Projects

Proxmox VE
Proxmox VE
Infrastructure Engineer Jun 2016 - Present

Proxmox VE is a complete, open-source server management platform for enterprise virtualization.

Proxmox Backup Server
Proxmox Backup Server
Infrastructure Engineer Nov 2020 - Present

Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise backup solution, for backing up and restoring VMs, containers, and physical hosts.

TrueNAS
TrueNAS
Infrastructure Engineer Jun 2016 - Present

TrueNAS is a Network Attached Storage solution that shares and protects data from threats like ransomware and malware.

QVD VDI
QVD VDI
Infrastructure Engineer Aug 2021 - Present

Desktop virtualization solution in Linux environment that provides a high desktop density.

Kasm Workspaces
Kasm Workspaces
Infrastructure Engineer Aug 2021 - Present

Streaming containerized apps and desktops to end-users. The Workspaces platform provides enterprise-class orchestration, data loss prevention, and web streaming technology to enable the delivery of containerized workloads to your browser.

Jitsi
Jitsi
Infrastructure Engineer Aug 2021 - Present

More secure, more flexible, and completely free video conferencing

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