Technical Skillset
Skill Level Legend
| Skill Level | Explanation |
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Beginner |
Just started learning about this topic and have barely used it. I don't have the knowledge to setup from scratch or manage on a daily basis without significant additional research/assistance in the short term. Uncomfortable with configuring, managing, implementing, or securing this topic. Will learn new things about this topic including implementation, management, configuration, securing, and new features being implemented regularly or even daily. |
| Proficient |
Have utilized in my day to day, either in my homelab or various employers. I don't necessarily have the knowledge to setup from scratch or manage on a daily basis without additional research/assistance in the short term. Still relatively uncomfortable with configuring, managing, implementing, or securing this topic. Actively learning about this topic including new features being implemented regularly or even daily. |
| Advanced |
Heavily utilized in my day to day, either in my homelab or various employers. I have performed setup previously, or on a regular basis, and would need little or no research involving this topic. Very comfortable with configuring, managing, implementing, or securing this topic. Regularly learning about this topic including new features being implemented. |
| Expert | Heavily utilized in my day to day, either in my homelab or various employers. I have performed setup previously, or on a regular basis, and would rarely need research involving this topic. Incredibly comfortable with configuring, managing, implementing, or securing this topic. Very little left to learn about this topic outside of new features implemented. |
| Master |
Heavily utilized in my day to day, either in my homelab or various employers. I have performed setup previously, or on a regular basis, and would almost never require research involving this topic. Extremely comfortable with configuring, managing, implementing, or securing this topic. Almost nothing left to learn about this topic outside of new features implemented. |
Operating Systems
Windows Client OS
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Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| 08-01-1993 | Personal interest | Advanced | No | |
| 01-01-1996 | Personal interest | Advanced | No | |
| 01-01-1999 | Personal interest | Advanced | No | |
| 11-01-2000 | Personal interest | Advanced | No | |
| 08-25-2001 | Personal interest | Expert | No | |
| 01-30-2007 | Personal interest | Expert | No | |
| 08-22-2009 | Personal interest and various employers | Master | No | |
| 08-17-2013 | Personal interest and various employers | Expert | No | |
| 07-29-2015 | Personal interest and various employers/Homelab Use | Master | Yes | |
| 01-01-2023 | Personal interest and various employers/Homelab Use | Master | Yes | |
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Windows Server OS
|
Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| 08-01-1993 | Personal interest in computers | Proficient | No | |
| 04-24-2003 | Personal interest in computers | Expert | No | |
| 02-27-2008 | Tech Team Global | Expert | No | |
| 01-30-2013 | General Motors | Master | Yes | |
| 10-12-2016 | General Motors/Homelab Use | Master | Yes | |
| 08-30-2019 | Syncreon/Homelab Use | Master | Yes | |
| 04-04-2022 | Pinion/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes | |
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Linux Client OS/Distributions
|
Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| 08-01-1993 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes | |
| 01-01-2008 | Personal interest | Expert | Yes | |
| 08-01-1996 | Personal interest | Advanced | Yes | |
| 01-01-2015 | Personal interest | Advanced | Yes | |
| 01-01-2015 | Personal interest | Advanced | Yes | |
| 05-01-2020 | Personal interest | Advanced | Yes | |
| 01-01-2019 | Personal interest | Expert | Yes | |
| 01-01-2019 | Current Primary Desktop | Expert | Yes | |
| 01-01-2019 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes | |
| 01-01-2019 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes | |
| 01-01-2019 | Personal interest | Advanced | No | |
| 01-01-2019 | Personal interest | Proficient | No | |
| 08-01-1995 | Personal interest | Advanced | No | |
| 01-01-2017 | Personal interest | Expert | Yes | |
| 08-01-2019 | Personal interest | Advanced | No | |
| 01-01-2015 | Personal interest | Expert | No | |
| 10-01-1993 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes | |
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Linux Server OS/Distributions
|
Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| 08-01-1993 | Personal interest | Advanced | No | |
| 12-01-2015 | General Motors | Advanced | No | |
| 12-01-2015 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes | |
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Networking Techologies
Networking
|
Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| UniFi Access Points, Switches, and Routers | 08-01-2015 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
| Cisco Nexus 3000 Switches | 02-05-2023 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes |
| Cisco Catalyst 3000 Switches | 08-15-2023 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes |
| pfSense Firewall | 02-16-2023 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| FortiGate | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
| FortiManager | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
| Zscaler | 03-01-2021 | Syncreon | Proficient | No |
| Routing | 08-01-1993 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| DNS | 08-01-1993 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| DHCP | 08-01-1993 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| Remote Access | 08-01-1997 | High School | Master | Yes |
| LAN/WAN | 08-01-1993 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
Storage Technologies
Storage
|
Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| Synology NAS | 08-01-2015 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| FreeNAS/TrueNAS CORE | 05-01-2017 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
| TrueNAS SCALE | 05-01-2021 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
| QNAP NAS | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Unraid | 01-01-2017 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
Virtualization Technologies
Virtualization
|
Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| VMWare ESXi | 12-01-2015 | General Motors/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
| VMWare vRealize Operations | 12-01-2015 | General Motors/Homelab Use | Proficient | Yes |
| VMWare Horizon | 04-01-2019 | Meridian Health | Proficient | No |
| VMWare vCenter | 12-01-2015 | General Motors/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
| Proxmox Virtual Environment | 01-01-2018 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| XCP-ng | 01-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Proficient | No |
| Microsoft Azure | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Proficient | Yes |
Azure/M365
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Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| Microsoft Azure | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Proficient | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Proficient | Yes |
Frameworks and Regulatory
Frameworks
|
Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) | 12-01-2015 | General Motors/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes |
| NIST Cybersecurity Framework | 12-01-2015 | General Motors/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes |
| SOC 2 | 08-15-2023 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes |
| CIS RAM | 12-01-2018 | Syncreon/Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
Regulatory
|
Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| HIPAA | 08-01-2012 | Beaumont Hospital | Advanced | Yes |
| GDPR | 12-01-2018 | Syncreon/Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
Skills To Add
|
Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| Blumira | Expert | |||
| Wazuh | Proficient | |||
| Crowdstrike | Proficient | |||
| Exchange | Expert | |||
| M365 | Expert | |||
| Mimecast | Expert | |||
| Teams | Expert | |||
| Office Suite | Expert | |||
| Ceph | Proficient | |||
| ADManager | Expert | |||
| ADAudit | Proficient | |||
| High Availability Clustering | Proficient | |||
| Proxmox High Availability | Expert | |||
| Action1 | Proficient | |||
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Discord |
Expert | |||
| Discord Server Management | Expert | |||
| Discord Bot Installation/Configuration/Management | Expert | |||
| Docker | Expert | |||
| Portainer | Expert | |||
| Docker Swarm | Proficient | |||
| Graylog | Proficient | |||
| UniFi Site Management | Expert | |||
| UniFi Site Magic | Expert | |||
| UniFi Protect | Master | |||
| OpenVAS | Proficient | |||
| NetBox | Proficient | |||
| phpIPAM | Expert | |||
| HTML | Proficient | |||
| Cloudflare | Proficient | |||
| Powershell | Proficient | |||