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
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
| pfSense High Availability and ISP Failover | 02-16-2023 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| FortiGate | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
| FortiManager | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
| Zscaler Internet Access | 03-01-2021 | Syncreon | Proficient | No |
| Zscaler Private Access | 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 (Hardware and Software)
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Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| Synology NAS | 08-01-2015 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| Synology NAS High Availability and Failover | 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 |
| Ceph | 01-01-2022 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Proficient | Yes |
Virtualization Technologies
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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 |
| Proxmox Virtual Environment High Availability | 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 |
| Docker | 03-01-2018 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
| Docker Swarm | 03-01-2018 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes |
| Portainer | 03-01-2018 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
Azure/Entra/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 SAML | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure SSO | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure Enterprise Applications | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure Update Manager | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Proficient | Yes |
| Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft Exchange/M365 | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft Exchange/M365 Mail Flow Configuration | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Entra Conditional Access | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft 365 Admin Center | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Microsoft Security Admin Center (Defender XDR) | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Compliance Admin Center | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
| Microsoft Intune | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Proficient | Yes |
| Microsoft Intune Admin Center | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Proficient | Yes |
| Microsoft Sharepoint | 06-01-2013 | General Motors | Proficient | Yes |
| Microsoft Sharepoint Admin Center | 06-01-2013 | General Motors | Advanced | Yes |
| Microsoft Teams | 06-01-2013 | General Motors | Advanced | Yes |
| Microsoft Teams Admin Center | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
Security Tools
|
Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| Blumira (SIEM + XDR) | 07-01-2021 | Homelab | Advanced | Yes |
| Wazuh (SIEM + XDR) | 07-01-2021 | Homelab | Advanced | Yes |
| Crowdstrike Endpoint Security Platform | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
| Crowdstrike Endpoint Security Policies | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Crowdstrike Host Setup and Management | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Crowdstrike IOC and IOA Management | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Advancced | Yes |
| Mimecast Platform (Email Security) | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Mimecast Email Gateway Policies | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Mimecast Cybergraph | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Master | Yes |
| Mimecast Impersonation Protection | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| Mimecast Secure Messaging | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
| ADManager | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Master | Yes |
| ADAudit | 03-01-2020 | Syncreon | Expert | No |
| Action1 (Patch Management and Vulnerability Remediation) | 08-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| OpenVAS | 08-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use/Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
| Cloudflare | 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes |
| Cloudflare DNS | 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
| Cloudflare Domain Registration/Management | 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| Cloudflare Email Security | 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
| Cloudflare Magic WAN | 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Proficient | Yes |
| Cloudflare Secure Web Gateway | 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes |
| Cloudflare SSL/TLS | 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
| Cloudflare Tunnels | 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
| Cloudflare WARP | 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes |
| 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes | |
| Cloudflare Zero Trust Network Access | 09-01-2020 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Expert | Yes |
Frameworks and Regulatory
Frameworks
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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 (Center for Internet Security) | 12-01-2018 | Syncreon/Pinion | Advanced | Yes |
| CIS RAM v2.0 (Center for Internet Security) | 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 |
High Availability and Clustering
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Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| Windows High Availability and Clustering | 12-01-2015 | General Motors | Advanced | Yes |
| Proxmox Virtual Environment High Availability | 01-01-2018 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| pfSense High Availability and ISP Failover | 02-16-2023 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| Synology NAS High Availability and Failover | 08-01-2015 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| Crowdstrike Host Setup and Management | 03-01-2022 | Pinion | Expert | Yes |
| haproxy (Load Balancing) | 08-01-2015 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Advanced | Yes |
Uncategorized
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Technology |
Date Acquired | Acquired From | Skill Level | Skill Still Used |
| 02-16-2017 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes | |
| Discord Server Management | 02-16-2017 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| Discord Bot Installation/Configuration/Management | 02-16-2017 | Personal Interest/Homelab Use | Master | Yes |
| Graylog | Proficient | |||
| UniFi Site Management | Expert | |||
| UniFi Site Magic | Expert | |||
| UniFi Protect | Master | |||
| NetBox | Proficient | |||
| phpIPAM | Expert | |||
| HTML | Proficient | |||
| Powershell | Proficient | |||