Brion Hansen
Brion has a wide-reaching knowledge of Information Technology systems specializing in
UNIX/Linux. He is a jack of all trades for anything IT related. He particularly enjoys
tackling tough problems such as infrastructure scalability and security.
Skills
Operating Systems
- Linux (Primary desktop Operating System since 1999)
- FreeBSD/OpenBSD
- Solaris/Illumios/Openindiana
- Windows (Legacy-11 24H2)
- MacOS
Virtualization
- KVM/Proxmox
- VMWare vSphere/vCenter
- Xen
Containerization
- Docker
- Podman
- LXC
Orchestration
- Ansible
- Compose
- Cloud-init
- Quadlets
Security
- SSL/TLS ACME Automation
- Endpoint Monitoring (Wazuh, BitDefender)
- Encryption (pubkey, e2ee, filesystem)
- Password Management (Bitwarden/Vaultwarden, Hudu, Keepass, 1Password)
Networking
- Firewalls (OPNsense, pfSense, iptables, Sonicwall, Sophos, etc)
- Routing (OpenWRT, Mikrotik RouterOS,
- SDN (Omada, Unifi, Meraki)
- Wireguard (Hub and Spoke, Mesh)
- OpenVPN, and other VPN protocols/solutions
Hardware
- HP/Dell/Supermicro/etc Enterprise Servers
- iLO/iDRAC/IPMI/OpenBMC
- x86_64, ARM64, POWER, and SPARC architectures
- NVR/DVR/IPTV Systems
- Raspberry/Orange/Banana Pis and many more embedded SBCs
Services
- DNS (Unbound, DNSCrypt, systemd-resolved, etc)
- DHCP (dnsmasq, Windows,etc)
- Reverse Proxies (Nginx, Caddy, HAProxy, Traefik)
- Monitoring (Syslog servers, InfluxDB/2, Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, Cockpit)
- Network Storage (SMB, NFS, Nextcloud/WebDAV)
- Wireguard Based Solutions (Netbird, Tailscale/Headscale)
- Collaboration (Matrix, Teams, Slack)
- Ticketing (Autotask, Jira)
- Documentation (Hudu, Markdown, Wikis, etc)
- Remote Management (NinjaOne, MeshCentral, Intune)
Experience
Systems Engineer - TwinPines Technology
2024 - Present
Twin Pines is a Managed Services Provider serving small and medium sized business across Northeast Ohio.
- Migrated internal documentation from Microsoft OneNote to Hudu
- Recreated MS365 GDAP roles with auto renewal for managed tenants
- Deployed CIPP 365 portal for multi tenant management
- Entra/AD/Exchange/Teams/Sharepoint management
- Network management, firewall migrations, site to site routing
- Netbird Mesh VPN deployment
- Windows and Linux server management/deployment
Design and Deployment Engineer - Park 'N Fly:
2023 - 2024
Park 'N Fly was an off airport parking lot company that is deploying new kiosk technology with embedded Linux and Android SBCs.
- Traveled to various locations around CONUS to upgrade existing parking lot entrance/exit kiosks and Point of Sale devices to new system
- Loop detection relay wiring/digital IO interfacing
- Wrote documentation explaining kiosk installation and configuration procedures
- Assisted in building Debian images for embedded SBCs
- General IT maintenance/upgrades at visited lot
Freelance IT Consultant - Self Employed:
2008 - 2023
Providing IT support for a variety of individuals and businesses.
- Technology support for individuals and small businesses
- Deployment and support of computer workstations, laptops, and mobile devices
- Local network installation and configuration of hardware and software networking
- Virtual network configuration with protocols like Wireguard and OpenVPN
- Administration of a variety of virtual environments including Linux KVM/Proxmox, VMWare, HyperV, and Xen
- Design and installation of home and business audio/video systems
Interests
Computing
- Open Source
- Edge Technology
- 5G/LTE
- LoRA
- Flashing ewaste routers/access points with firmwares such as OpenWRT
- Documenting everything
Outside
- Snowboarding
- Hiking
- Gardening
- Permaculture
| Brion Hansen | hansen.brion@gmail.com |
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https://brion.in/resume.pdf |