BRION HANSEN
Linux Systems Engineer
hansen.brion@gmail.com · https://brion.in · open to fully remote

SUMMARY
15+ years of hands-on infrastructure experience. Current focus:
Proxmox VE cluster operations, ZFS and Ceph storage, Proxmox Backup
Server, container-based service delivery, zero trust networking over
WireGuard overlays tied to Microsoft Entra ID, and self-hosted AI on
organization-owned hardware. Comfortable inheriting undocumented
environments and leaving them mapped, modernized, and documented.
Seeking a Linux/virtualization role at a research, scientific, or
mission-driven organization.

CORE FOCUS
* Proxmox: cluster design/ops, HA, ZFS/Ceph/iSCSI/NFS storage, SDN,
  GPU passthrough / SR-IOV / vGPU, PBS with tested restores, PDM
  multi-site control, rolling upgrades
* Containers: Docker, Podman, LXC, Compose, Quadlets, rootless,
  systemd integration, ACME-automated reverse proxies
* Migration: P2V/V2V from physical/VMware/Hyper-V/Xen into PVE,
  EOL OS preservation, appliance config extraction and rebuild
* Zero trust: Netbird + WireGuard mesh, identity-scoped access via
  Microsoft Entra ID and other IdPs
* AI infrastructure: Ollama, Open WebUI, Hermes Agent (Nous Research),
  multi-model local/Portal/Claude backends, custom and community MCP
  connectors giving conversational access to legacy data

EXPERIENCE
Systems Engineer, Twin Pines Technology (2024-present)
  MSP, Northeast Ohio. Five production PVE clusters across three
  clients (incl. 3-site/9-node ~30 guests; 4-node ~50 guests). Legacy
  virtualization migrations, PBS with verified restores, PDM over
  Netbird/WireGuard, zero trust access via Entra ID, firewall
  migrations to UniFi/OPNsense/pfSense, containerized service
  delivery, self-hosted AI agent integrations via MCP, and the
  ongoing rescue of undocumented infrastructure.

Design & Deployment Engineer, Park 'N Fly (2023-2024)
  Debian images for embedded SBCs in production kiosks; CONUS field
  deployment; relay wiring and digital I/O; wrote the install docs.

Freelance IT Consultant (2008-2023)
  Virtual environments across KVM/Proxmox, VMware, Hyper-V, Xen.
  Servers, networks, and VPN overlays for individuals and SMBs.

HOMELAB
Six-node PVE cluster (AMD EPYC 3000 / Ryzen embedded). 8x14TB RAIDZ2
primary storage; TrueNAS backup target on HP EC200a. Local inference
with GPU passthrough. 5G/LTE, LoRa, OpenWRT on rescued e-waste.

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