I’m Adam Tobias.
My skills and experiences are:
- Networking
- Administering pfSense, OPNsense, OpenWRT, EdgeOS, and Unifi routers
- Building multisite VPN networks using OpenVPN, Wireguard, and IPSec
- Managing static routes
- Writing firewall rules
- Implementing NAT policies
- Customizing DHCP ranges, adding static leases
- Creating 802.1Q VLANs
- Forming 802.11S meshes
- Building multisite 802.3 networks via VXLAN and GRE
- Establishing point-to-point WDS bridges
- Terminating cat5 & cat6 cables per EIA/TIA 568A & 568B
- I really enjoy networking, in case that isn’t obvious.
- CompTIA Network+ certified
- Server admin
- Administering email servers via MailCow and Yunohost
- Setting up rDNS, DKIM, SPF, and DMARC
- Installing and maintaining VMs on Proxmox, Hyper-V, and VirtualBox
- Clustering, backups, and live migrations
- Managing docker containers and docker compose stacks
- Installing and managing server applications such as:
- WordPress, Nextcloud, Mastodon, PeerTube, Mumble, Synapse, etc
- I’m a big fan of federated communication systems
- Administering email servers via MailCow and Yunohost
- GNU/Linux
- Administering Debian and Ubuntu servers
- BASH scripting
- Former Free Software Foundation intern
- Re-wrote Email Self-Defense Guide, contributed blog content
- Former ThinkPenguin employee
- Assembled computers, installed GNU/Linux, resolved support requests
- RF
- Programming channel information and settings into two-way radios
- Understanding RF propagation characteristics, frequency ranges, and modulation types
- Radio direction finding (RDF) experience
- Software Defined Radio experience
- FCC licensed ham
- Miscellaneous tech
- Installing security cameras
- Optimizing NVRs including Unifi Protect, Blue Iris, and Agent DVR
- Separating cameras & IoT devices to heavily firewalled VLANs
- Troubleshooting point-of-sale systems
- Installing custom ROMs and firmware on various devices
- CompTIA A+ and Security+ certified
- Installing security cameras
- Heavy equipment & other skills
- Skid loader experience
- Excavator experience
- Forklift experience
- Low voltage DC experience
- Comfortable maneuvering trailers & large vehicles
- Small electrical, plumbing, & mechanical projects
- Tree work