Core Skills

I’m a Linux systems administrator with many years experience installing, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting Linux and Unix-based server systems.

I have many years experience working for a wide range of businesses and organizations, both as employee and freelance consultant, in education and research, government departments, consumer goods manufacturers, banking, Internet & E-commerce, pharmaceuticals & automotive sectors.

I’ve worked in systems environments both large and small, looking after file servers, application servers, database servers, web servers, email servers, clusters among others. 

I’ve installed and configured SuSe, RedHat/Fedora/CentOS, Debian/Ubuntu, and Oracle Linux servers and workstations, as well as Unix systems such as IBM AIX, Sun/Solaris and HP-UX.

Cloud and virtualization technologies are now increasing in importance as more and more businesses and organizations move their operations either partly or fully into the cloud.

As a qualified AWS Solutions Architect I’m familiar with AWS Cloud as well as virtualization platforms such as VMWare, Oracle Virtualbox, KVM, as well as Docker, Kubernetes, and LXC Linux Containers.

My client base has included everything from big-name multinationals in the consumer, auto, and financial sectors, small e-commerce and digital startups through to education, research institutes, defence contractors and government departments.  

I’m qualified to LPIC level (Linux Professional Institute Certification) holding both the LPIC1 and LPIC2 Diplomas.

I also possess the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP) and AWS Solutions Architect (SAA)  Associate Diplomas.

Currently studying and preparing to take the CompTIA Securitty Plus Cybersecurity Diploma examination in late July 2025.