Nam Nguyen


Projects

Work

CentOS VDI Thin Client

Hardened CentOS terminals allows only VPN and RDP access using xFreeRDP
Scripts written to streamline on-boarding processes for the help-desk team
Staged and deployed to 400+ end users at 3 offices

Active Directory Password Reset Portal

Reduced 30% of help-desk ticket volume with a self-service portal
HTML & PHP on NGINX with Powershell scheduled to sync and reset passwords
Deligated Access Control
Sends an emailed report to IT team with detailed logs


Personal

Homelab

A personal self-hosted server running VMWare ESXi and Linux based distros and programs for self-development.

unRAID Server

A dedicated NAS running UNRAID provides data parity to mitigate disk failure issues. Migrating all my services was the largest challenge, but by planning out the migration, it alleviated a lot of the issues I ran into and lowered downtime.

Website

Built with HTML5 and CSS, on top of a LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MariaDB, PHP) stack, this website is self-hosted and includes a documentation wiki.

Timeshift Script

A bash script written pacman package manager with a hook to automatically snapshot the system using Timeshift prior to updates.

Grafana Monitoring

Utilizing Grafana, Telegraf, and InfluxDB, I aimed to centralize all monitoring and graphing to one dashboard in order to easily monitor and analyze my server and services.

Network Map

A network diagram for my network has allowed me to visualize my network to better and to plan for future projects.

Media Server

A media server using Plex and a Sonarr, Radarr, SABnzb, Deluge stack to download and organize the media. It allows friends and family to stream high quality content to any device in or outside my home network.

Automated Backups

Following the 3-2-1 Backup Strategy, I designed a fully automated backup infastructure for my servers. It runs on a weekly and monthly schedule, fully logging all processes.

Remote Server

Scripts are schduled using cronjobs to open a secure WireGuard VPN to a remote server to rsync backups to a LVM LUKS encryped drive.

BookStack Documentation

A free and open source self-hosted wiki platform built on a LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MariaDB, PHP) stack allows me to organize my personal documentation.

About Me



I'm a motivated System Administrator with an avid interest in Linux, security, networking, and automating. I combine my passion for technology with my extensive hospitality background to provide exceptional services. I excel and work my hardest when a challenge is in front of me!




Experience

NCRi
System AdministratorMay 2021 - Present

Silverware POS
Field Service TechnicianSeptember 2020 - May 2021

SunTel Technologies MSP
Help Desk L1 TechnicianJanuary 2020 - July 2020

Skills

Systems
CentOS, Debian, Fedora, and Arch Linux
VMWare vSphere, vCenter, and ESXi
Windows 7-10, Windows Server 2019
Juniper JUNOOS, HPE ProCurve Switches, Cisco UCS, Dell, and HP Servers

Technologies
Solarwinds SEM, NCentral RMM, ConnectWise
PFSense, Veeam, Git
FortiGate, Ubiquiti UniFi, Grafana, InfluxDB
OpenVPN, WireGuard, Nginx, VLAN

Languages
BASH/Shell, PowerShell, HTML, PHP, Java, CSS, CLI, CMD

Education

York UniversityInformation Technology

Contact