My squiggly career path

My career path isn’t a straight line — but every step has been intentional.

For 11 years, I worked as a system administrator. I started my career in a small-sized government enterprise and progressed to a mid-sized enterprise where I was trusted with large-scale, real-world infrastructure:

• 24 geographic locations
• ~2,500 endpoints
• Multi-cloud + hybrid environments (including Azure and VMware)
• Security-conscious, in-house operations (physical + cyber risk thinking baked into day-to-day work)
• Leading a small IT team (1 system administrator + 2 technicians)

This experience proves I’ve owned production systems, operational risk and continuity at scale.

After an international relocation — a family decision — I moved to Southern California. It was a major life change, and I handled it the same way I handle infrastructure: plan carefully, execute, and keep moving forward.

During this transition, I leaned into a domain that was already part of my sysadmin scope: physical security technology.

• CCTV, access control and intrusion detection systems had always intersected with my IT responsibilities (networks, storage, uptime, security and compliance).
• I specialized in one part of tech where reliability and risk management matter just as much.
• I added hands-on experience where IT security meets the physical world.
• The role strengthened leadership and people-management skills — an edge many sysadmins don’t get early.

In other words: the bridge role pulled me deeper into security tech, expanding what “security” means in my toolkit.

The Southern California IT market has been competitive. Rather than pause my career or wait for a perfect opening, I chose to keep working, keep learning, and keep supporting my family — while staying close to technical work and sharpening skills in parallel.

I’m returning to core IT roles with more breadth than before:

• Strong sysadmin fundamentals (operations, troubleshooting, reliability)
• Azure / cloud capability (and continued upskilling)
• Security mindset, now strengthened by real physical-security systems experience
• Proven leadership: managing people, priorities, and risk in production environments

I’m targeting roles such as:

• System Administrator
• Azure Administrator
• IT Security / Security Operations (especially where IT + physical security intersect)

I’m open to different roles (hybrid/on-site) and remote opportunities.