Diligent, Methodical, Creative

Welcome to my world!

I am Earl, and I am a diligent, methodical, and creative problem solver. I find great satisfaction in facing challenges head-on and turning them into opportunities. Whether it is in my professional endeavors or personal pursuits, I thrive on thinking outside the box and delivering innovative solutions.

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What I’m working on

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Wazuh

The Open Source Security Platform Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.
Company: Borcherds.Tech

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Docker

Running Docker on Ubuntu 18.4 container hosted on my Proxmox Hypervisor. Running the following containers : Portainer Heimdall Overseerr Plex Meta Manager Passbolt (Not Configured) Plex Trakt Sync Tautulli UVDesk (Not Configured)  
Company: Borcherds.Tech

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Proxmox
LAB

Installed a Type 1 Hypervisor on an old computer (i5 2nd gen) Upgraded to a i3 9th gen
Company: Borcherds.Tech

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Cloudflare Tunnel

Cloudflare Tunnel is tunneling software that lets you quickly secure and encrypt application traffic to any type of infrastructure, so you can hide your web server IP addresses, block direct attacks, and get back to delivering great applications.
Company: Borcherds.Tech

Projects

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Pi Hole
DNS

Installing DNS Black Hole
Company: Borcherds.Tech

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Offline RX Printing
EXCEL

Using VBA enable excel document to capture and print labels of medication dispensed.      
Company: Borcherds.Tech

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3CX

Configured a Debian instants to run 3CX a PBX Telephone system
Company: Borcherds.Tech

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Backup
Script

Batch script file to back up currently logged in user to the location of the batch file. Added SFC tool Added DISM online check  
Company: Borcherds.Tech

Experience

Lourier Primary School
Lourier Primary School , Free Lance Work
Retreat | February, 2019 - February, 2019

Good Hope High School
Good Hope High School, Free Lance Work
Kuils River | March, 2018 - March, 2018

Home Lab
Borcherds Tech, Free Lance Work
Home | January, 2022 - January, 2022

Currently running in my Home Lab : Pi Hole (running on a pi 3), PfSense, Kemp Load Balancer, 3cX, Nextclould, Unifi Controller, Portanier, Linux (Ubuntu), Windows 7 x64, Windows 10 LTSC, Windows Server 2021

Certifications

Badges & Skills

Education

PC Technician
it Business Campus January, 2007 - July, 2007

Windows 2000 Comptia A+ Core 2003 Comptia A+ Operating System 2003 Comptia Network + 2005 Comptia Server + Comptia Linux + MCDST (70-271) MCDST (70-272)

CompTIA A+ (220-1002)
Udermy November, 2022 - December, 2022

CompTIA A+ (220-1002) Online Course via Udemy

MTA Server 2016 (98-365)
Udermy July, 2019 - July, 2019

MTA: Windows Server 2016 Administration Fundamentals: 98-365

CompTIA A+ (220-1001)
Udermy February, 2021 - March, 2021

CompTIA A+ (220-1001) Online Course via Udemy