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SkillsUSA Internetworking
State-level networking competition proof: timed work, troubleshooting, technical explanation, and advancement to nationals.
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Network Security Active
Production VLAN Segmentation
Role-based network separation, default-deny thinking, DMZ placement, migration notes, and validation habits.
View project Infrastructure Documented
Enterprise Homelab Architecture
Public-safe overview of compute, firewall, switching, storage, identity, monitoring, and recovery layers.
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Homelab MCP Server
Validated tool layer for AI-assisted operations, with guardrails around controlled actions and documentation.
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AI Automation Research
Testing CLI-based AI tools against documented infrastructure tasks and learning where automation needs boundaries.
View project Identity Active
Centralized Identity & Auth
SSO and account management concepts across modern and legacy service patterns.
View project Automation Active
Game Hosting & Discord Automation
Panel-based hosting, bot automation, live status checks, and operational cleanup around self-hosted game servers.
View project Switching Built
Gigabit Switching & PoE+
Managed switching, trunk design, access ports, PoE support, and physical cabling discipline.
View project Monitoring Live
Live Service Status
Public status reporting for selected endpoints, kept high-level so it does not expose private topology.
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Operations & Alerting
Service alerts, monitoring signals, rollback notes, and the operational habit of documenting changes.
View project Firewall Active
OPNsense Edge Firewall
Firewall, routing, DNS/DHCP, certificate, IDS, and public ingress patterns without exposing private details.
View project Virtualization Active
Proxmox Cluster Management
Virtualization, containers, backup strategy, hardware management, and service documentation.
View project Access Active
Secure Remote Access
Remote administration through controlled access paths instead of exposing management surfaces directly.
View project AI Gateway Active
Self-Hosted AI Gateway
Message routing, AI tooling experiments, persistent memory, and git-aware workflows.
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Wazuh SIEM/XDR Lab
Log aggregation, alert review habits, endpoint visibility, and SOC-style investigation workflow.
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Network Admin
Routing, switching, VLAN segmentation, DNS/DHCP, firewalling, and troubleshooting.
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Monitoring, alerting, Wazuh workflow, uptime checks, identity, and incident notes.
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Documentation, customer-facing support, escalation notes, remote access, and recovery steps.
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AI tooling, APIs, scripts, Discord automation, MCP operations, and repeatable checks.
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All writeups Operational notes and public-safe recaps
Guest VLAN Captive Portal
Validated guest isolation and captive portal behavior while keeping the public writeup sanitized.
Read writeupVLAN Segmentation Migration
Moved the lab toward production-style network separation with documented recovery points.
Read writeupOPNsense OIDC SSO Fix
Tracked down an authentication UI issue, fixed it, and cleaned stale service references.
Read writeupSelf-Hosted AI Gateway
Built and debugged a local AI routing service with persistent workflow context and documented edge cases.
Read writeupMCP Server For Homelab Control
Designed a controlled tool layer for AI-assisted homelab operations and safe repeatable checks.
Read writeupSelf-Hosted Email On Residential Internet
Explored mail delivery constraints, relay tradeoffs, and public-safe infrastructure documentation.
Read writeup Contact
Open to junior networking, SOC, NOC, MSP, help desk, and cybersecurity internships.
I bring documented hands-on practice, public-safe writing, and the discipline to explain what changed and why.
nazeemdickey@masternazz.com • Boynton Beach, FL