Sr. Proxmox Virtualization Automation Systems Administrator · Tract Capital

Systems engineeringFrom hardware to recovery

I like the work that connects a server change to the people depending on it. My background spans datacenter operations, NOC escalations and client systems, with hands-on workload modernization and a habit of building tools for the work that comes next.

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Service history

Technomancy IT LLC · Present

Founder / Product Engineer / Systems Lead

Run a referral-based technical practice, carrying client systems from an incomplete need through implementation and direct on-call support.

Build tenant-aware services and authenticated integrations, keeping application access, infrastructure and support responsibilities connected.

Deep dive

Technomancy IT is my own technical practice. I choose and operate the application, data, infrastructure and support approach, and bring in specialists when their contribution will improve a project. Clients contact me directly for IT support.

The work includes tenant-aware shared services and authenticated integrations for client and internal workflows. Keeping access policy, observability and support context together helps make a service understandable after its initial delivery.

Gators · 2023-2025

Lead Systems Architect (Contract)

Provided IT and deployment support through a sustained client engagement. Worked with the team and its artist on a generator and website for the artist’s work.

Deep dive

Gators was a long-term client within Technomancy IT from 2023 to 2025. I provided full IT support and helped deploy the project, alongside website and generator work with the team and its artist.

Bitlectro Labs · 2020-2022

Lead Systems Architect (Contract)

Held full IT responsibility for a long-term creative-product client. Rebuilt the web application and helped deliver a web game and functioning viewer for the team’s 3D art.

Deep dive

Bitlectro Labs was a Technomancy IT client from 2020 to 2022. I held full IT responsibility, rebuilt the web application and helped build a web game.

I also created AR/VR systems and a functioning viewer for the team’s 3D art and contributed to launch delivery. These were contributions to a collaborative creative product, with the associated operating and support work.

NuPrice · 2019-2021

Application and IT delivery (Contract)

Built and operated a reseller application during a client engagement that began alongside FRII. Connected marketplace data and repricing rules with subscriptions, billing and embedded support, while owning technical operations.

Deep dive

NuPrice was a long-term client engagement from 2019 to 2021 that began while I was still at FRII. I built and operated the application, billing, customer support and technical operations.

The application joined marketplace and competitor data with user-defined repricing rules, monitoring, analytics, accounts, subscriptions, a CMS and embedded support. The product was acquired after this sustained application and operations work.

Front Range Internet Inc. · 2015-2020

Senior Systems Engineer / Datacenter Architect

Ran the NOC and handled engineering escalations; led engineering through the company purchase and later held sole systems-engineering responsibility for about a year.

Migrated workloads from Hyper-V and VMware ESXi into Docker and Kubernetes, upgraded servers and firewalls, and ran SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits.

Deep dive

My FRII employment ran from 2015 to 2020. I ran the NOC and was a lead engineer during the company’s purchase and transition. After the senior engineer above me left, I took sole systems-engineering responsibility for approximately a year and remained on call for issues escalated by the NOC.

I migrated workloads from Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESXi into Docker and Kubernetes and upgraded server and firewall infrastructure. I also led recovery verification, monitoring and operational readiness, translated controls into auditor-readable evidence and SOPs, and ran the SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits. I worked with the CEO and CIO as part of the engineering work.

Office Evolution · 2014-2015

Systems / Software Engineer

Built shared operational applications across locations, connecting CRM, provisioning, onboarding and service work.

Made cross-department handoffs explicit in the software and worked with the CEO and CIO on operational systems.

Deep dive

I connected CRM, provisioning, onboarding and service operations through centralized applications spanning locations and client environments. The purpose was to make work crossing departmental boundaries an explicit shared workflow.

I worked with the CEO and CIO alongside the systems and software engineering. This brought the operating needs of the business into the systems work without making each department manage its own disconnected handoff.

PlumChoice / Everon · 2012-2014

Network & Systems Engineer

Engineered and supported networks, systems and endpoints for managed-service clients, including on-call work.

Built repeatable diagnostic and support tools and worked directly with owners and users to resolve recurring problems.

Deep dive

This managed-services role combined network engineering with broad systems and endpoint work for small-business clients. Monitoring, repeatable diagnostic tooling and direct communication with owners and users were part of investigating recurring problems. I also provided on-call support.

I worked with the owner, and the business was sold during my tenure.

IBM · 2010-2012

Infrastructure and Systems Focal

Served as the infrastructure focal for shared enterprise services, coordinating changes and incidents across application, infrastructure and vendor teams.

Automated audit and backup workflows and managed virtualization test labs and hosted desktop platforms.

Deep dive

I served as the infrastructure focal across shared enterprise environments, including infrastructure supporting Best Buy, Amtrak and USPS systems. The role required coordinating access, changes, incidents and escalations across application teams, infrastructure staff, vendors and business stakeholders.

I automated audit and backup workflows and managed virtualization test labs and hosted desktop platforms. This combined operational coordination with hands-on work in the systems used by multiple teams.

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Systems and projects

Technomancy IT client, Wray, Colorado

Excell Services | Server and network renewal

For a legacy client environment, replaced or rebuilt servers and employee computers and upgraded the network. Connected a satellite location using VPN, Windows Server and Active Directory so corporate users could reach the systems they needed. Investigated network service costs and secured a one-time $15,000 CenturyLink refund.

Deep dive

Excell Services LLC in Wray was my largest Technomancy IT client while I lived and operated there. Its legacy environment needed coordinated server, endpoint and network work. I replaced or rebuilt servers and employee computers and upgraded the network infrastructure.

I helped launch a satellite location and implemented VPN connectivity, Windows Server and Active Directory so corporate users could access the systems they needed. I also investigated wasted network service costs and secured a one-time $15,000 CenturyLink refund.

Own technical practice and client-operations product

Technomancy platform | Deployment and restore tooling

Built delivery tooling for the practice’s support platform that tags images from Git, applies migrations and records deployment status, then checks container health and public HTTP responses. Added a restore-verification workflow that checks a backup checksum, restores into disposable PostgreSQL and checks table counts, giving recovery a concrete validation path.

Deep dive

The Technomancy platform brings the practice’s support, customer records, scheduling, billing and infrastructure context into a client-facing product and internal operating layer. Tenant-aware shared services keep client and internal access boundaries distinct.

Its deployment script derives image tags from Git, builds and transfers container images, applies SQL migrations, records image identity and deployment status, and checks container health and public-host HTTP responses. It includes an optional project-check step before deployment.

A separate restore-verification script checks the backup checksum, restores into disposable PostgreSQL and checks table counts. The restore workflow makes the contents of a backup inspectable separately from the running service. The linked overview introduces the platform and its connected workflows.

Technomancy platform overview ↗

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Inventory

VMware ESXi & Hyper-V; Docker & Kubernetes
Linux administration; Bash & Python
Networks, VPNs & server infrastructure
Backup verification, SOPs & SOC 1/SOC 2 audit ownership
NOC monitoring, troubleshooting & escalation

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Cover note

I call myself a technomancer. I have loved figuring out how technology works since I was a kid, and I still enjoy the point where a difficult system starts making sense.

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Hi Tract Capital team,

I call myself a technomancer. I have loved figuring out how technology works since I was a kid, and I still enjoy the point where a difficult system starts making sense. Over time, that curiosity has become a responsibility to the people who depend on what I build and maintain.

Your approach to building and operating digital infrastructure businesses caught my attention. The systems behind that work need someone who can move between the server room, a recovery procedure and a conversation with the team relying on an application. That combination is what draws me to this role: staying close to the hardware and the operational consequences of each change while making the routine work more repeatable.

At Front Range Internet Inc., I ran the NOC, handled engineering escalations and migrated workloads from Hyper-V and VMware ESXi into Docker and Kubernetes. I also upgraded server and firewall infrastructure and ran our SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits. I had already spent years there when the company was purchased and was a lead engineer through that transition. Later, I was entrusted with sole systems-engineering responsibility for about a year, with the NOC continuing to handle first-line calls. Working with the CEO and CIO helped me connect the technical work with the decisions the business needed to make.

Through Technomancy IT, I have continued taking responsibility for the whole environment. For Excell Services in Wray, I replaced or rebuilt legacy servers and employee computers, upgraded the network and helped bring a satellite location online with VPN access, Windows Server and Active Directory. I also followed a network-cost problem through to a one-time $15,000 refund from CenturyLink. Getting the equipment working and following through on the service around it were both part of the job.

I bring that same practical approach to automation. For my client-operations platform, I built deployment tooling around Git-derived image tags, migrations, deployment records and health checks. A separate restore-verification script checks a backup checksum, restores into a disposable PostgreSQL instance and checks table counts. I want recovery work to have something concrete to inspect, and repetitive operational work to leave a useful record for the next person handling it.

My hands-on virtualization background is in VMware and Hyper-V. I would bring that foundation, along with Linux, Bash and Python experience, to the transition into your Proxmox VE and Backup Server environment. I would want to understand your existing workloads, storage choices and recovery expectations before proposing changes, then work with the infrastructure, network, security and application teams to make those changes supportable.

I’m based in Milliken, Colorado, and would welcome a conversation about the Denver team and the systems you are building. I would enjoy bringing both the curiosity that got me into this work and the habit of staying accountable after a system goes live.

Chad