# Chad Koslovsky
Systems engineering | From hardware to recovery
Milliken, Colorado · chad@koslovsky.xyz

## Target role
Sr. Proxmox Virtualization Automation Systems Administrator | Tract Capital

## Profile
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.

## Curated capabilities
- 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

## Relevant experience
### Founder / Product Engineer / Systems Lead · Technomancy IT LLC
Present
- 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.

### Senior Systems Engineer / Datacenter Architect · Front Range Internet Inc.
2015-2020
- 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.

### Systems / Software Engineer · Office Evolution
2014-2015
- 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.

### Network & Systems Engineer · PlumChoice / Everon
2012-2014
- 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.

### Infrastructure and Systems Focal · IBM
2010-2012
- 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.

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## Product & Engineering Work
### Excell Services | Server and network renewal · Technomancy IT client, Wray, Colorado

- 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.

### Technomancy platform | Deployment and restore tooling · Own technical practice and client-operations product

- 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.

## Links
- View my interactive resume and work: https://tractcapital.koslovsky.xyz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadkoslovsky
- GitHub: https://github.com/Ravonus
- Kerf: https://kerfjs.netlify.app/
- Technomancy platform overview: https://technomancy.it/#platform