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Skill 02

Infrastructure & Virtualization

Server hardware, virtualization, storage, containers, and supporting services.

Proxmox VEDockerTrueNASZFSVMwareHyper-VTraefikAuthentik

01

Microsoft lab infrastructure

As a Technical Lab Installer working at Microsoft under Biblioso, I install and maintain server platforms and rack infrastructure in lab data center environments.

  • Hardware bring-up and POST diagnostics
  • UEFI, BIOS, firmware, BMC, and IPMI configuration
  • Server blades, routers, switches, power shelves, and power whips
  • Component-level fault isolation and replacement
  • Work tracking and SLA delivery through Azure DevOps

02

Virtualization and storage

My homelab uses two Proxmox hosts for virtual machines and storage-backed workloads. I use ZFS, VM snapshots, backup strategies, PCI passthrough, and HA testing to practice deployment and recovery procedures.

  • Multi-node Proxmox VE environment
  • TrueNAS virtual machines and NFS-backed services
  • ZFS storage and backup planning
  • VM provisioning and recovery testing

03

Container platform

A dedicated Linux VM runs the primary Docker workload. Services cover ingress, identity, monitoring, media, application hosting, and operational tooling. Traefik handles routing and certificates, while Authentik provides centralized identity.