Andrew Vivbe

Technical Operations Specialist

I help small teams keep their servers, internal tools, and remote access workflows simple, documented, and dependable. My work sits between system administration, automation, and practical security.

Experience

Independent Infrastructure Consultant

2022 - Present

  • Set up and maintain Linux VPS environments for private projects, remote teams, and lightweight internal services.
  • Automate repeatable maintenance tasks, backups, updates, and health checks using shell scripts and systemd timers.
  • Document operational procedures so that deployments can be recovered without relying on memory or guesswork.

Operations Engineer

2018 - 2022

  • Supported production Linux services, reverse proxies, DNS records, TLS certificates, and access control.
  • Improved incident response by reducing configuration drift and keeping service ownership clear.
  • Worked with developers to make small systems observable, predictable, and easier to restart safely.

Skills

  • Debian
  • Docker
  • Caddy
  • OpenSSH
  • iptables
  • systemd
  • DNS
  • TLS
  • Monitoring
  • Documentation

Recent Work

Private remote access stack

Designed a compact VPS setup with key-only SSH, firewall persistence, automatic security updates, TLS termination, and a restricted tunnel user for local-only services.

Service recovery playbooks

Prepared concise restore notes for common failure modes: network configuration, certificate renewal, container startup order, and emergency console access.