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
- 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
- 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.