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HPC System Administrator

Building infrastructure
that scales.

DevOps-focused HPC System Administrator with 9+ years in IT, including 2 years as a Cybersecurity Engineer.

Robert Melcher

Skills & Technologies

Core competencies across systems administration, security, and infrastructure automation

Linux
Ubuntu
Debian
Windows Server
Proxmox
Docker
Kubernetes
XEN
CISCO
pfSense
Fortinet
Palo Alto
StrongSwan
VLAN
CyberArk
Nessus
Linux
Ubuntu
Debian
Windows Server
Proxmox
Docker
Kubernetes
XEN
CISCO
pfSense
Fortinet
Palo Alto
StrongSwan
VLAN
CyberArk
Nessus
Linux
Ubuntu
Debian
Windows Server
Proxmox
Docker
Kubernetes
XEN
CISCO
pfSense
Fortinet
Palo Alto
StrongSwan
VLAN
CyberArk
Nessus
Ansible
Terraform
Puppet
SALT
Bash
Git
Flux
Rancher
AWS
Oracle Cloud
Cloudflare
InfiniBand
PBS Scheduler
ManageIQ
Talos Linux
Cilium CNI
Ansible
Terraform
Puppet
SALT
Bash
Git
Flux
Rancher
AWS
Oracle Cloud
Cloudflare
InfiniBand
PBS Scheduler
ManageIQ
Talos Linux
Cilium CNI
Ansible
Terraform
Puppet
SALT
Bash
Git
Flux
Rancher
AWS
Oracle Cloud
Cloudflare
InfiniBand
PBS Scheduler
ManageIQ
Talos Linux
Cilium CNI
Portainer
BAREOS
Asterisk
Apache
Nginx
MySQL
WordPress
cPanel
Portainer
BAREOS
Asterisk
Apache
Nginx
MySQL
WordPress
cPanel
Portainer
BAREOS
Asterisk
Apache
Nginx
MySQL
WordPress
cPanel

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Highlights

Full datacenter deployments with InfiniBand clusters at Forvia

Homelab Kubernetes cluster with Talos Linux, Flux GitOps, and Cilium CNI

Proxmox virtualization with automated deployments on Dell R720

pfSense firewall with VLAN segmentation and WAF security

AWS/EC2 applications and Oracle Ampere ARM testing

Infrastructure automation with cert-manager, external-dns, and SOPS secrets

Currently @ Forvia

Previously: Atos (Cybersecurity)

Full background

Interested in HPC, Kubernetes, or homelab automation?

Providing expertise and custom solutions in infrastructure automation, security hardening, and scalable deployments.

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