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Brian Lemons

IT Systems Engineer

I build and automate enterprise infrastructure — deploying and supporting applications across some of the most regulated, high-stakes environments there are, from HIPAA-governed healthcare to nuclear technology. My focus is making systems repeatable, reliable, and easier to operate.

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brian@thezitronen:~$ ansible-playbook site.yml
PLAY RECAP *********************************************************
prod-cluster : ok=47 changed=3  unreachable=0  failed=0
brian@thezitronen:~$ kubectl get nodes
NAME       STATUS   ROLES           AGE    VERSION
cp-01 Ready control-plane   412d   v1.32.4
worker-01 Ready worker          412d   v1.32.4
brian@thezitronen:~$ echo "systems that run themselves"

day-to-day stack

Automation & Config Management

Infrastructure as code, repeatable deployments, and self-service automation.

Ansible AAP PowerShell

Windows Infrastructure

Identity, policy, and the server fleet that the rest of the org stands on.

Active Directory Group Policy Hyper-V

Linux & Virtualization

Enterprise Linux operations and the virtualization layer underneath everything.

RHEL VMware vSphere

Containers & Cloud-Native

Cluster operations, workload orchestration, and platform engineering.

Kubernetes OpenShift

This site is where I write up notes, projects, and lessons learned along the way. Check out the blog for recent posts, or visit about to learn more about my background.