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Trent Bauer

Contact me at

Email

Github

Discord

Skillset

I have developed my skills through my experience at work and self-learning with my Homelab. I have a passion for automation and CX, with a goal of providing easy to use services for colleagues, friends and family.

  • Endpoint Management (Intune)

  • Customer relationship

  • Powershell

  • Documentation management

  • Backup Tools (Veeam, Commvault)

  • Social Media management

  • Change management process

  • Cloudflare (DNS & Zero Trust)

  • Project Management

  • Cloud & Virtual Computing

  • Infrastructure as Code

  • ServiceNow administration

  • Network Management (UniFi, Cisco, Palo Alto, Sophos XG)

  • Microsoft 365 (Azure, Sharepoint, Teams etc)

Hobbies and Projects

Homelab

My current homelab consists of a proxmox host, multiple VMs, a Synology NAS and UniFi networking equipment. My services are secured behind Cloudflare tunnels, using Google as an OIDC provider.

Infrastructure as Code

With my most recent rebuild of my homelab, I have gone down the IaC where possible, hosting all of my Docker Compose files in GitHub and deploying them using Portainer stacks. The intention here is to reduce any complexity with rebuilding systems - just spin up a VM, point it at the code and off we go!

A Gamers Grind

A passion project of mine, AGG originally started as a simple website to publicize my Minecraft server, but has since grown. Over the years I have hosted multiple Minecraft servers (modded and vanilla), Valheim, Insurgency Sandstorm and UT2004 to name a few. You can view the AGG website here

Documentation

I have documented and standardized as much as I can in my homelab, which you can view in the tabs above. I'm a strong advocate for quality documentation as its a great way to learn but also to not forget. Where possible, I have publicized live data from homelab.

Professional Experience

Local government

(2015-Current)

I have worked in local government for 10+ years in various ICT roles. Some of my achievements are

Rewrote New User Script

Rewrote the aging New User script and reduced runtime from 15~ minutes to 1-2 minutes. This has saved approx. 3 weeks of wages per year for the Service Delivery team.

In addition to this, I also increased functionality by adding account expiry, building access (done via AD groups) and preconfiguring user MFA details

Management of Intune

Creation of application deployments, scripts & remediations, compliance reports and device configurations for Apple iOS and Windows devices

Improved Cyber Security posture

I work closely with our CyberSec team, using my knowledge of Intune and Powershell to reduce the risk of CyberSec attacks.

MSP

(2015)

Out of high school I started a traineeship at a local MSP!

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