Azure & remote network access
Vinebrook Homes
Designed BGP routing between remote sites and Azure, tightened security groups and firewall rules, and kept Windows, Linux, and cloud identity working as one system.
Systems · Cloud · Automation
Andrew Davis
I stand up systems and keep them running reliably.
Cloud, networks, automation — and a home lab that never quite shuts down even if its only a raspberrypi.
About
I'm based in the Dayton area and have spent most of my career in the spaces between servers, networks, and the scripts that glue them together. I like ownership, clean automation, and making complex infrastructure feel a little more human.
Outside of work you'll find me on Metro Parks trails, tinkering with 3D printers over WireGuard, or spinning up another VM to learn something new.
Selected work
Projects & chapters
Not a résumé dump — a handful of things I built, ran, or shaped over the years.
Property docs at scale
Vinebrook Homes
Custom Box API tooling to pull lease and title documents across roughly ten thousand properties — the kind of boring-but-critical automation that saves teams days of manual work.
Docker security & scanning stack
Vinebrook Homes
Stood up containerized SFTP, Nagios monitoring, and OpenVAS scanning so ops and security share the same operational picture.
Network verification portal
CBTS
Lead developer on a full-stack portal used to load and verify network gear — plus automation that fed global monitoring platforms and DNS zone workflows for a large enterprise network.
99.999% circuit uptime
DataYard
Part of a small DevOps crew delivering high-availability bonded L2/L3 circuits, SD-WAN, fiber, wireless, and hardened edge security for customers who couldn't afford downtime.
Data center modernization
WorkflowOne
Helped migrate Cisco environments to Juniper and Aruba, managed F5 LTM/ASM, converted fifty remote sites off leased CSUs, and built monitoring and firewall reporting tools teams actually used.
Journey
Where I’ve been
A light timeline — roles as chapters, not job descriptions.
2019 —
Senior Systems Engineer
Vinebrook Homes
2014 — 2019
Senior Automation Specialist
CBTS
2013 — 2014
Senior Network Administrator
DataYard
2006 — 2013
Network Administrator
WorkflowOne
1999 — 2007
Front End Supervisor
Kroger
Craft
Tools I reach for often — not a checklist, just the working set.
Azure
Docker
Bash
Python
PowerShell
Git
CI/CD
Linux
Windows Server
FortiGate
F5
BGP
DNS
IPSec
MySQL
MSSQL
Nagios
WSL
Raspberry Pi
Off the clock
Life outside the terminal
Trails
Hiking and biking the Dayton MetroParks. Completed the Trails Challenge in 2023. Gardening and landscaping when I'm home.
3D print
Still learning, still printing. Remote monitoring with Raspberry Pi, OctoPrint, and WireGuard so I can check jobs from anywhere.
Lab
Cloud VMs, Docker, VirtualBox, WSL, Ubuntu — a sandbox for trying network designs and OS setups without breaking production.
Contact
Want to talk infrastructure, automation, or trail recommendations around Dayton? Reach out.