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Mick DeLaCruz

Systems Administrator · IT Operations Engineer

Designing, hardening, and automating server infrastructure across Linux, Windows, and cloud platforms. Currently keeping identity, access, and endpoints running cleanly at Peddle.

Sysadmin who likes shipping infrastructure that doesn't page you at 2 a.m.

I'm a Systems Administrator with 2+ years of hands-on experience designing and running server infrastructure across Linux, Windows, and AWS. I've supported tier-2 production for federal Java Batch workloads, hardened Linux fleets with firewalld and ufw, and now manage identity for 400+ users across 200+ apps via Okta SCIM provisioning at Peddle.

I'm at my best when I can replace a manual checklist with an automated workflow — whether that's onboarding via API, an Ansible playbook, or a documented runbook so the next person on call doesn't need to call me. My background in biology taught me to debug systems carefully and document everything; IT just gave me better tools to do it with.

What I work with

Operating Systems

Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)Windows / Windows ServermacOS

Networking

DNSDHCPTCP/UDPHTTP/HTTPSSSHLDAPSamba/SMBSSSD

Identity & Security

Okta (SCIM provisioning)Active DirectoryGroup Policy / GPOFSMO rolesOS hardeningfirewalld / ufwSSO administration

Cloud & Containers

AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, SQS, API Gateway)DockerKubernetesOpenShift

Automation & CI/CD

Ansible Automation PlatformJenkinsGitLabTray.ioApache AirflowAzkaban

Monitoring & Logging

SplunkDynatrace

Databases

PostgreSQLMySQLOracle SQL DeveloperGreenplum

Productivity & SaaS

Google Workspace administrationTalkdeskUnifi

Work

IT Operations Engineer

Peddle, LLC · Austin, TX

Jul 2025 — Present

Manage role-based access and least-privilege controls for the org. Identity, endpoints, and integrations.

  • Administer access for 400+ users and 200+ applications in Okta via SCIM provisioning.
  • Automate user onboarding and offboarding through Google Workspace APIs.
  • Provide endpoint support across macOS, Windows, Unifi network gear, and workstation peripherals.
  • Migrated 100+ offshore email domains to the corporate (EPO) domain to centralize administration and harden security.
  • Run user and license audits across SaaS platforms; manage Talkdesk numbers and studio flows.
  • Maintain technical documentation and runbooks to support team knowledge sharing.

IT Administrator I // IT Service Management Specialist II

ASM Research / Accenture Federal Services (DOEd) · San Antonio, TX

Dec 2024 — Jul 2025

Tier-2 production support for data-intensive Java Batch applications on a federal government contract.

  • Operated and troubleshot long-running Java Batch jobs in production, including incident response and root-cause analysis.
  • Worked daily with Ansible Automation Platform, Jenkins, and GitLab for CI/CD and operational management.
  • Triaged incidents from Splunk and monitoring systems; resolved issues raised by testers and users.
  • Assisted in managing Linux infrastructure on AWS.
  • Participated in 24/7 on-call rotation for critical production systems.

System Administrator — Internship

Quest Logic Solutions · Riverdale Park, MD (Remote)

Apr 2023 — Dec 2024

Provisioned, configured, and maintained Linux and Windows server infrastructure end-to-end.

  • Joined Linux and Windows hosts to Active Directory; managed AD and Group Policy.
  • Hardened Linux systems with firewalld and ufw rule sets.
  • Edited core Linux config — network settings, service files, crontab — across provisioned hosts.
  • Provisioned Linux servers, Windows servers, and Windows clients for the team.
  • Authored documentation, user guides, diagrams, and SOPs.

Things I've built

Personal infrastructure and tooling I've shipped end-to-end. More repos at github.com/MickDLC.

mickdlc.com

This site, as it ships.

Astro 5 static site, source on GitHub, auto-deployed via Cloudflare Workers Static Assets on every push to main. Custom domain and email routing handled in Cloudflare. Build is reproducible from a clean clone in under 90 seconds.

AstroCloudflareGitHub ActionsDNS
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Certifications & Education

Advanced Prompt Engineering

Vanderbilt University · Oct 2025

Google IT Support Professional

Google · Jan 2025

Linux Commands and Shell Scripting

edX (verified) · Sep 2024

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)

Amazon Web Services · Jun 2024

B.S. Biology

Texas State University, San Marcos, TX · Dec 2020

Education

Get in touch

Open to roles in systems administration, IT operations, and cloud/DevOps. Best way to reach me is email or LinkedIn — I usually respond within a day.