hi, i'm nick jacques.

about me

I'm a cloud engineer currently living in Chicago, IL. I'm originally from Green Bay, WI and attended Michigan Tech in Houghton, MI, where I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Computer Network & System Administration.

I architect, build, troubleshoot, and fix a variety of cloud infrastructure. I have strong experience with public cloud infrastructure as well as virtualization platforms and with the servers, storage, and network that back them.

I'm a technology enthusiast inside and outside of work. Some of my extracurriculars — photography, video & audio editing, and simply learning new things are all made possible through technology.

skillset

I'm always seeking to develop new skills and hone existing ones.
Here's a sample of my professional skillset — jump to the next section for my resume.

  • Hybrid cloud architecture
  • Public cloud administration
  • Terraform infrastructure engineering
  • Git SCM and GitHub
  • Regulatory compliance (PCI-DSS)
  • Infrastructure performance engineering
  • Routing & remote connectivity (VPN)
  • DNS deployment & administration
  • Engineering team leadership
  • Leading incident response
  • Virtualization administration
  • Private IaaS cloud administration
  • SAN & NAS administration
  • PowerShell scripting
  • Windows & Linux sysadmin
  • Troubleshooting & analysis
  • Active Directory administration
  • Network administration
  • Server repair & maintenance
  • Software packaging & distribution

resume

I've held a few different roles in technology areas over the past few years.

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