About

About

Robert Melcher

HPC System Administrator


👋 Hello!

I’m a System Administrator with 8+ years of experience building secure, scalable IT infrastructures. Currently working as an HPC System Administrator at Forvia, where I manage enterprise servers and virtual infrastructure.

🚀 What I Do

Current Role: HPC System Administrator @ Forvia (2022–Present)

  • Managing enterprise Windows/Linux servers and virtual infrastructure
  • Configuring HPC job scheduling with PBS
  • Integrating Active Directory/SALT systems

🛠️ Technical Skills

Systems & Infrastructure

  • Linux & Windows Server administration
  • Proxmox virtualization & Docker containerization
  • Kubernetes orchestration & K3S clusters

Security & DevOps

  • Vulnerability assessments & penetration testing
  • Backup solutions (Bareos, enterprise-grade)
  • CI/CD pipelines & GitOps workflows

Networking

  • CCNA certified
  • Firewall management & VPN solutions
  • Enterprise network architecture

💼 Career Highlights

Recent Experience

Founder @ Dolphost (2022–2024)
Built and managed a secure WordPress hosting platform with VPS services.

Cybersecurity Engineer @ Atos IT Solutions (2020–2022)
Performed vulnerability assessments and managed enterprise firewall infrastructure.

System Administrator @ Netex Romania (2018–2020)
Managed automated backup solutions and led infrastructure migration to Kubernetes.

🏆 Notable Projects

  • Infrastructure Migration: Successfully migrated Puppet infrastructure to Kubernetes for enhanced scalability
  • Security Implementation: Led Forescout policy migration for Windows 10 endpoints across enterprise
  • Backup Architecture: Designed and implemented Bareos-based datacenter backup solution
  • Homelab Innovation: Built production-grade homelab with Proxmox, pFsense, and K3S cluster

🎓 Education & Certifications

Computer Science - West University of Timișoara (2016–2018)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) (2019–2020)

🔮 Current Focus

Exploring cutting-edge technologies in:

  • Kubernetes & cloud-native applications
  • DevOps automation & GitOps workflows
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Container security & orchestration

Ready to connect? Feel free to reach out for collaboration opportunities or technical discussions.

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