David Sandra - Personal Website

Introduction

I am a husband and father of twin daughters who love working out or working on my IT home lab. I enjoy golfing, cycling, reading a good book, attending a concert, or listening to a podcast on history, personal finance, or IT. I also enjoy going out and having a chat and a beer with friends.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Firewall Configuration
Incident Response
Identity and Access Management:
- Automated Security Baseline
- Active Directory/Microsoft Entra ID
- Network/Hardware Services
- Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
Public Key Encryption
Network Configuration
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery

Infrastructure and Hardware

Desktops and Laptops
VMs including Docker and VMWare ESXi
Dell Servers
IT Service Management (ServiceNow, Web Help Desk)
Cloud Services (S3, AWS EC2)
Synology NAS

Coding

PowerShell, Bash, and Python
SQL Development and Management

Home Lab Projects

HTML Design of this site
Purchased a VPS to host my reverse proxy
Local AI through Open Web UI with Gemma3, Llama3.2, and Deepseek-r1
Stable diffusion AI image generation
Automated, encrypt and backup to S3 storage on Synology
17 Docker Portainer containers, including Mealie, Paperless NGX, and Trillium
Set up a custom email address: david.sandra@santosweb.dev

Favorite Home Lab Resources

Recent Books

Favorite Podcasts

Contact Information

I am looking for a career. Here is my resume and contact information.

Email: david.sandra@santosweb.dev

View My Resume