Technical Proof Center

Evidence-backed systems administration, infrastructure, and enterprise support capability.

Technical Evidence and Validation

Supporting documentation, architecture records, implementation notes, and lab artifacts demonstrating systems administration, infrastructure operations, networking, Microsoft 365 administration, and enterprise support capabilities.

Reviewer Console Evidence-backed

Hiring Manager Summary

This evidence demonstrates practical enterprise support capability across systems administration validation, infrastructure operations concepts, Microsoft 365 administration concepts, Active Directory administration concepts, networking fundamentals, and automation.

  • Projects are supported by preserved source artifacts.
  • Lab records show hands-on infrastructure practice.
  • Microsoft 365 evidence is historical and clearly scoped.
  • Documentation is organized for recruiter and technical review.

Evidence Categories

Proof grouped by the capabilities IT teams screen for.

Each category connects a technical claim to source artifacts, implementation context, and the role relevance a recruiter or hiring manager needs to understand quickly.

M5Cloud Admin

Microsoft 365 Administration

Overview
Historical tenant lab records covering identity, access, administration, and documentation workflows.
Skills Demonstrated
Microsoft 365, Entra ID, MFA concepts, identity lifecycle, admin portal workflow.
Career Relevance
Supports service desk escalation, endpoint identity support, and junior Microsoft 365 administration readiness.
ADWindows Server

Active Directory

Overview
Domain services documentation tied to DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and administrative concepts.
Skills Demonstrated
Active Directory, user administration, domain concepts, name resolution, policy management.
Career Relevance
Maps directly to help desk escalation, account support, Windows administration, and systems administration fundamentals.
NWSegmentation

Networking

Overview
pfSense and VLAN documentation showing firewall policy intent, VPN concepts, and network segmentation practice.
Skills Demonstrated
VLANs, pfSense, DNS/DHCP placement, WireGuard, OpenVPN, troubleshooting boundaries.
Career Relevance
Supports infrastructure support, network-aware troubleshooting, endpoint isolation, and escalation communication.
PXHome Lab

Infrastructure

Overview
Dell PowerEdge R710 and Proxmox home lab artifacts showing virtualization and infrastructure validation practice.
Skills Demonstrated
Proxmox, Windows Server, Active Directory, lab planning, infrastructure documentation.
Career Relevance
Shows systems administration progression, operational curiosity, and hands-on infrastructure practice.
PSAutomation

Automation

Overview
PowerShell records showing repeatable provisioning logic, change tracking, and operational handoff notes.
Skills Demonstrated
PowerShell scripting, process consistency, readable handoff, automation planning.
Career Relevance
Supports endpoint support, administrative consistency, onboarding tasks, and junior sysadmin readiness.
SDOperations

Service Desk Operations

Overview
Incident, RCA, and validation records showing structured troubleshooting and communication discipline.
Skills Demonstrated
Ticket framing, root-cause analysis, escalation notes, remediation planning, validation.
Evidence Available
Incident summary evidence and RCA report.
Career Relevance
Shows the documentation and troubleshooting habits expected in service desk and infrastructure support roles.

Microsoft Ecosystem

Microsoft 365 Administration Lab

I used a Microsoft 365 tenant lab to practice hands-on administration workflows around identity, access, MFA concepts, Entra ID administration, user lifecycle management, and tenant validation exercises.

The tenant was intentionally retired. I am not representing this as current production administration; the preserved evidence remains available to show the work occurred and to support technical review.

Microsoft 365 Skills Validated

  • Microsoft 365 Administration
  • Entra ID
  • Identity Management
  • MFA Concepts
  • Administrative Documentation

Windows Infrastructure

Active Directory Evidence

My Active Directory evidence focuses on Domain Services, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, administrative concepts, and user administration. The artifacts connect identity administration fundamentals to the kind of support work expected in Windows-heavy environments.

Active Directory Skills Validated

  • Active Directory
  • DNS
  • DHCP
  • Group Policy
  • User Management

Home Lab Validation

Infrastructure Validation Environment

I built the lab to validate systems administration concepts in a controlled environment: virtualization boundaries, Windows Server services, identity services, segmentation, VPN concepts, DNS/DHCP placement, and PowerShell-assisted operations.

Dell PowerEdge R710 Proxmox Windows Server Active Directory pfSense WireGuard OpenVPN VLANs DNS DHCP PowerShell

Why I built it

To move beyond theory and practice how infrastructure services interact across identity, networking, virtualization, and administrative tooling.

Concepts validated

Virtualization, AD dependencies, DNS/DHCP placement, firewall policy boundaries, VPN access models, VLAN segmentation, and operational documentation.

Career relevance

The lab supports service desk escalation readiness and systems administration progression by showing practical infrastructure awareness.

Actual Validation Artifacts

Home lab network proof files reviewers can open.

These Markdown files are the proof artifacts behind the validation checklist. They document switch and VLAN notes, DHCP and DNS results, firewall rules, VPN behavior, Proxmox bridge mapping, and Windows Server role validation.

VACase Study

VLAN Architecture Walkthrough

Enterprise-style case study tying the architecture diagram, switch map, DHCP/DNS notes, firewall evidence, Proxmox bridge mapping, VPN checks, and validation checklist into one reviewable evidence package.

SWSwitch / VLAN

Switch Port and VLAN Validation

Documents switch port mapping, VLAN validation, DHCP relay, and DNS resolution test notes.

DDDNS / DHCP

DHCP and DNS Evidence

Provides DHCP lease checks and DNS lookup results tied to the segmented lab network.

VPNRemote Access

VPN Configuration Evidence

Documents assigned VPN addressing, DNS behavior, and allowed or blocked reachability checks.

PXProxmox

Proxmox Host Evidence

Documents node health, bridge mapping, and VM connectivity tests across VLANs.

WSWindows Server

Windows Server Evidence

Documents AD DS health, DNS role validation, and DHCP role validation.

Proof Mapping

Evidence to Skill Matrix

This matrix connects technical keywords from the resume and projects to the source records a reviewer can open.

Skill Evidence Primary proof path
Microsoft 365Microsoft 365 Lab RecordsOpen evidence
Entra IDIdentity Administration ExercisesOpen evidence
Active DirectoryAD Infrastructure DocumentationOpen evidence
DNSAD Infrastructure DocumentationOpen evidence
DHCPAD Infrastructure DocumentationOpen evidence
PowerShellAutomation Project RecordsOpen evidence
VirtualizationProxmox Home LabOpen evidence
NetworkingpfSense Segmentation ProjectOpen evidence

Architecture Visualizations

Verified infrastructure shown as review-ready diagrams.

These simplified visuals use only documented infrastructure elements and are designed to help hiring teams understand the lab and identity concepts quickly.

Home Lab Architecture

Home lab architecture diagram Dell PowerEdge R710 runs Proxmox, Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and routes through pfSense segmentation and VPN concepts. Dell R710 Physical host Proxmox Virtualization pfSense Firewall / VPN Windows Server AD DS DNS / DHCP Core services VLANs / VPN Access models

Active Directory Architecture

Active Directory architecture diagram Domain controller connects to DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, users, and Windows clients. Domain Controller AD DS DNS Name resolution Group Policy Admin control DHCP Addressing User Accounts Windows Clients

Microsoft 365 Identity Flow

Microsoft 365 identity flow diagram Historical Microsoft 365 tenant connected to Entra ID, MFA concepts, account lifecycle, and administrative documentation. Microsoft 365 Tenant Historical lab evidence Entra ID Identity admin MFA Concepts Access control Lifecycle Users / groups Administrative Documentation