# Chad Koslovsky
Systems Engineering | Infrastructure & Operations
Loveland, Colorado · chad@koslovsky.xyz

## Target role
Sr. Systems Administrator | nLIGHT

## Profile
Systems engineer in Loveland with datacenter and hands-on IT ownership. At FRII, led engineering through a company purchase, then served as sole systems engineer for about a year with on-call NOC escalation responsibility. Ran SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits and migrated infrastructure to Kubernetes. At Excell, rebuilt servers and networks and connected a satellite location with VPN, Windows Server and Active Directory.

## Curated capabilities
- Windows Server, Active Directory, Linux and Microsoft 365 administration
- Networking, DNS, VPN, endpoint support, virtualization and recovery
- DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD and repeatable infrastructure
- PowerShell, Python, Ansible and Terraform automation
- Incident response, NOC escalation, SOC 1 / SOC 2 audits and operational documentation

## Relevant experience
### Founder / Product Engineer / Systems Lead · Technomancy IT LLC
2015-Present
- Own client infrastructure, access controls, production support and automation, with clients calling directly for on-call IT help. Build and operate tenant-aware services with explicit monitoring and support boundaries.

### Senior Systems Engineer / Datacenter Architect · Front Range Internet Inc.
2015-2019
- Led engineering through a company purchase; then served as the sole systems engineer for about a year, on call for unresolved NOC escalations. Owned and ran SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits. Migrated FRII systems to Kubernetes and codified deployment and operations with Terraform, Ansible and CI/CD, alongside monitoring and recovery verification.

### Systems / Software Engineer · Office Evolution
2013-2014
- Built SQL- and MongoDB-backed tools connecting CRM, network provisioning, onboarding and service operations across locations.

### Network Engineer · PlumChoice / Everon
2011-2013
- Provided on-call support for business networks and endpoints, built diagnostic tooling, and communicated directly with business owners and end users.

### Infrastructure and Systems Focal · IBM
2009-2011
- Supported shared enterprise infrastructure, automated audit and backup workflows, managed virtualization labs and hosted desktops, and coordinated changes, incidents and escalations.

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## Product & Engineering Work
### Server and network modernization · Excell

- Provided full IT support, replaced servers, hardware and networking, and rebuilt computers. Helped launch a satellite location with VPN, Windows Server and Active Directory.

### Community IT support · Wray, Colorado

- Provided direct, on-call IT support for businesses and residents through a local shop, rebuilt computers, provided house-to-house help and assisted school systems in the surrounding area.

## Links
- Website version: https://nlight.koslovsky.xyz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadkoslovsky