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Hi, I'm Nate Cohen.

Systems Engineer

Specializing in Microsoft cloud and on-premises server environments and end-user computing. Skilled in infrastructure automation, virtualization management, identity services, remote workforce management, and virtual desktop infrastructure.

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Projects

NetBox Deployment

Deployed a fully containerized NetBox instance using Rocky Linux 9 (RHEL derivitive), Docker compose stack, and Caddy web server. Ansible was used to provision the Linux host. Custom Python scripts were developed to ingest and manage information about datacenter and virtual infrastructure.

  • Linux
  • Ansible
  • Docker
  • Python

Security Incident Handling

Hardened Active Directory utilizing PingCastle, PowerShell, Microsoft Security Guidelines and baselines from CIS/STIG. Terraform and Packer were used to quickly spin up new Windows virtual machines in vSphere. Rapid7 InsightIDR and SentinelOne used to gain visibility into endpoints. Conditional Access and new security policy was created in Microsoft Azure and Entra ID.

  • PowerShell
  • Veeam
  • SentinelOne
  • Microsoft Entra

Microsoft 365 Cloud Migrations

Involved with both on-prem to cloud and cloud to cloud (cross-tenant) migrations. Used BitTitan, ShareGate, and Microsoft tools to migrate data for Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Entra ID. Supported migrations to Intune/Entra from on-prem AD with group policy.

  • MigrationWiz
  • ShareGate
  • PowerShell
  • Intune
  • Exchange

Microsoft 365 Tenant Automation

Used PowerShell and Microsoft 365 DSC modules to standardize multiple tenants for Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Entra, and Intune. Improved security scores and supportability for multiple clients.

  • PowerShell
  • DSC
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Microsoft Graph API

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