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Senior IT Network Engineer · Spire

Networks people can rely on

Systems and network engineer with hands-on ownership across an ISP, enterprise environments and managed-service clients. I connect infrastructure design with daily support, clear operating procedures and the follow-through needed to keep people working.

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Service history

Technomancy IT LLC · 2015-Present

Founder / Product Engineer / Systems Lead

Own client infrastructure and IT from design through deployment and direct on-call support, connecting networks, access, applications and operational tooling.

Deep dive

Through Technomancy IT, I take client work from the initial problem through the system that runs in production and the support it needs afterward. That includes choosing the application, data and infrastructure approach, handling deployment and staying available when clients need help. The practice grew through referrals, and clients call me directly for their IT needs.

The work spans hands-on equipment and network support alongside software and shared services. I build access controls and authenticated integrations into those systems, keep client boundaries clear, and bring in specialists when a project needs additional skills.

Front Range Internet Inc. · 2015-2020

Senior Systems Engineer / Datacenter Architect

Led the NOC, infrastructure operations and escalations across a multiyear tenure; became the sole systems engineer for about a year after the company purchase.

Deep dive

I worked at FRII from 2015 to 2020 and had years of experience there before the company purchase. I was a lead engineer during that transition. After the senior engineer above me was let go, I was trusted with sole systems-engineering responsibility for about a year. The NOC still handled first-line calls and escalated unresolved issues to me; that later period was not my entire tenure.

I ran the NOC, handled infrastructure readiness, monitoring and recovery verification, and upgraded server and firewall infrastructure. I migrated workloads from Hyper-V and VMware ESXi into Docker and Kubernetes and used Terraform and Ansible for repeatable operations. I also ran the SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits, connecting technical controls with operating procedures and auditor-readable evidence. I worked with the CEO and CIO alongside that engineering responsibility.

Office Evolution · 2014-2015

Systems / Software Engineer

Connected provisioning, onboarding, CRM and service operations across locations through centralized applications; worked with the CEO and CIO.

Deep dive

At Office Evolution, I built internal tools that connected CRM, network provisioning, employee onboarding and service operations across locations. SQL and MongoDB supported the applications behind those workflows.

Much of the work was making handoffs between departments explicit in a shared system, so operational work could move through connected applications instead of separate departmental processes. I worked with the CEO and CIO alongside the systems and software engineering work.

PlumChoice / Everon · 2012-2014

Network & Systems Engineer

Engineered and supported networks, systems and endpoints for MSP clients, using monitoring and diagnostic tooling to investigate issues across the environment.

Deep dive

Managed-service work meant moving between different businesses and technical environments while staying close to the people affected by a problem. I built diagnostic and support tooling around recurring issues, provided on-call coverage and sold antivirus services alongside the network and endpoint work.

I worked directly with business owners and end users, connecting the technical investigation with a clear explanation of what needed attention.

IBM · 2010-2012

Infrastructure and Systems Focal

Supported shared enterprise infrastructure, hosted desktops and virtualization labs. Automated audit and backup workflows and coordinated incidents and production changes.

Deep dive

Shared infrastructure meant a change or incident could cross application teams, infrastructure teams, vendors and business stakeholders. I coordinated that work while operating hosted desktop platforms and virtualization test labs.

I automated audit, backup and compliance workflows, combining hands-on systems work with the repeatable processes needed to support a shared environment.

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Systems and projects

Technomancy IT client, Wray, Colorado

Excell Services | Legacy infrastructure and branch connectivity

Replaced or rebuilt legacy servers and employee computers, upgraded networks, and connected a satellite location with VPN, Windows Server and Active Directory. Investigated wasted network costs and secured a one-time $15,000 CenturyLink refund.

Deep dive

Excell Services in Wray was a major Technomancy IT client with a legacy environment that needed more than isolated repairs. I replaced or rebuilt servers and employee computers, upgraded network infrastructure and helped launch a satellite location. VPN connectivity, Windows Server and Active Directory gave corporate users the network access they needed.

I also investigated wasted network costs and secured a one-time $15,000 refund from CenturyLink. The work combined equipment troubleshooting, user access and following through on the service costs around the infrastructure.

Own technical practice and operating platform

Technomancy | Repeatable delivery and recovery

Built deployment tooling around versioned images, migrations, health checks and deployment records, plus a backup restore-verification workflow using a disposable PostgreSQL instance.

Deep dive

Technomancy IT brings support, customer records, billing and infrastructure context together for my technical practice. The product and its operational tooling reflect the same responsibility: deliver the system and stay responsible for supporting it.

The deployment tooling derives image tags from Git, builds and transfers container images, applies migrations, records deployment status and checks container health and public HTTP responses. A separate restore-verification script checks a backup checksum, restores into a disposable PostgreSQL instance and checks table counts. These are implemented workflow capabilities, not a claim that every release or scheduled restore test passed.

Technomancy product overview ↗
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Inventory

  • Routing, DNS, VPNs, firewalls and multi-site connectivity
  • Infrastructure modernization; Hyper-V, ESXi, Docker and Kubernetes
  • Terraform, Ansible, Python, PowerShell and shell automation
  • Monitoring, recovery verification, on-call escalations and SOC audits
  • AWS and Azure infrastructure; identity and access integration
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Cover note

Hi Spire team,

I call myself a technomancer. Technology has felt like magic to me since I was a kid, and I still get excited about making complicated systems work together. The part I take the most pride in is when that complexity disappears for the people using them.

Your Senior IT Network Engineer role caught my attention because it is about owning the whole environment, not just configuring the next device. Offices, remote users, identity and cloud services all meet at the network. I like following those connections, finding the actual problem and staying responsible for the result after the change is made.

At Front Range Internet, I spent years doing systems and infrastructure work before becoming a lead engineer through the company purchase. After that transition, I was entrusted with sole systems-engineering responsibility for about a year. Our NOC handled the first calls and escalated unresolved issues to me. I had already earned that trust through the earlier work, and being on call made the importance of clear monitoring, recovery procedures and communication very real.

I also upgraded server and firewall infrastructure, migrated workloads from Hyper-V and VMware ESXi into Docker and Kubernetes, and ran FRII’s SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits. Terraform and Ansible helped make infrastructure work repeatable. That combination of hands-on changes and explaining how the environment works is relevant to your goal of modernizing legacy services and reducing dependence on individual experts.

Through Technomancy IT, Excell Services in Wray was my largest client while I lived and operated there. I modernized legacy servers, employee computers and networks, then helped connect a satellite location with VPN, Windows Server and Active Directory. I also followed the carrier side of the problem, finding wasted network costs and securing a one-time $15,000 refund from CenturyLink. It was full IT ownership, including the people calling when something stopped working.

Earlier, at Everon / PlumChoice, I engineered and supported networks and systems across managed-service clients. Moving between different businesses taught me to investigate across the whole environment and explain a technical problem without making the person affected feel like an interruption.

Spire’s work starts with an ambitious view of what technology can do. I would enjoy helping the people behind it trust the systems they use every day. That is the kind of magic I want to keep building: complicated underneath, dependable and simple to use. I’m based in Milliken, and the Boulder hybrid schedule works for me. I’d welcome a conversation.

Chad