# Chase Dumphord | DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Chase Dumphord DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer running an 18 node production environment with K3s, Proxmox, Prometheus, Grafana, and APRS RF edge systems out of Oxford, MS.
Author: Chase Dumphord

DevOps • Platform Engineering • Cloud Infrastructure • Kubernetes • Observability

# I build systems that connect hardware, networks, and operations.

Chase Dumphord DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer running an 18 node production environment out of Oxford, MS. 6 node Proxmox VE cluster, 12 node K3s Kubernetes cluster, full observability stack, and VLAN-segmented networking. I build things that actually run, then document how they work.

View Projects Live NOC Contact

- 📍 Oxford, MS
- github/ced4568
- chasedumphord@gmail.com

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github/ced4568
ced's@homelab ~ $

    ced's@homelab:~$ whoami
    devops_engineer

    ced's@homelab:~$ uptime
    18 nodes • 28 services • always_on

    ced's@homelab:~$ cat focus.txt
    kubernetes
    devops
    observability
    cloud_infrastructure

    ced's@homelab:~$ systemctl status life
    ● building_real_systems.service
       Active: active (running)▌

// environment

## Systems Snapshot

Live infrastructure I'm actively running, building, and documenting.

### 18

Nodes

6-node Proxmox VE • 12 node K3s

### 28+

Services

Self-hosted production stack

### 4

VLANs

Segmented UniFi network

### 2

iGate Nodes

Home + mobile APRS

// ced's noc

## Live Systems Overview

Real infrastructure inventory from Ced's HomeLab, K3s cluster, and APRS edge systems. Data refreshes every 30s.

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Proxmox • K3s • TrueNAS • VLAN segmentation • APRS RF Edge Systems

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Infrastructure Nodes

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Services Online

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Network Segments

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Edge Systems

### 🚨 Alert Panel

Top 3 System Notes

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// about

## DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 10+ years of real systems ownership

I'm a DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer focused on reliable delivery, container orchestration, and cloud native infrastructure built for production conditions. I run an 18 node environment every day consisting of a 6 node Proxmox VE hypervisor cluster and a 12 node K3s Kubernetes cluster with Prometheus monitoring, Grafana dashboards, and VLAN segmented networking. Not a lab. A production system.

I come from 10+ years in industrial digital systems at GE Aerospace and in the field as a Level III engineer on aerospace inspection equipment. I understand what production failure actually costs. That same operational discipline is what I bring to cloud native infrastructure. I don't simulate environments. I run them.

### Core Focus Areas

- Kubernetes orchestration and container infrastructure
- DevOps automation and CI/CD pipeline workflows
- Observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and alerting pipelines
- Cloud native infrastructure design and deployment
- Networking, VLANs, reverse proxy, and Cloudflare edge configuration
- AI assisted automation, documentation, and diagnostic workflows

// projects

## Infrastructure & Systems Projects

Built on real systems. Not demos, not tutorials running infrastructure.

### Ced's HomeLab Infrastructure

Flagship

Infrastructure • Networking • Virtualization • Monitoring • Self-Hosting

Full homelab environment built for real network segmentation, service hosting, and architecture documentation.

- Proxmox VE virtualization platform
- VLAN segmentation via UniFi (Main / IoT / HomeLab / Guest)
- Self hosted services behind Nginx Proxy Manager + Cloudflare Tunnels
- Uptime Kuma + Grafana monitoring stack

View on GitHub →

### K3s Kubernetes Cluster

Infrastructure

Kubernetes • Containers • Linux • Automation

12 node K3s cluster on Raspberry Pi running distributed infrastructure and container orchestration in production with dedicated control plane, ingress, data, and monitoring node pools.

- Multi node cluster setup and management
- Containerized workload deployment
- Infrastructure automation via manifest driven configuration

View on GitHub →

### APRS iGate System

Edge System

RF • Linux • Raspberry Pi • APRS-IS • Edge Systems

Operational dual-node RF to internet gateway. Decodes real beacon packets and uplinks live to aprs.fi.

- Direwolf APRS TNC with tuned audio chain (target: 50–60 level)
- APRS-IS uplink verified on aprs.fi
- HomeLab WiFi + mobile hotspot failover
- Mobile build with ETH-USB-HUB-BOX expansion

View on GitHub →

// noc roadmap

## Ced's NOC Vision

Staged monitoring and systems visibility platform built on real infrastructure.

✅ Live

### Portfolio NOC

JSON driven dashboard showing real inventory, online/offline checks, service labels, latency, and last check timestamps across 18 nodes and 28 services.

✅ Live

### Grafana + Prometheus Observability Stack

Full observability stack running across Proxmox, TrueNAS, K3s nodes, Uptime Kuma, and APRS edge systems with real time metrics ingestion and live alerting pipelines.

⚙️ Next

### Automated Incident Response

AI assisted ops automation using n8n, Telegram bots, and OpenRouter integrated with Prometheus alerting for automated triage and remediation workflows.

View Live NOC Dashboard noc.chasedumphord.com live infrastructure visibility

// tech stack

## Tools & Technologies

#### Infrastructure

Proxmox VE K3s Docker TrueNAS Helm Terraform Nginx Proxy Manager Cloudflare Tunnels

#### Monitoring & Observability

Grafana Prometheus Uptime Kuma Alerting Pipelines Custom NOC Dashboard

#### Networking

UniFi VLAN Segmentation Nginx Traefik Cloudflare DNS

#### GitOps & CI/CD

GitHub Actions Docker Compose Manifest driven Config

#### RF & Edge

Direwolf APRS-IS Raspberry Pi RTL-SDR

#### Development

Python Bash JavaScript HTML / CSS Git Linux

#### AI & Automation

n8n OpenRouter Telegram Bots Claude (Anthropic) ChatGPT Gemini Hermes Agent Crew AI Agent LLM assisted Documentation AI driven Diagnostics

// resume snapshot

## 10+ years of systems ownership from the factory floor to cloud native infrastructure

### What I Bring

- Production Kubernetes infrastructure running 18 nodes across dedicated control plane, ingress, data, and monitoring node pools with live observability
- 10+ years of systems ownership in industrial environments where failure has direct production consequences including GE Aerospace digital systems and Level III field service on aerospace equipment
- End to end cloud native infrastructure capability covering containers, ingress, secrets, monitoring, backups, and automated recovery with live systems to prove it
- Infrastructure-as-documentation mindset where everything built gets written up with runbooks, architecture decisions, and SOPs

### Target Roles

- DevOps Engineer
- Platform Engineer
- Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer
- Infrastructure Architect

Open to remote and hybrid roles where real infrastructure ownership and operational depth matter. I come from industrial systems and I bring that same zero downtime discipline to cloud native environments.

### Currently Learning / Building Toward

☸️ Advanced Kubernetes patterns including GitOps with FluxCD, Helm chart authoring, and ArgoCD
🏗️ Terraform infrastructure as code for cloud provisioning and repeatable environment builds
🔐 Infrastructure security hardening and zero-trust network architecture
📊 OpenTelemetry integration and distributed tracing across the K3s cluster
↓ Download Resume (PDF) Updated 2026 • PDF format

// github

## Pinned Repositories

Active projects on GitHub source code, configs, and documentation for everything I'm building.

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// personal

## Technical, curious, and always building

Outside of work I'm into electronics, self hosting, coding, drones, and ham radio. I'm a licensed amateur radio operator running a dual node APRS RF iGate with a verified uplink on aprs.fi. Kobe the Boston Terrier keeps the home lab grounded. That curiosity carries directly into how I build and document systems.

// contact

## Let's connect

### Reach Out

Email: chasedumphord@gmail.com

Location: Oxford, MS

GitHub: github.com/ced4568

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chase-dumphord

### Open To

- DevOps Engineer and Platform Engineer roles
- Cloud Infrastructure and SRE positions
- Remote and hybrid opportunities
- Consulting and infrastructure projects through Synthos Systems