Infrastructure Architecture
Datacenters, hybrid environments, migrations, resilience, networking and technical design.
JORGE GOMES
Infrastructure Architect / Systems Engineer
Designing systems. Connecting technology. Solving infrastructure.
Infrastructure architecture, systems engineering, virtualization, networking, cybersecurity, automation and observability — backed by nearly four decades of hands-on experience across Portuguese and international enterprise environments.
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- ▰ Systems
- ⬡ Security
- ⚙ Automation
- ▥ Monitoring
Since1986in IT
~800Server transition3 datacenters
18K+Identity environmentCampus IDM
SOC & SIEMTheHive · Wazuh · MISPGraylog · RTIR
Hybrid InfrastructureProxmox · VMware · Microsoft 365On-prem · Cloud · Network
AutomationDocker · n8nPowerShell · Bash
01 / ABOUT
Infrastructure built from experience, not theory.
Working in IT since 1986 across enterprise, multinational and multi-site environments in Portugal and abroad. My background spans infrastructure architecture, Linux and Microsoft systems, identity management, virtualization, datacenters, networking, cybersecurity, SOC operations and technical consultancy.
I am particularly effective in cross-platform environments, moving between Linux, Windows, VMware, Proxmox and networking rather than operating within a single technology silo. International delivery includes large-scale infrastructure transition work in Germany, alongside ongoing independent infrastructure and consultancy work since 2015.
02 / EXPERTISE
Core areas
Systems Engineering
Linux, Windows Server, directory services, storage, production operations and troubleshooting.
Virtualization & Containers
Proxmox VE, VMware, KVM, LXC, Docker, workload migration and infrastructure consolidation.
Networking & Cybersecurity
OPNsense, UniFi, VPN, VLANs, HAProxy, network segmentation, SIEM, identity security and incident-response tooling.
Observability
Centralized logging, metrics, dashboards and monitoring across open-source and enterprise platforms.
Automation & R&D
PowerShell, shell scripting, n8n, infrastructure tooling, integrations and applied AI experimentation.
03 / EXPERIENCE
A career across generations of technology.
Independent IT Consultant / Infrastructure ProjectsFreelance / Tech.Wired.Brains.
IT Coordinator / Security SpecialistLuso Cuanza
SOC Analyst L1 / InfrastructureSIBS CyberWatch (External)
Systems EngineerMIPE Lusolabs
Senior Consultant / Systems EngineerCapgemini Portugal
Earlier CareerSystems administration · infrastructure · programming · technical support
04 / SELECTED WORK
Systems built to solve real operational problems.
Large-Scale Systems Transition
International Capgemini Germany transition involving approximately 800 servers across three datacenters. Cross-platform delivery across Linux, Windows and VMware in an organization normally structured around separate specialist teams.
Enterprise Identity Management
Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa Campus Metadirectory / IDM implementation, organized and delivered with Novell Portugal. Multiple directory integrations and Novell IDM drivers in an environment serving more than 18,000 identities.
SAP Infrastructure on Linux
SumolCompal SUSE for SAP infrastructure based on SLES 11 SP3, KVM virtualization on Cisco Blade systems and more than 40 Linux servers.
Enterprise Virtualized Platform
Corporate portal infrastructure using Windows Server, BizTalk, CRM, FIM, Exchange, SharePoint, TMG, Lync and SQL Server on a five-node VMware ESX cluster implemented as part of the project.
Datacenter & Virtualization Delivery
Physical datacenter migrations, P2V projects, VMware platforms, blade infrastructure and storage, including 19+ physical servers migrated to ESX and a separate Dell Blade / VMware environment for approximately 40 servers.
SOC, Security & Observability
Current work spanning SOC operations, SIEM/XDR/EDR, Wazuh, TheHive, Graylog, vulnerability management, Microsoft security, observability, containers and automation.
05 / SECURITY INTEGRATION LAB
Connecting infrastructure, security and intelligence.
Tech.Wired.Brains.dev is the technical side of the portfolio: a growing collection of projects, labs and practical knowledge focused first on cybersecurity and infrastructure integration.
Crucix Intelligence Integration
Private deployment of the open-source Crucix intelligence platform as part of an evolving security research environment. The objective is to explore how external intelligence, infrastructure telemetry and security tooling can be connected into useful operational context.
Crucix is a third-party open-source project. This portfolio describes deployment and integration work; the upstream software is maintained by its original authors.
View Crucix upstream project ↗06 / TECHNOLOGY
07 / CONTACT
Available for infrastructure consulting and selected freelance projects.
Remote infrastructure architecture, systems engineering, security, migration, troubleshooting and automation. Professional enquiries can be sent through LinkedIn. Technical projects, labs and public code are available through Tech.Wired.Brains.dev and GitHub.