Available for hire

AARON
HENDRICKS

You want me on your team, not your opponent.
Chess will show you that.

I got into technology in 8th grade when a friend showed me his PC running Ubuntu Linux. Something clicked that day that never unclicked. I've spent the years since learning how systems actually work — not just how to use them, but how to own them. I believe the best engineers aren't the ones who know the most answers. They're the ones who can't stop asking why.

Salt Lake City, UT
Open to remote
Open to relocation
Targeting Solutions Engineer, Technical Strategist & leadership roles
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01

SKILLS

Systems & Infrastructure
  • Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)
  • Windows Server 2016–2022
  • Active Directory
  • Azure AD / Entra ID
  • Proxmox VE
  • VMware ESXi
  • Office 365
  • DNS / DHCP
Networking & Security
  • VLAN Segmentation
  • Nginx Reverse Proxy
  • nftables / UFW
  • WireGuard / Headscale
  • SSL/TLS (Certbot)
  • Cisco Meraki
  • VoIP (FreePBX)
  • PON / FTTH
  • SMTP / IMAP
Automation & Development
  • Python
  • Bash
  • Flask
  • SQL / MariaDB
  • API Integration
  • Stripe API
  • SMTP Automation
Hardware & IoT
  • ESP32 / Arduino
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Circuit Prototyping
  • GPIO / Sensors
  • TCP/UDP Comms
  • Ubiquiti

02

PROJECTS

🤖 Personal Project
Jarvis

A robot dog built on a SunFounder kit with a Raspberry Pi 5 8GB brain. Jarvis broadcasts its own WiFi network and serves a captive portal where anyone can leave an anonymous message. When a message arrives, Jarvis physically sits up and reads it aloud via Piper TTS. Because why build a robot dog that just walks around?

Raspberry Pi 5 Python Piper TTS Captive Portal WiFi AP SunFounder
🌐 Infrastructure
Homelab Fleet

A Proxmox cluster spanning two physical nodes, hosting production services across Linux VMs. The entire fleet — including remote machines — is connected via a self-hosted Headscale overlay network, providing a private mesh without relying on third-party infrastructure. Named after German WWII warships, because naming things matters.

Proxmox VE Headscale WireGuard LVM Linux Nginx
🔒 Personal Project
Shield

A database-backed email alias platform built with Python and Flask. Custom Postfix piping routes emails dynamically based on real-time MariaDB lookups — giving full control over email identity without relying on a third-party service.

Python Flask Postfix MariaDB SMTP
🏪 Personal Project
store.ahcomputing.com

A custom e-commerce application integrating the Stripe API and Webhooks to automate digital product fulfillment. Backend logic generates unique access tokens and delivers them via local SMTP relay — no third-party fulfillment platform required.

Stripe API Webhooks Python SMTP
🔐 Personal Project
IoT Smart Lock

A WiFi-enabled smart lock prototype using microcontrollers, breadboard circuitry, magnetic door sensors, and actuators. A local server API dynamically synchronizes and updates access PINs across multiple simulated locks over the property LAN.

ESP32 Arduino Python REST API TCP/UDP

03

EXPERIENCE

Microworks
Mar 2021 – Present
Salt Lake City, UT · MSP
  • Architect, deploy, and support hybrid IT infrastructure — Windows Servers, secure networks, VoIP systems — for diverse SMB clients. Serve as the highest tier of technical escalation.
  • Engineer custom Python automation scripts for software deployment, system maintenance, and monitoring, paired with documentation built for long-term scalability.
  • Configure and manage Azure AD and SSO integrations for enterprise customer applications.
  • Designed, installed, and programmed the full network infrastructure for Netreach Fiber — a live MDU fiber ISP serving 200+ residential units.
  • Built a Python-based tenant onboarding system with QR code WiFi documents and automated SMTP delivery — eliminated resident WiFi support calls entirely.
Vicidiem
Jun 2019 – Dec 2022
Salt Lake City, UT
  • Managed network hardware setup, configuration, and repair for diverse client environments, ensuring high availability and secure routing.
  • Deployed and supported VoIP infrastructure (FreePBX, Digium Switchvox), troubleshooting complex SIP, connectivity, and configuration issues.
  • Conducted comprehensive network audits and created detailed site documentation for ongoing equipment management.
Extra Space Storage
Nov 2016 – Jun 2019
Salt Lake City, UT
  • Played a key role in large-scale technology deployments across 1,500+ sites — Android MDM migration, RingCentral VoIP rollout, and Office 365 migration for 3,200 employees.
  • Deployed, configured, and managed Cisco Meraki firewalls post-deployment across the national estate.
  • Built and maintained a weekly process to monitor cellular backup internet usage across the fleet — identifying high-bandwidth sources and blocking them before overage thresholds were hit. Documented the process in Confluence for continuity. $100K IMPACT
    After departure, the process lapsed. ESS incurred approximately $100,000 in carrier overage fees.

04

CERTIFICATIONS

SEC+
CompTIA Security+
February 2019
NET+
CompTIA Network+
October 2010
A+
CompTIA A+
October 2010

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