Shane D.
VMware Certified Implementation Expert (DCV | NSX | vSAN) | Kubernetes
I'm a Production Systems Engineer and VMware consultant with enterprise-scale experience across private cloud architecture, Linux infrastructure, and network virtualization. Day-to-day I manage large-scale Linux fleets, VMware VCF/NSX-T private cloud, and security infrastructure for a major tech company and consult independently on VMware architecture and implementation. I cover the full stack: VCF design and deployment, NSX-T multi-site, vSAN, Windows Server (AD, DNS, GPO, Hyper-V), Kubernetes, and security tooling. Strong on automation and remote troubleshooting across complex, mixed environments. VMware Certified Professional - VCF Architect Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) RedHat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Architect VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization Design (VCAP6-DCV Design) VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization Deployment (VCAP6-DCV Deploy) VMware Certified Master Specialist - HCI 2020 (vSAN) VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Deployment 2019 (VCAP6-NV)
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $13k
Billed in all: $115,176$115k
$6.3k in the last 6 months
Across 33 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Dotted: longer than usual between two readings. Hatched: over two weeks without one.
Skill rankings: #1 in 2 skills of 9
Rarest: top 5% in Virtualization, of 305. Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
- VMware NSX16 freelancers · 🇮🇪 #1Top 6%🇮🇪#1 of 2
- VMware PowerCLI12 freelancers · 🇮🇪 #1Top 8%🇮🇪#1 of 2
- #5Red Hat Enterprise Linux81 freelancers · 🇮🇪 #1Top 6%🇮🇪#1 of 1
- #9VMware ESX Server178 freelancers · 🇮🇪 #1Top 5%🇮🇪#1 of 4
- #14Virtualization305 freelancers · 🇮🇪 #1Top 5%🇮🇪#1 of 3
- #24VMware Administration274 freelancers · 🇮🇪 #1Top 9%🇮🇪#1 of 5
- #31Business with 10-99 Employees358 freelancers · 🇮🇪 #1Top 9%🇮🇪#1 of 3
- #106Cloud Computing1,432 freelancers · 🇮🇪 #2Top 7%🇮🇪#2 of 5