A production-grade enterprise merger simulation built in a home lab. Two independent Active Directory forests, purpose-built networking, and a full security stack — designed to demonstrate real infrastructure skills at every layer.
Nutanix CE 6.8.1 on AHV. Single-node cluster with full Prism Element management, CVM, and AHV host. Mirrors the production Nutanix environment at KKI.
Forest A (madmillerlabs.com) and Forest B (megacorplab.com) administered independently to simulate a pre-merger state. Tiered account model, gMSA, break-glass procedures.
13 VLANs across management, identity, app, security, VPN, and red team segments. Explicit inter-VLAN ACLs on pfSense. DHCP relay, split-brain DNS, OpenVPN with DDNS.
Wazuh SIEM, Suricata IDS, Velociraptor EDR, Sysmon. PAW jumpbox with Credential Guard. Break-glass accounts with automated Wazuh alerts on use.
14+ years in enterprise infrastructure. Leads Forest A design, core networking, firewall, and security stack. M.S. IT Management, WGU 2026. CISSP in progress.
View portfolio →20 years in IT operations, healthcare systems, and desktop infrastructure. Administers Forest B independently to preserve merger simulation realism.
Portfolio in progress —