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Alejandro Páez

Sysadmin & ISP Network Specialist

Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

English: self-assessed B1 · Currently learning

Linux systems administration, ISP networking, and automation. More than 14 years of experience with infrastructure and critical 24/7 services.

  • Proxmox cluster, 7+ nodes
  • 50+ VMs in production
  • MTTR: 90 to 30 minutes
Alejandro Páez - Sysadmin & ISP Network Specialist

Featured case studies

Real ISP implementations, focused on operational stability, automation, and measurable results.

RPO 1 h · RTO 30-60 min

Proxmox cluster + PBS

  • What I did: deployed a Proxmox cluster with 7+ nodes across production and development.
  • Result: automated hot backups with Proxmox Backup Server.
  • Proxmox VE
  • Proxmox Backup Server
View details: Proxmox cluster + PBS
2 IPT · 5 CDNs · 2 peerings

BGP peering and ISP routing

  • What I did: operated multi-homed BGP with routing policies, RPKI/IRR filters, and CDN prioritization.
  • Result: 2 IPT upstreams, 2 external CDNs, 3 local CDNs, and 2 peerings to external customers.
  • BGP
  • RPKI
View details: BGP peering and ISP routing
MTTR 90 min to 30 min

Real-time observability and alerting

  • What I did: deployed Zabbix + Nagios + Grafana with alerts via Telegram bot.
  • Result: real-time alerting for core infrastructure and services.
  • Zabbix
  • Nagios
  • Grafana
  • Telegram Bot
View details: Real-time observability and alerting
50-60 VMs · 99.5%-99.9% uptime

Managing 50+ VMs in production

  • What I did: deployed and managed more than 50 VMs for critical services.
  • Result: sustained operation of email, VoIP, monitoring, collaboration, and internal management.
  • Proxmox
  • Linux
  • Open Source
View details: Managing 50+ VMs in production

Professional Experience

ISP operations experience: technical support at Cooperativa Batán and career growth at Ecolan from IT operations to infrastructure supervision.

Technology and Innovation Supervisor — Ecolan Internet - Soluciones Tecnológicas

February 2024 — Present

  • Standardized observability with Zabbix + Grafana and Telegram bot alerts, reducing overnight incidents by 80%.
  • Automated operational processes and consolidated corporate services (email and VoIP) with 24/7 continuity.
  • Defined continuity and scalability practices backed by hot backups with PBS (RPO 1 h · RTO 30-60 min).

Technical Support and Customer Service Coordinator — Ecolan Internet - Soluciones Tecnológicas

June 2020 — January 2024

  • Coordinated L2/L3 support and the handoff with NOC and field teams, cutting core-incident MTTR from 90 to 30 minutes.
  • Managed incidents on passive on-call duty, sustaining 99.5%-99.9% uptime for critical services.
  • Trained the team and improved support processes to escalate and document cases consistently.

Head of IT Operations — Ecolan - Soluciones Tecnológicas

November 2017 — May 2020

  • Maintained network and systems infrastructure in 24/7 high-availability environments.

Help Desk L1/L2/L3 — Cooperativa Batán

July 2011 — October 2017

  • Resolved connectivity and service incidents at L1, L2, and L3 across more than 6 years of ISP operations.

Skills

BGP · RPKI/IRR · VPNs

ISP routing, BGP policies, and operation of upstreams, CDNs, and peerings.

See applied experience

Python · Git · Ollama

Custom automation and local AI applied to network threats in Centinela.

See applied experience

Training and lab work: Advanced IPv6 (LACNIC). Not presented as a production deployment.

More tools and technologies

Networking

BGPOSPFMikroTikUbiquitiJuniperHuaweiWireGuardOpenVPNphpIPAM

Systems & Infrastructure

ProxmoxLinuxWindows ServerNginxApachePostfixDovecotAsteriskIssabelVirtualmin / Webmin

Observability & BI

ZabbixGrafanaNagiosMetabase

Security & Access

Fail2banFreeRADIUSLet's EncryptPassbolt

Collaboration & Management

NextcloudOdooRoundcubeWordPressGitHubKanboard

Video & Surveillance

ShinobiAgent DVR

Projects

Tools, automations, and dashboards built for real operations.

More projects: dashboards, APIs, and CLI tools

BCRA Dashboard

Local dashboard to track Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) indicators from a single screen. Combines a Python HTTP proxy, local cache with stale fallback, and a static frontend with no external dependencies.

HTTP proxy · Stale cache · Static frontend · BCRA API

View repository

Cycling Dashboard

Cycling data analysis dashboard. Imports, consolidates, and visualizes training sessions with decoupled ingestion, DuckDB storage, and interactive charts with Dash + Plotly.

DuckDB · Dash · Plotly · Pandas

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Meta Ads Toolkit

CLI toolkit to review, create, and monitor Meta Ads campaigns. Validates Marketing API access, lists campaigns, creates variants, and spins up a local metrics dashboard.

Meta API · Python CLI · Dashboard · Reporting

View repository

alejandropaez.ar

Professional portfolio. Next.js 16, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, static export. Case studies, projects, certifications, and contact.

Next.js 16 · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Static Export

Private repository

AI-assisted automation with human review

I use coding agents for diagnosis, scripts, and documentation. Ollama and Open WebUI support sensitive context on self-hosted infrastructure. Every change goes through local validation and Git diff review.

Certifications & Training

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Contact

If your team is looking to add a Linux systems, ISP networking, or infrastructure operations profile, let’s talk. Tell me about the role, team, and working arrangement.

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