Systems Administration · Automation · Infrastructure · Legal Insight · Regulatory Compliance

Who I Am

I’m Salahiddin, though most people just call me Sal. I work as a Systems Administrator and Regulatory Compliance Consultant, with a focus on keeping infrastructure reliable, secure, and easy to manage. My background is a little unusual. I studied computer science, along with law and socio-legal studies. This gave me both the technical skills to work with systems and the analytical skills to think critically about the rules, policies, and people around them.

That mix shaped the way I work today. I like breaking down complex problems, creating clear processes, and making sure systems don’t just run, but run in a way people can actually depend on.

What I Work On In My Free Time

  • Homelab experiments and reproducible infrastructure projects that test and refine real-world IT setups.
  • Writing about technology, systems thinking, and how organizations adapt to the tools they use.
  • Publishing automation workflows and infrastructure prototypes on GitHub.

Skills and Capabilities

  • Systems Administration: servers, VMs, and infrastructure deployment and management.
  • Identity & Access: Active Directory, Azure AD, user management, group policies, and VPN configuration.
  • Cloud & Collaboration: SharePoint administration, Microsoft 365 services, and mobile device management (MDM).
  • Automation & Scripting: Python, shell scripting, SQL, and workflow automation with Power Automate.
  • Platform Support: Windows (10, 11), Debian Linux, Fedora Linux, macOS, and mobile platforms.
  • IT Operations: ITSM practices, incident response, and clear, usable documentation.
  • Law & Socio-Legal Skills: research, policy analysis, and knowledge of compliance and governance frameworks.

Selected Work Highlights

Infrastructure & Systems

  • Deployed and maintained servers, VMs, and virtualization platforms
  • Configured Active Directory, Azure AD, DNS, DHCP, and file services
  • Managed SharePoint environments and integrated Microsoft 365 tools
  • Applied patch management, backups, and recovery testing to ensure reliability

Automation & Efficiency

  • Automated provisioning and recurring IT tasks with scripts and workflows
  • Standardized system configurations to improve consistency and reduce incidents
  • Streamlined onboarding and offboarding with MDM, account setup, and device management

Monitoring & Support

  • Implemented monitoring, logging, and alerting to track system health
  • Troubleshot hardware and software issues across Windows, Linux, and macOS
  • Produced documentation and runbooks to make support more efficient

Governance & Compliance

  • Coordinated change management for system upgrades and deployments
  • Ensured compliance with policies, security standards, and governance frameworks
  • Applied legal training to produce structured, reliable documentation

How I Approach Problems

  1. Discover: map technical and organizational requirements
  2. Design: create solutions that are efficient and maintainable
  3. Deploy: implement using repeatable, tested steps
  4. Automate: streamline repetitive workflows
  5. Observe: monitor and refine systems over time
  6. Document: write processes so others can understand and apply them

Current Goals

  • Build stronger expertise in infrastructure-as-code and scalable automation
  • Turn homelab projects into reusable production-grade templates
  • Product Design: Ortholiner Trackpoint Keyboard

If any of this resonates with you, I’d love to connect.