# Welcome

```bash
[reidanb@gitbook ~]$ whoami
reidanb
```

DevOps engineer at a large MSP based in Yorkshire. Currently working on infrastructure automation, deployment pipelines, and internal tooling. Most of my time is split between config management, scripting, and keeping environments tidy.

```bash
[reidanb@gitbook ~]$ dpkg -l | grep -E 'netsec|devops|go|c++|infra'
ii  golang           1.22.2     amd64     Go programming language
ii  g++              13.2       amd64     GNU C++ compiler
ii  docker-ce        25.0.3     amd64     Docker: container runtime
ii  terraform        1.8.0      amd64     HashiCorp Infrastructure as Code
ii  ansible          9.5.1      all       Config automation tool
ii  wireguard-tools  1.0.2023   amd64     VPN made modern
ii  kubectl          1.30.1     amd64     K8s CLI
```

```bash
[reidanb@gitbook ~]$ cat ~/README.txt
```

This is a personal knowledge base covering InfoSec, systems engineering, and DevOps.\
It serves as a working journal - documenting lab builds, write-ups, network experiments,\
and the occasional opinion.

```bash
[reidanb@gitbook ~]$ cat ~/social.txt
```

* 🧑‍💻 [GitHub: reidanb](https://github.com/reidanb)
* 🔗 [LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidan)
* 🔐 PGP Public Key\
  `Fingerprint: FA9F 71F8 394F 4A06 5D96 DF2C FBDB 7DF2 520B 993D`

***

```bash
[reidanb@gitbook ~]$ cat ~/focus.txt
```

**Current Areass of Focus**:

* Building practical VLAN/DNS isolation labs
* Playing with Go and C++ for automation tooling
* Applying zero-trust models to small-scale environments
* Integrating SD-WAN concepts into DevOps pipelines