G’day, I’m Stephen
I’m a senior IBM Maximo consultant and architect based in Brisbane, Queensland, working as a contractor across enterprise asset management projects in Australia.
After years of working deep in Maximo architecture — integrations, upgrades, and enterprise deployments — I’m making a deliberate move into DevOps engineering. This blog documents that journey honestly: the projects I’m building, the problems I hit, and how I solved them.
What I’m Building
My homelab runs on Raspberry Pi 5 hardware with a k3s Kubernetes cluster, a Synology NAS for persistent storage via iSCSI, and a UniFi network with VLAN segmentation. Everything is managed as code.
Current stack:
- Kubernetes: k3s on Raspberry Pi 5 (ARM64)
- GitOps: Flux CD
- Storage: Synology NAS via iSCSI CSI driver
- Monitoring: Prometheus + Grafana + kube-state-metrics
- Networking: UniFi Dream Machine, VLAN segmentation
- Infrastructure: Proxmox VE, Raspberry Pi hardware
- DNS: Technitium DNS Server
Background
I have over a decade of experience as an IBM Maximo specialist — working at architect and senior consultant level across enterprise asset management implementations for large organisations in the utilities, resources, and infrastructure sectors.
That background gives me strong foundations in enterprise infrastructure thinking, system integration, and working in complex, production-critical environments — skills that translate directly into DevOps work.
What I’m Looking For
I’m actively seeking a DevOps engineering role in Brisbane (remote considered).
If you’re a hiring manager or recruiter looking for someone who combines enterprise infrastructure experience with hands-on Kubernetes, GitOps, and homelab engineering, I’d like to hear from you.
Connect with me on LinkedIn.