Rishal Raj Maskey — Assistant Network Administrator

From the NOC floor to network administration.

I started in L1 support at Vianet diagnosing connectivity issues and configuring network equipment in the field, then joined the NOC team at Silverlining Data Center — managing 24/7 monitoring, alert triage, incident response, and mission-critical client reporting. From August 2026, I step into an L2 Assistant Network Administrator role, taking on advanced network administration, infrastructure reliability, and deeper data center operations.

L2 Network AdminSilverlining Data Center — effective August 1, 2026

BSc (Hons)Computer Networking & IT Security, Islington College

4× AWS AcademyData Center Technician, Cloud & Security Fundamentals, Architect

Every milestone, logged.

~/career — tail -f milestones.log

2026-08-01

PROMOTION

Assistant Network Administrator — L2 · Silverlining Data CenterEFFECTIVE AUG 1

Stepping up from NOC operations into network administration — managing enterprise network infrastructure, handling L2 technical escalations, and ensuring high uptime across data center switching and routing.

2024 – 2026

NOC_OPS

NOC Engineer · Silverlining Data Center

24/7 network and infrastructure monitoring, alert triage, incident response, and ITSM management on Freshservice. Delivered daily data replication audits and monthly performance reports for enterprise and banking clients.

2024-12

GRADUATED

BSc (Hons) Computer Networking & IT Security · Islington College, Kathmandu

Partnered with London Metropolitan University. Final year project: STEM — an intelligent emergency traffic clearance system using machine learning and computer vision.

2023-07 → 10

L1_SUPPORT

L1 Support · Vianet Communications, Lalitpur

Frontline technical assistance for ISP subscribers — internet connectivity diagnostics, customer-premises device configuration, and routing troubleshooting.

2023

CERTIFIED

AWS Academy ×4 · Amazon Web Services

Completed academic tracks in Data Center Technician · Cloud Fundamentals · Cloud Security Fundamentals · Architect.

2021-06

DIPLOMA

High School Degree (Science / Computer Science) · Uniglobe Secondary School, Kathmandu

Higher secondary education with a rigorous curriculum in computer science, mathematics, and physics.

Software & systems I've built.

Bridging network infrastructure, software development, and machine learning to solve real-world problems — from financial market intelligence to emergency transit infrastructure.

Full-Stack FinTech · Real-Time Scraper · AI Strategy

NEPSE Market Analytics & AI Suggestions Dashboard

A full-stack intelligence platform for the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE). Features live market breadth, 10% circuit trackers, institutional volume spike detection (>3x), and multi-broker floorsheet accumulation/distribution radar. Integrates an on-demand AI strategy engine powered by LLMs to synthesize technical momentum and broker activity into actionable trade suggestions and risk assessments.

FastAPI / Next.js TypeScript / Python React Tailwind CSS SQLite AI / LLM Strategy NEPSE Floorsheet

Machine Learning · Computer Vision · Final Year Capstone

STEM — Emergency Vehicle Traffic Clearance System

An automated traffic preemption system designed to clear green corridors for approaching ambulances and emergency vehicles. Combines optical computer vision for intersection signal detection with machine-learning distance thresholds, dynamically switching traffic phases to eliminate emergency transit delays.

Python OpenCV Machine Learning Computer Vision Web Interface IoT Simulation

A 3-node Proxmox cluster at home.

Evenings and weekends go into a production-grade homelab — a 3-node Proxmox VE cluster, self-hosted services, a complete Telegraf/InfluxDB/Grafana observability stack, and a dual-WAN network. It is where I test networking topologies, virtualization, and infrastructure automation hands-on.

Network & Cluster Topology Diagram

Dual-WAN Edge 3-Node PVE Quorum Zero-Trust & Telemetry

01 / Edge & WAN

TP-Link ER605

WAN1: Worldlink Primary

WAN2: CG Net (Static IP)

SNMP v3 · Failover

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02 / 3-Node Proxmox VE

Node 1: TrueNAS SCALE (Storage)

Node 2: Ubuntu (Monitoring & Proxy)

Node 3: Staging & Testing VMs

HA Quorum · Clustered Network

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03 / Services & Access

Grafana · InfluxDB · Telegraf

Nginx Proxy · AdGuard DNS

WireGuard · Cloudflare · Tailscale

*.maskey.lab (HTTPS)

Compute · Proxmox 3-Node Cluster

3-Node Proxmox VE Setup

Three Proxmox VE hosts configured with high-availability quorum. Distributes workloads across a TrueNAS SCALE VM for ZFS storage & self-hosted apps, an Ubuntu monitoring and reverse proxy server, and multiple Linux & Windows VMs for staging and testing.

Proxmox VE (3 Nodes)Cluster QuorumTrueNAS SCALEUbuntu ServerWindows VMs

Self-Hosted Services

Everyday Services, Self-Hosted

Private cloud storage, photos, and media infrastructure — Immich (photo sync), Nextcloud (documents), Emby (media streaming), and Calibre (e-books), with AdGuard Home managing local DNS rewrites and Homarr serving as the unified dashboard.

ImmichNextcloudEmbyCalibreAdGuard HomeHomarr

Observability Stack

Grafana & SNMP v3 Monitoring

Real-time data center-grade telemetry at home: SNMP v3 metrics pulled from the ER605 router by Telegraf into InfluxDB and rendered on Grafana dashboards. Beszel agents track hardware utilization, while Speedtest Tracker logs dual-ISP performance.

GrafanaInfluxDBTelegrafSNMP v3BeszelSpeedtest Tracker

Network Architecture

Dual-WAN Edge & Zero-Trust Access

TP-Link ER605 edge router balancing primary Worldlink and backup CG Net lines with automated failover. Remote access secured via WireGuard (static public IP), Cloudflare Tunnel, and Tailscale mesh, fronted by Nginx Proxy Manager with wildcard SSL (*.maskey.lab).

Dual-WAN ER605WireGuardTailscaleCloudflare TunnelNginx Proxy Managermkcert SSL

Technical competencies.

Core strengths developed through data center operations, academic training, certifications, and active homelab practice.

NETWORK_ADMINISTRATION

Switching & Routing Dual-WAN Failover VLANs WireGuard VPN Tailscale Mesh Cloudflare Tunnel SNMP v3 DNS/DHCP

Network device configuration, dual-WAN balancing, encrypted point-to-point tunnels, and latency/bandwidth optimization across edge topologies.

NOC_OPERATIONS & ITSM

24/7 Monitoring Alert Triage Incident Response Freshservice ITSM Replication Audits SLA Compliance EDR/SIEM Alerts

Incident lifecycle management, proactive alert mitigation, SLA tracking, and mission-critical daily replication reporting for enterprise & banking clients.

VIRTUALIZATION & STORAGE

Proxmox VE (3-Node Cluster) TrueNAS SCALE ZFS Storage NFS / SMB Shares VMware ESXi LXC Containers

Cluster quorum orchestration, hypervisor maintenance, resilient ZFS storage pool provisioning, and VM lifecycle management across Linux and Windows.

OBSERVABILITY & TELEMETRY

Grafana InfluxDB Telegraf Beszel SNMP Telemetry Speedtest Tracker

End-to-end telemetry pipelines collecting hardware, network interface, and uptime statistics into time-series databases for real-time visualization.

SYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURE

Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) Windows Server Active Directory AdGuard Home DNS Nginx Reverse Proxy Wildcard SSL (mkcert)

Server OS provisioning, shared domain infrastructure, internal DNS rewriting, reverse proxying with SSL encryption, and system security hardening.

DEVELOPMENT & CLOUD

Python (FastAPI) Web Scraping TypeScript / React SQLite / SQLAlchemy Docker Containers Git / GitHub 4× AWS Academy

Automation scripting, full-stack API development, data pipelines, containerization, and AWS certified foundations in data center operations and cloud architecture.

Open to interesting problems.