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Suresh Chand

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Director of IT · Senior Systems Administrator · San Jose, CA

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20+ years building, securing, and operating enterprise infrastructure across Linux, Windows, and hybrid cloud. Most recently: 200+ users · 250+ servers · USA / Canada / Europe — on-prem, Azure, and OCI. I don't just manage IT — I build it.


🛠 Tech Stack

Linux Docker Prometheus VMware Windows Azure Entra PCI PowerShell Jenkins


💡 Impact Snapshot

🖥 250+ server hybrid environment On-prem Windows/Linux + Azure + OCI, administered end-to-end
👥 200+ users across 3 countries USA, Canada, Europe — full IT and security ownership
🛡 PCI DSS 4.0.1 — full certification Gap analysis → remediation → audit completion; ~60% faster with automation
📊 Full observability stack Prometheus · Grafana · Alertmanager · Loki · cAdvisor · Node Exporter
🔐 CIS Benchmark automation Scripted Level 1+2 hardening and audit for Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL families
🗄 Multi-engine DB toolkit SQL Server 2022 · MySQL 8 · PostgreSQL 16 — health checks, audits, S3 backup
🤖 Primary Defender admin Endpoint protection, device onboarding, Intune security baselines

📁 Repositories

🐧 Linux & Infrastructure

Repo Description
prometheus-grafana-stack Full Prometheus + Grafana + Alertmanager + Loki + cAdvisor stack. Docker Compose + bare metal installer. Telegram alerting.
linux-cis-audit CIS Benchmark Level 1+2 audit and remediation — Ubuntu/Debian and RHEL/Alma/Rocky. Markdown pass/fail reports.
linux-server-onboarding-baseline Production-ready Linux baseline with hardening, rootkit scanning (rkhunter/chkrootkit), and SMTP reporting.
linux-auto-debug Automated Linux diagnostic toolkit for rapid production troubleshooting.
Secure-Windows-Baseline-Framework PowerShell-based Windows Server hardening aligned to CIS Benchmarks.

🗄 Database Administration

Repo Description
db-admin-toolkit SQL Server 2022 · MySQL 8 · PostgreSQL 16 — health checks, user audits, slow query analysis, backup/restore with S3 support.

🔐 Security & Compliance

Repo Description
pci-dss-certification-automation PowerShell automation for PCI DSS 4.0.1 gap analysis, evidence collection, and audit reporting.
pci-dss-evidence-assistant AI-powered PCI DSS v4.0.1 documentation workflow — prompts, templates, and compliance tracker.
m365-cis-assessor Automated M365 security assessment aligned to CIS M365 Foundations Benchmark v6.0.1.
email-authentication-audit-toolkit SPF, DKIM, and DMARC audit toolkit with DNS validation scripts and deliverability troubleshooting.

☁️ Cloud & Identity

Repo Description
azure-it-admin-baseline Azure infrastructure and Entra ID identity baseline for enterprise IT environments.
m365-intune-device-management-baseline Intune device compliance policies, security baselines, and endpoint hardening for Windows 11.
it-ops-control-center FastAPI + Prometheus/Grafana unified operations dashboard.

📋 Case Studies

Repo Description
case-studies Real-world IT scenarios: PCI DSS evidence automation, 1-click onboarding/offboarding, SOC visibility with Wazuh + Prometheus.

📊 GitHub Stats

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  1. email-authentication-audit-toolkit email-authentication-audit-toolkit Public

    SPF, DKIM, and DMARC audit toolkit with AWS SES configuration guidance, DNS validation scripts, and email deliverability troubleshooting tools.

    PowerShell

  2. Enterprise-Infrastructure-Architecture Enterprise-Infrastructure-Architecture Public

    Enterprise-grade on-prem infrastructure architecture playbooks (AD, Veeam, Puppet, DR)

  3. it-ops-control-center it-ops-control-center Public

    FastAPI UI + Prometheus/Grafana to unify systems, security, and automation (SOC 2 friendly)

    Python

  4. m365-compliance-showcase m365-compliance-showcase Public

    Read-only M365 evidence exports & posture checks (NIST/CMMC) — demo module + CI

    PowerShell

  5. pci-dss-evidence-assistant pci-dss-evidence-assistant Public

    AI-powered, company-agnostic PCI DSS v4.0.1 documentation workflow (prompts + templates + tracker)

    1

  6. Secure-Windows-Baseline-Framework Secure-Windows-Baseline-Framework Public

    PowerShell