Brian Florez
I design, support, and improve secure IT infrastructure with a strong focus on automation, reliability, and hands-on problem solving.
I design, support, and improve secure IT infrastructure with a strong focus on automation, reliability, and hands-on problem solving.
I’m a bilingual (English/Spanish) IT professional based in Rhode Island with over five years of experience supporting and administering enterprise IT environments. I currently work as a Sr. IT Specialist at UniBank, where I support critical infrastructure, troubleshoot complex systems issues, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure secure and reliable operations. My technical background includes Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, networking, virtualization, endpoint security, and Linux-based systems. Outside of my professional role, I am actively looking to build homelab and Raspberry Pi projects to deepen my systems administration skills.
Designed and launched a responsive marketing site for Boston Coffee Rescue, built to showcase the truck brand, menu access, catering focus, and mobile-friendly customer experience for events and special bookings.
Visit live site →Designed and launched Tenaro as a modern property operations platform evolving toward SaaS, with owner, tenant, and vendor portals, dedicated HTTPS, role-based access, and a polished production-ready login flow.
Visit live site →Developing a robust system for continuous network vulnerability scanning using a suite of open-source tools (Nmap, OpenVAS, OWASP ZAP, Wireshark, Metasploit) integrated with the Gemini CLI for intelligent analysis and daily reporting. This project aims to automate proactive security monitoring.
Leveraging the power of `gemini-cli` within Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) can supercharge your command-line workflow. This project outlines the setup and benefits of integrating an AI assistant into your daily development and administration tasks.
View on GitHub →Homelab environment simulating small-scale enterprise services including DNS sinkhole, internal DNS server, VPN (WireGuard/OpenVPN), and Samba-based NAS with authentication. (More Details to come)
HYPERVM-ON-SCHEDULE is a simple PowerShell approach to automatically ensure your VM only runs during the hours you want and can switch your PC between energy-saving and high-performance modes depending on what you’re doing, like gaming or just letting it idle. No complicated setup, just a straightforward way to keep your VM on schedule and your system running efficiently.
View on GitHub →This project deploys a Rainloop webmail portal on an Ubuntu server using Nginx and PHP-FPM, running securely on port 8081. The primary purpose of this setup is to host and provide browser-based access to publicly available email exports generated via Google Takeout, allowing archived email data to be viewed and searched without relying on third-party email providers. HTTPS is enforced using a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate, with all HTTP traffic automatically redirected to HTTPS to ensure secure access. The portal is exposed through a public domain and is accessible at: https://bflorez.ddns.net:8081 This configuration is intended for personal archiving, email data review, and long-term access to exported mail content in a controlled, self-hosted environment.
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This project runs an uncensored AI model using Ollama on WSL, allowing full AI interaction without restrictions. The setup provides fast, local access for experimentation and development, all within a secure, self-contained environment.
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