Alan Scholl, IT support and infrastructure operations professional

Alan Scholl

IT Support Engineering & Infrastructure Operations

More than 12 years across enterprise operations, technical service delivery, and customer-facing technology environments — including 8.5 years supporting high-availability messaging and network-adjacent services for approximately 60,000 global users across multiple data centers. Experience spans Windows and Linux systems, networking, endpoint support, incident escalation, root-cause troubleshooting, runbooks, vendor coordination, and service continuity.

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Degrees & Capstones

Two Associate of Applied Science degrees from Wake Technical Community College, each anchored by a complete, enterprise-scale capstone system design.

A.A.S. IT: Cloud Infrastructure

Awarded May 8, 2026 · 3.2 GPA

Capstone: AI-Driven Proxmox Automation in a Converged Data Center Lab — a governed AI-operations pattern connecting Claude Desktop and VS Code to a Proxmox MCP server for scoped, logged, secret-free infrastructure actions.

A.A.S. IT: Service and Support

Awarded Jul 28, 2025 · 3.2 GPA

Capstone: Hybrid Cloud Migration for Messaging, Collaboration, and IT Support Operations — a 250-user on-premises-to-Microsoft-365 hybrid migration with a $486,760 modeled budget.

Continuing Education

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WGU Start Date: Aug 1, 2026

Bachelor of Science, Cloud and Network Engineering — Cisco Track

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Active certification plan

CCNA preparation is active. CompTIA A+ follows in the WGU plan and can be brought forward for an IT support role, backed by completed Wake Tech hardware and support training.

  • Cisco CCNA Active study

    Networking · Exam target Sep 2026 — Cisco Networking Academy sprint, in progress.

  • CompTIA A+ Next / flexible

    WGU IT Foundations and IT Applications sequence — currently planned after CCNA, with willingness to prioritize A+ first for an IT support role.

  • KCNA & LFCS Longer-term

    Cloud-native and Linux administration milestones planned after the role-priority networking and support certifications.

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Current technical proof, senior operations depth

Current technical work is backed by 12+ years of enterprise operations, support, service continuity, and technical escalation.

High-availability operations

Supported approximately 60,000 global users across multiple data centers; managed daily operations for 65 servers and maintained 99.9% service-level compliance.

Network & systems support

Windows Server, Active Directory, Linux, DNS, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, Cisco IOS, routing, switching, VLANs, VPNs, load balancing, and endpoint troubleshooting.

Troubleshooting & documentation

Root-cause analysis, incident escalation, ServiceNow processes, ITIL runbooks, vendor coordination, knowledge transfer, and verified restoration.

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Where I fit

A quick read on how the enterprise background and current hands-on proof align with IT support engineering and infrastructure operations.

IT support engineering

Reproduce issues, isolate failures across user, device, application, server, and network layers, test corrective actions, and verify restoration.

Infrastructure operations

High-availability systems, networking, identity, monitoring, incident response, service continuity, and operational acceptance.

Technical service delivery

Communicate clearly with customers, engineers, vendors, and management while documenting repeatable support workflows.

Let’s talk about your IT support and operations role

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