The trend I leaned into here is cleaner typography, more breathing room, stronger hierarchy, and fewer fake dashboard gimmicks. The best 2026 portfolio sites feel calm, premium, and confident instead of overdesigned.
Cloud Resume, redesigned for 2026
Cloud admin roots, engineering trajectory, real-world delivery.
I’m Carl Padilla, a Cloud Administrator focused on building reliable infrastructure, improving operations, and growing into stronger engineering and architecture work.
My background runs through support, systems, infrastructure, and security-minded operations. That means I do not just think in diagrams, I think about what breaks, what scales, what gets messy, and how to make it cleaner.
About
A more modern resume site should feel editorial, intentional, and easy to scan.
This version keeps the technical credibility but presents it in a way that feels more current, with a proper dark and light theme, stronger information layout, and a design system that looks like it belongs in this decade.
Core Strengths
The areas I work in most and the direction I’m pushing harder into.
Azure administration and platform operations
Identity, access, platform support, governance, and practical cloud administration with architecture in mind.
Systems, networking, and environment hardening
Hands-on work across endpoints, networking, Wi-Fi, virtualization, self-hosted systems, and the operational reality behind them.
Scripts, workflows, and repeatable execution
Python, PowerShell, infrastructure as code, and automation that reduces friction instead of creating more moving parts.
Experience
Built through real support, systems, and operations work.
Senior IT Support Specialist
- Strengthened endpoint security by leading the move from Symantec to SentinelOne across the environment, improving visibility, response time, and overall device protection.
- Managed Active Directory and Microsoft 365 administration, including user provisioning, group policy, and access controls that supported secure and reliable day-to-day operations.
- Upgraded 40 Ubiquiti access points across the office, warehouse, and two remote locations, improving wireless coverage, performance, and stability.
IT Support Specialist
- Supported users with a wide range of technical ability, resolving hardware, software, and network issues while matching the fix to the real business need.
- Applied security-minded support practices through secure hardware and software configuration, helping reduce risk during routine service work.
- Worked with cybersecurity and the Office of Information Security on targeted phishing campaigns that helped users better recognize and report phishing attempts.
Desktop Support
- Streamlined onboarding by creating and configuring user accounts and computers with Norton Ghost, helping more than 100 new hires get up and running smoothly.
- Provided local and remote support for hardware, software, networking, and research systems, including computer-controlled medical equipment across LAN, WAN, and remote environments.
IT Admin / IT Support Coordinator
- Led a secure migration for 120 users from Windows 7 to Windows 10, improving endpoint security, standardization, and overall user experience.
- Built a Python and PowerShell-based solution for domain password synchronization during the shift to remote work, helping maintain secure and uninterrupted user access.
- Developed and maintained standardized workstation images to reduce vulnerabilities, improve consistency, and speed up software deployment.
Projects
Portfolio work with enough technical weight to actually say something.
Featured Build
Cloud Resume
A production-minded resume site built with S3, CloudFront, Terraform, a custom domain, a live visitor counter, and GitHub Actions deployment.
Data + AI
F1 Copilot
Motorsport-flavored work using APIs, Python, and AI workflows to turn raw information into something more useful and opinionated.
Lab Work
Homelab Infrastructure
Ongoing platform work across Proxmox, TrueNAS, Plex, Ubiquiti, and self-hosted systems that keeps sharpening automation instincts.
Certifications
Proof of progress, with more still ahead.
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA CySA+
Microsoft AZ-900
Microsoft AZ-104
Contact
Let’s talk cloud, infrastructure, or the next step.
I’m actively building projects that show real technical growth. If you want to talk about cloud operations, infrastructure work, or engineering opportunities, reach out.
- GitHubgithub.com/carlpadilla
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/carl-padilla
- Email[email protected]