Bryan Bradsby

AI Technology Consultant & Systems Architect

Enterprise Infrastructure • Unix/Linux • Network Security • 25+ Years Experience • Austin, TX

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Summary

AI technology leadership backed by enterprise infrastructure expertise

AI Technology Consultant and seasoned Unix/Linux Systems Architect with 25+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience. I help organizations evaluate, adopt, and integrate AI tools and platforms into their operations — bringing a rigorous infrastructure and security mindset to AI deployment decisions. Prior experience includes serving as a Senior Unix Systems Administrator on a federal government contract, and leading the Unix infrastructure team supporting the Texas State Government Network. Available for remote AI consulting, systems architecture, and network security engagements.

Services

Enterprise-grade expertise available for your organization

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AI Technology Consulting

Helping organizations evaluate and adopt AI tools, platforms, and workflows. AI readiness assessments, vendor evaluation, infrastructure requirements for AI deployment, security and compliance considerations, and staff enablement.

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Unix/Linux Systems Administration

Full lifecycle administration of Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Scripting, automation, patch management, and PKI certificate deployment across enterprise server fleets.

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DNS / DNSSEC Architecture

Design, build, and operate enterprise DNS with DNSSEC. BIND 9 expertise, UltraDNS API integration, zone management, and agency-wide migration planning and execution.

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Network Security & Firewall Administration

Deep-packet-inspection firewall policy design and operation. Tipping Point, SunScreen, and IPFW experience. 12 years as Network Security Analyst in a state-level Security Operations Center.

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VMware Virtualization

Design and operation of VMware ESXi/vCenter/vSphere clusters. Proven experience migrating bare-metal servers to dual geographically-dispersed clusters across multiple datacenters.

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Email Security & Anti-Spam

Sendmail/Dovecot configuration, custom anti-spam scoring macros, SPF/DKIM/DMARC policy enforcement, and country-code/ASN-based filtering — proven to reduce spam to near-zero for published addresses.

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IPAM & Network Infrastructure

IP address management for large address spaces, DHCP for tens of thousands of nodes, BGP/RADB, ARIN point-of-contact services, NTP, and TACACS/RADIUS authentication for enterprise router fleets.

Experience

Enterprise infrastructure at scale

2024 – Present
AI Technology Consultant
Computer Services of Austin — Austin, TX (Remote)
  • Advising organizations on AI tool evaluation, adoption strategy, and integration into existing infrastructure.
  • Assessing AI readiness including data pipelines, security posture, and compliance considerations for AI deployments.
  • Providing AI-augmented systems administration and automation consulting for enterprise clients.
Oct 2022 – 2024
Senior Unix System Administrator — Federal Contract
U.S. Federal Agency (Contract) — Austin, TX
  • Supported enterprise-level Unix/Linux and Solaris servers under Enhanced Background clearance.
  • Wrote scripts to automate configuration updates and deploy Digital Certificates across enterprise server fleets.
  • Maintained Enterprise DNS on Linux under SVN version control; administered UltraDNS via API.
  • Supported enterprise patch validation to ensure compliance and minimize exposure across the server fleet.
Sep 2001 – Jun 2018
Systems Analyst V — Team Leader, Unix Infrastructure
Texas Department of Information Resources — Austin, TX
  • Led Unix server team supporting the Texas State Government Network NOC — 200+ agencies, 140,000 employees, millions of citizens.
  • Designed and operated Enterprise DNS with DNSSEC for Texas.Gov on FreeBSD; drove BIND 4 → BIND 9 migration statewide.
  • Managed Enterprise DHCP for 80,000 nodes, Stratum 1 GPS-synchronized NTP, and TACACS/RADIUS for 2,000 Cisco routers.
  • Administered IPAM for 2.7 million IPv4 addresses; ARIN point-of-contact for AS1761 and BGP RADB.
  • Served 12 years as Network Security Analyst; factory-trained on Gigabit Tipping Point deep-packet-inspection firewall.
  • Engineered Sendmail anti-spam using custom scoring macros, policy btree databases, and country-code/ASN mapping — reducing spam to near-zero.
  • Migrated servers to dual geographically-dispersed VMware clusters (216 Xeon cores, 1.5 TB RAM) across two datacenters.
  • Diagnosed and resolved a mission-critical BGP routing hijack blocking payroll SFTP uploads for 140,000 state employees.
Jan 1997 – Aug 2001
Systems Analyst IV — Security & Unix Administrator
Texas General Services Commission — Austin, TX
  • Transferred as a critical resource when the Texas State Government Network was legislatively moved to GSC.
  • Designed and maintained SunScreen Firewall policy on a multi-homed Sun server with isolated management network.
  • Provided Enterprise DNS services for 200 state agencies, counties, and local government entities.
  • Migrated subscriber-based mailing lists from EOL Solaris software to LISTSERV on FreeBSD, preserving all historical archives.
  • Deployed Sendmail-based SMTP filtering to protect statewide Novell GroupWise email services.
Apr 1992 – Jan 1997
Systems Analyst III — Team Leader, Managed Services
Texas Department of Information Resources — Austin, TX
  • Led managed LAN, server, and desktop support team at multiple state agencies with up to 2,000 employees each.
  • Promoted to the statewide NOC; took on WAN operations, Unix server support, IPAM, and Enterprise DNS.
Feb 1978 – Nov 1987
Engineering Technician Specialist
Datapoint Corporation — San Antonio, TX
  • Fortune 300 pioneer of distributed client-server computing — originators of the x86 instruction set.
  • Advanced to technical lead of CPU board manufacturing and component-level repair; managed staff of 36, $12M annual revenue.
  • Designed a logic analyzer-based test set monitoring every CPU execution cycle, halting systems at first error during power-up.
  • Transferred to R&D / Quality Engineering; held final authority to release new hardware designs for production.

Technical Skills

Enterprise-proven technologies

AI & Emerging Technology

AI Strategy LLM Integration AI Readiness Claude / GPT Prompt Engineering AI Security

Operating Systems

FreeBSD Red Hat CentOS Ubuntu Debian OpenSUSE Solaris

Virtualization & Cloud

VMware ESXi vCenter vSphere AWS

Networking & Security

TCP/IP DNS/DNSSEC DHCP BGP/RADB IPAM SNMP NTP NFS/NIS TACACS RADIUS Tipping Point SunScreen IPFW

Mail & Messaging

Sendmail Dovecot LISTSERV Mailman Anti-spam SIEM

Scripting & Tools

Bash Python CSH Perl Awk Sed vi Apache PKI/Certs Nagios Subversion

Protocols

SMTP FTP/SFTP UDP IMAP NTP SNMP SIP/VoIP DWDM

Professional

Team Leadership Technical Training Customer Support RFC Standards Federal Clearance

About

Education & professional background

Studied Physics, Computer Science, and Electronics Engineering at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. Largely self-taught in computing and networking.

Principal, Computer Services of Austin — a Dun & Bradstreet rated consulting firm providing AI technology consulting and enterprise Unix/Linux and network infrastructure services to organizations across Texas and beyond.

Volunteer network and desktop support, Betania Baptist Church, Austin, TX.

ARIN Member NANOG CSFI — Cyber Security Forum Initiative

Contact

Available for remote engagements

Available for remote AI Technology Consulting, Unix/Linux Systems Administration, Network Security, Firewall Administration, and VMware consulting engagements.

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📍 Austin, TX 78727
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Specializing in remote AI consulting and infrastructure support for organizations that need senior-level expertise without the overhead of a full-time hire.