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Eddy Kawira — Resume

Infrastructure Engineer & AI Systems Architect with 20+ years across cloud, on-prem infrastructure, and autonomous agent systems. Focused on reliability, deterministic tooling, and high-throughput execution.

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Viewing Standard Recruiter Layout. Adept at translating complex systems and AI architectures into plain, non-technical English for business stakeholders — while equally at home deep in the CLI with engineering teams.

Eddy Kawira

Infrastructure Engineer & AI Systems Architect

South Bend, IN · [email protected] · (574) 520-3814 · github.com/eddygk · eddykawira.com

23,900+ ClawHub Downloads Exec ↔ Engineering Communicator

Summary

Infrastructure Engineer and AI Systems Architect with 10 years in IT infrastructure and operations and 20+ years of technical work overall, including 17 years running a CNC and design-software consulting business. Commissioned AWS Trainium2 AI infrastructure in a ~100 racks/day production cadence, solo-architected an enterprise Azure Virtual Desktop environment, and published open-source AI agent tooling with 23,900+ downloads. Explains architecture, risk, and ROI in plain English to executives and clients — and works at the CLI with engineers.

Key Achievements

  • Open-Source AI Agent Tooling: Published security vetting, bare-metal hardware orchestration, and hypervisor lifecycle skills on ClawHub with 23,900+ total downloads across the OpenClaw ecosystem.
  • High-Scale Data Center Operations: Executed power preps, cabling, labeling, and commissioning sequences in an AWS Trainium2 deployment environment; sustained throughput targets of ~100 racks/day with zero safety incidents.
  • Enterprise Cloud & AVD Modernization: Sole technical lead delivering Azure Virtual Desktop transformation for a 50-user law firm, re-engineering legacy LOB client applications, migrating on-prem Exchange to Microsoft 365, and rolling out Intune endpoint compliance.
  • Reproducible Cluster Engineering: Designed virtualized cluster topologies (Proxmox VE + Docker Compose) with declarative runbooks, automated snapshots, and zero-data-loss disaster recovery pipelines.
  • Observability & Disaster Recovery: Introduced Auvik for deep network visibility and established documented Azure Backup test-restore drills to meet RPO/RTO SLAs across client fleets.
  • Technical-to-Executive Translation: Translates systems architecture, cloud migrations, and AI agent guardrails into plain-English business outcomes, ROI, and SLAs for C-suite and non-technical stakeholders.

Experience

Data Center Engineering Operations (DCEO)

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · New Carlisle, IN

Jul 2025 – Present

  • Hands-on facility and rack operations: power preps, labeling, safe handling, and commissioning workflows in a Trainium2 AI accelerator deployment environment.
  • Execute power-prep work packages with a throughput target of ~100 racks/day, maintaining accuracy and zero-defect safety under strict operational tempo.
  • Coordinate across engineering shifts and leadership to sustain daily deployment velocity; systematically document variances and escalate hardware blockers.

Systems Engineer (Architecture & Implementation)

Ravitron (Managed Service Provider) · Benton Harbor, MI

2021 – 2024

Managed infrastructure, security, and M365 environments across a portfolio of SMB clients in legal, manufacturing, and commercial sectors (~15–50 users per site).

  • Architected and deployed Azure Virtual Desktop for a multi-site law firm (~50 users) as solo lead — re-engineered legacy LOB app (Practice Master) for multi-session compatibility, delivered Intune compliance and conditional access.
  • Led Exchange to Microsoft 365 migrations with staged cutovers and clean identity mapping; eliminated legacy on-premises Exchange dependencies.
  • Deployed Microsoft Intune to secure endpoints, enforce conditional access policies, and maintain compliance across legal and commercial client fleets.
  • Automated endpoint security deployments using Group Policy; deployed ConnectWise RMM across client endpoints.
  • Raised network visibility with Auvik and instituted backup/restore drills with documented steps, owners, and tested RTOs.

PC / Deployment Technician

TEKsystems (client: Trinity Health / St. Joseph Hospital) · Mishawaka, IN

2021

  • Hardware deployment and clinical EMR system integration supporting the Trinity Health / Spectrum Health healthcare system consolidation.
  • Provided on-site go-live support across clinical workstations, point-of-care terminals, and network peripherals in an active hospital environment.

Service Desk Analyst II

Lippert Components · Elkhart, IN

2017 – 2020

  • Enterprise IT support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Office 365 across a major manufacturing enterprise (~13,000 employees).
  • Led corporate Windows 10 migration and warehouse handheld scanner upgrades, ensuring smooth company-wide rollout.
  • Resolved incidents and service requests via ServiceNow, maintaining strict SLA compliance and minimal downtime.

IT Support Specialist

Children's Therapy Innovations · Mishawaka, IN

2016 – 2017

  • Upgraded network infrastructure with Windows Server 2016, Active Directory, DHCP, and Group Policy.
  • Introduced IT asset management, ticketing systems, and automated software updates for multi-site clinics.
  • Multi-platform support (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android) for specialized healthcare applications.

Owner / Technical Sales & Implementation Specialist

Custom Cabinet Software (Sole Proprietorship)

2003 – 2020

  • Founded and operated an independent technical consulting dealership for CNC and manufacturing design software serving custom cabinet shops across the U.S. and internationally.
  • Delivered consultative sales, technical demonstrations, client training, and implementation support for 3D design, cut list optimization, and G-Code/CNC machine integration.
  • Authored technical video tutorials with 27,000+ views; built long-term client relationships spanning nearly two decades.

Skills

AI & Agent Systems: Model Context Protocol (MCP), Autonomous Agent Systems, OpenClaw Ecosystem, Agent Security & Guardrails, Tool / Function Calling Schema Design, Neo4j (Graph Memory), Redis, Ollama (Local Inference), n8n

Cloud, Virtualization & Ingress: AWS (Data Center Ops), Microsoft Azure, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), Microsoft 365, Microsoft Intune, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, Docker, Terraform, Cloudflare Zero Trust / Tunnels, Auvik, Azure Backup

Systems, Storage & Enterprise Operations: Windows Server (2016–2022), Active Directory & Group Policy, Linux (Debian, Ubuntu), TrueNAS CORE/SCALE, ZFS Storage, NFS / SMB, ServiceNow

Software Development & Automation: Python, TypeScript, Next.js 15, Docker, Bash, PowerShell, GitHub Actions CI/CD, PHP (WordPress)

Networking & Endpoint Security: VLAN Segmentation, Sophos XG, UniFi Enterprise, IPsec / WireGuard VPN, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, ConnectWise RMM

Stakeholder Communication: Technical-to-Executive Translation, Plain-English Stakeholder Briefings, Cross-Functional Team Collaboration, Client Discovery & Non-Technical Consultations, SLA / RTO / RPO Business Framing, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) & Runbooks

Projects

Gemini-Proxmox Operator — MCP Gateway

Enterprise Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway over Streamable HTTP; connects Proxmox VE hypervisors to Google Gemini and universal MCP clients via OAuth 2.0 / OIDC and Cloudflare WAF.

FastAPI · FastMCP · OAuth 2.0 · github.com/eddygk/gemini-proxmox

Skill Vetting Protocol — 17,700+ installs

Security vetting protocol and static analysis harness for AI agent skills; automated red-flag detection, permission containment analysis, and AST risk scoring across the ClawHub ecosystem.

ClawHub · Security · Static Analysis · clawhub.ai/eddygk/skill-vetting

FlashSpark — AI Study Platform

Self-hosted AI study app with SM-2 spaced repetition and AI-generated quiz distractors. Provider-agnostic Genkit layer — evaluated Gemini vs. Groq Llama 3.1 8B in production and standardized on Gemini 3.5 Flash on output quality; per-session batching and client-side caching keep inference within free-tier limits. Unit-tested (Vitest) and E2E-tested (Playwright) session persistence; containerized Next.js 15 on Docker.

Next.js 15 · Genkit · Gemini · SM-2 · Docker · github.com/eddygk/FlashSpark

iDRAC Bare-Metal Skill — 1,800+ installs

Dell PowerEdge bare-metal management via iDRAC Redfish REST API; hardware telemetry, power operations, thermal management, and sensor health monitoring for autonomous AI agents.

Redfish API · Dell PowerEdge · REST · clawhub.ai/eddygk/idrac

Proxmox Ops Skill — 340+ installs

Autonomous hypervisor operations via Proxmox VE REST API; VM/LXC lifecycle management, snapshots, thin-pool monitoring, and storage orchestration with blast-radius containment.

Proxmox API · Python · Virtualization · clawhub.ai/eddygk/proxmox-ops

Virtualized Systems Architecture — Bare-Metal Cluster

Enterprise 1U bare-metal staging cluster (40 cores, 128 GB RAM) hosting 35+ isolated VMs and containers; VLAN network segmentation, Cloudflare Zero Trust edge ingress, and Prometheus/Grafana observability.

Proxmox · ZFS · VLANs · Zero Trust · eddykawira.com/lab

Certifications

  • ITIL Foundations (Certified)
  • FAA Remote Pilot Certificate (Part 107)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (In Progress)

Education

Goshen College

Undergraduate Studies in Business Information Systems

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Last updated: 2026-10-01

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