Pebbles McFadden's Cloud Portfolio

Experience

IT Help Desk Specialist | North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts | State of North Carolina

Raleigh, NC, 2022 – present

Provide routine and non-routine support for a broad range of NCAOC applications for Judicial Branch & Law Enforcement staff statewide over the phone, via Ivanti Ticketing system, and through Remote Desktop sessions. Coordinate with team members to resolve tickets within SLA guidelines.

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IT User Support Technician | North Carolina State Laboratory | Temporary Solutions

Raleigh, NC, 2021-2022

Use of Ivanti Endpoint Manager to deploy images, scheduled tasks, deploy software packages, and run queries to detect machines out of compliance. DUO Two-Factor Authentication administration, deployment, and development of documentation. Active Directory & Office 365 administration for users, machines, and groups.

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End User Services Technician | UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill | TekSystems

Chapel Hill, NC 2020 – 2021

Use ServiceNow ticketing system to document, correspond, and schedule troubleshooting appointments. Push approved software on users’ workstations via SCCM. Upgrade OS from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Backup user data onto designated server. Maintain equipment inventory. Support remote users via Bomgar. Use PXE to image new machines for staff members in the medical center.

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End User Services Technician | Florida East Coast Realty

Miami, FL 2017 – 2020

Provide in person, on-site end user support. Installing/configuring devices, managing user accounts via Active Directory. Diagnose and repair hardware (laptops, desktops, and printers), software, Windows operating systems, and peripheral issues. Developing technical training documentation and managing the training of users across multiple sites.

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Technical Support Technician | NetTALK

Miami Gardens, FL 2015 – 2016

Use of a ticketing system to document, correspond, and schedule troubleshooting appointments. Troubleshooting over the phone, via email, and chat. Identify, escalate, and follow up on complex issues to higher-level IT staff.


Education

Associate's Degree in Computer Science

Miami Dade College, 2015 – 2017


Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Issued: May 2025

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Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate(AZ-104)

Issued: March 2026

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Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)

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Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)

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Applied Skills Labs

Microsoft Applied Skills: Get started with identities and access using Microsoft Entra

Issued: October 2025

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Microsoft Applied Skills: Get started with Azure management tasks

Issued: October 2025

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Microsoft Applied Skills: Administer Active Directory Domain Services

Issued: October 2025

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Microsoft Applied Skills: Get started with cloud security and monitoring tasks

Issued: November 2025

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Microsoft Applied Skills: Deploy and configure Azure Monitor

Issued: January 2026

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Microsoft Applied Skills: Secure storage for Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage

Issued: January 2026

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Behind the Constellation

This Azure-hosted website was lovingly built from scratch with knowledge of software development, graphic design, and the assistance of Microsoft Copilot.


The following technologies and methodologies were employed:

-Web design and development. (HTML, CSS, & Javascript)

-Human–AI Co‑Design and Iterative Development.

-Use of resource groups, domain hosting, and planning cloud architecture.

-Registration and delegation of custom domain from registrar to Azure Web Apps.

-Creation & configuration of DNS Zone.

-Added the "www" subdomain to custom domain & CNAME recordset in DNS Zone.

-Configured GitHub Actions secrets for secure deployment.

-Use of GitHub Actions to create a CI/CD pipeline and launch site via Azure Static Web App Bicep template.

-Troubleshooting GitHub Actions workflow run errors.

-Set up Source Control, cloned repository, and pushed updates to Azure via Visual Studio Code.

-Troubleshooting identity issues, PATH issues, diverged histories, privacy blocks on Git.


Planned Enhancements

View my site's planned enhancements on: GitHub Project Board.


Azure Administration

Hub-Spoke Virtual Network Architecture (Under Construction)
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