Benjamin Malek
DevOps-driven IT Specialist with a passion for automation, self-hosting, and systems that adapt and scale. I mix professional infrastructure with personal curiosity — all in one place.
Highlights
- ⚙️ Developed multiple infrastructure deployment pipelines using Terraform & Ansible to on-prem and GovCloud environments
- 🌐 Currently self-hosting 90% of daily services with Kubernetes
- 🔋 Built a power-efficient, portable homelab setup
- 🧠 Tech-curious and always experimenting
What I'm Learning
- 📦 Diving deeper into Kubernetes and GitOps workflows
- 🛡️ Hardening self-hosted stacks with auth and observability
- 🧬 Exploring NixOS for reproducible system configs
- 🚀 Learning web development with Vite and Astro
Homelab Infrastructure
- 💻 K3s cluster running on Raspberry Pi 5 nodes
- 🔌 Focused on efficiency and portability
- 🧰 Services include Pi-hole, WireGuard, MinIO, and Nginx
- 📊 Observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
- 🔁 Automated deployments with GitHub Actions & Tekton
Behind This Site
This site — and my blog at blog.renox.dev — is built with Astro and styled using Tailwind CSS. It’s deployed from GitHub via CI and served out of my own homelab through a Cloudflare Tunnel.
The goal? Learn more about web development, CI/CD, and have somewhere to post all my random notes!
Esports & Gaming Roots
Before my pivot to infrastructure, I worked at the cutting edge of esports — managing programs, building tooling, and creating scalable workflows in a space where rapid iteration is a survival skill.
That experience taught me to optimize under pressure, lead collaborative teams, and constantly adapt — skills that translate cleanly into my IT career today.
Let's Talk
Have a project or idea?
Whether it's automation, self-hosting, or the most recent Counter-Strike tournament — I'm always up for a good convo.