Patrick Talaska

Senior Systems Engineer, Automation & AI Integration

• Architect integrations across the MSP stack: Autotask, N-able, Hudu, Liongard, ThreatLocker, and Huntress.
• Lead the IT Glue to Hudu migration and the documentation cleanup that makes live syncs trustworthy.
• Build n8n workflows and PowerShell deployment tooling that turn repetitive tasks into repeatable, secure processes.
• Connect AI assistants to live operational systems through MCP, so the team can query tickets, documentation, and infrastructure in plain English.
• Stand up local LLM infrastructure to handle routine work faster and cheaper.

Founder, Full-Stack Developer & Consultant

• Ran EasyNodePro's validator operations on Harmony ONE and Findora (now Fractal) until the Harmony validator network wound down in early September 2026, managing pools that at times secured over $2M in delegated crypto assets.
• Built and maintained the open-source Harmony Toolbox (1,500+ commits): a Python installer and management menu for Harmony validator nodes, with companion scripts for upgrades, systemd services, rclone-based installs, and stats.
• Wrote the EasyNodePro validator setup guides and a cloud-init/Digital Ocean workflow for fast remote node provisioning, plus an Ansible playbook for spinning up Harmony test servers on Proxmox.
• Modernized Harmony AutoBidder, a Python service that adds and removes BLS keys automatically to hold a validator inside its target elected-slot range across epochs.
• Built delegator and operator tooling: Telegram alerts for sync lag and low disk space, a wallet toolbox for claiming and transferring staking rewards with ntfy notifications, and a Python site for running validator airdrops.
• Shipped a Cloudflare Worker (TypeScript) that exposes Harmony's native VRF as a rate-limited REST API for verifiable random numbers.
• Created the Easy Node API (Express.js) and a Next.js/MDX documentation platform, and ran self-hosted monitoring and automation on Railway: Uptime Kuma, a Grafana/Prometheus/Loki/Tempo stack, and n8n.
• Supported Harmony ecosystem users with a Viper LP/swap frontend, an oSwap auto-compounding bot, and an NFT mint site, and guided delegators through the network's wind-down and ONE token migration.
• Mentored junior developers and validators across the ecosystem.

Linux Systems Administrator

• Managed 200+ Linux VMs across on-prem VMware and Azure, holding 99.9% uptime.
• Administered Red Hat Satellite with 3 capsule servers across 4 enterprise domains.
• Automated provisioning and configuration with Puppet and Bash, cutting manual workload.
• Maintained security and compliance: firewalls, SELinux policies, and regular audits.

Validator Support Moderator

• Supported and onboarded new blockchain validators onto the Findora network.
• Diagnosed node installation, sync, and operation issues, improving validator retention and network stability.
• Built documentation, FAQs, and guides; ran a feedback loop between validators and developers.

Systems Administrator I, II & III

• Administered Windows and Linux servers across all DOC-managed networks and domains.
• Core member of the DevSecOps initiative that streamlined server provisioning and security statewide.
• Maintained Kubernetes/Rancher environments and SaaS services (GitLab, Jira).

Lead Systems Administrator

• Provided daily helpdesk and infrastructure support to 50+ local SMBs.
• VoIP specialist (Fonality, Nextiva, Cytracom, Asterisk/FreePBX) and Office 365 migration lead.
• Built disaster recovery via hourly snapshot-to-cloud for instant virtualization.

Field Support Technician II

• Level II desktop support during a 3-month IT provider transition at Rockwell Automation HQ.

Freelance Consultant

• Break/fix IT support, hardware builds, and domain/web management for small businesses.

Production Engineering Technician → Hardware Technician → Manufacturing Engineering Specialist

• Maintained proprietary testing software and OS images; edited test scripts in XML and Python.
• Built a VB.NET cataloging tool for 1,000+ customer images and drivers.
• Level 2 hardware/OS support for 60+ production employees.