Firewall & network security
Cisco NextGen firewall migrations, VPN and external-access policy, DNS and SMTP infrastructure — secured across on-premise, cloud, and partner networks.
Los Angeles · IT & Creative Technology
Secure networks by day.
Curious builder by night.
I'm Miguel Collins — a Los Angeles IT professional with 20+ years architecting networks and leading firewall migrations, now teaching myself AI and social-media automation through Shineharder. If you're hiring, collaborating, or just curious, you're in the right place.
20+years in IT infrastructure
20+
years leading network connectivity, firewall, and systems work
Ahead
of schedule on the next-generation Cisco firewall migration
Enterprise
infrastructure spanning on-premise and cloud networks
3
live Shineharder verticals exploring AI + social automation
What I do
Two disciplines, one way of thinking
Whether it's a firewall migration or an AI automation experiment, the approach is the same: understand the system, plan the path, ship it clean.
IT infrastructure & leadership
Planning, directing, and supervising complex migrations: scope, budgets, resourcing, long-range strategy, and the training that makes teams self-sufficient.
AI, automation & design
Shineharder is where I vibe-code with AI, automate social media, and design UI — a working lab for turning new tools into shipped experiments.
Featured project
Shineharder
A vertical social-media studio where I teach myself in public — AI vibe-coding, content automation, and design across tattoos, graffiti, and (soon) health. It's my sandbox for turning curiosity into shipped, working things.
- AI vibe-coding and content automation, learned in public
- Design and UI work across each vertical brand
- A space to teach myself new tools by shipping them
Ink culture, automated and curated
Street art, styles, and process
health.shineharder.com
Movement, BJJ, and longevity
Let's build something, or just talk shop
Hiring managers, artists, and fellow developers — reach out. I'm always up for a good problem.