Self-hosted workflows, AI-assisted operations, and scalable automation systems for modern businesses.
Systems-Minded. Automation-First. AI-Native.
I'm Jerome Barba — a Technical Virtual Professional with over 5 years of cross-industry experience building operational systems that actually work.
From healthcare operations to real estate management to financial services, I've built and maintained the automation infrastructure that keeps businesses running efficiently. My current focus: self-hosted n8n systems, AI-assisted workflow automation, and security-aware infrastructure that scales.
I operate at the intersection of operations and technology — designing workflows that eliminate manual bottlenecks, integrating AI where it creates real value, and maintaining the kind of infrastructure discipline you need when handling confidentiality-sensitive environments.
The tools and systems that power the operations.
Architectural overviews of deployed systems.
Need for a secure, highly-available, and cost-effective automation backbone independent of SaaS limits.
Designed and maintained production-grade self-hosted n8n workflows running on Vultr infrastructure for spreadsheet automation, operational reporting, backups, and AI-assisted workflows.
Ensured 99.9% workflow reliability, scalable automations, and absolute data sovereignty.
High manual overhead in generating, formatting, and distributing daily short-form video content.
Built an automated publishing workflow for AI-assisted content generation and YouTube Shorts distribution using automation pipelines and operational scheduling.
Eliminated manual upload workflows, ensuring consistent daily publishing with zero operator intervention.
Fragmented communication and lack of centralized visibility across remote operational teams.
Developed a centralized Coda system for task delegation, operational visibility, and production summaries to streamline remote operations.
Unified team reporting, standardized productivity tracking, and reduced cross-team friction.
Need for continuous capability development in securing automated workflows against emerging threats.
Maintains a Kali Linux virtual lab environment for ethical hacking practice and cybersecurity learning to strengthen infrastructure awareness and operational security.
Hardened production environments through proactive vulnerability awareness and secure-by-default architecture.
Professional experience and systems deployment.
Automation, Healthcare & Real Estate Operations
Borrower Servicing Operations
Billing, Disputes & Technical Banking Support
Collections Operations & Workforce Analytics
Continuous technical evolution and intelligence gathering.
Building production AI workflows with LLMs, embeddings, and intelligent pipelines.
Designing scalable, fault-tolerant automation architectures with n8n and integration platforms.
Ethical hacking lab practice with Kali Linux, network analysis, and vulnerability assessment.
Self-hosting, Linux server management, backup orchestration, and cloud infrastructure.
Open to remote opportunities involving AI automation and systems engineering.
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EMAIL: jehpentester@gmail.com
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