About
Vijay Velu
Senior IAM Engineer with 11+ years of experience, deep in Identity and Access Management — NetIQ IDM, eDirectory, and NetIQ Access Manager (NAM) on the OpenText stack.
I troubleshoot what others escalate.
Scope covers IDM upgrade failures, eDirectory certificate chain issues, User Application (UA) performance bottlenecks, workflow design & provisioning logic, and Identity Governance — across RHEL, SUSE, and Windows Server environments. Disproportionate value added through lab engineering: full-stack reproduction environments integrating Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure Entra ID, and AWS IAM — isolating root causes before they become R&D handoffs.
Self-Hosted Homelab
Running a privacy-first, trust-minimized infrastructure stack.
| Service | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Open WebUI | Local LLM inference. Queries never leave the machine. |
| Paperclip | Autonomous AI agents running local models |
| Ollama | qwen2.5-coder:7b — GPU-accelerated inference |
| LM Studio | Larger models (gemma-4-12b-qat, qwen3.6-27b) on CPU/RAM |
| Ente + Immich | Self-hosted photos — E2E encrypted, local ML |
| MinIO | S3-compatible object storage, self-hosted |
| Cloudflare Tunnel | Zero-trust external access, no inbound ports |
| Uptime Kuma | Self-hosted monitoring |
Not because it’s easier — because it’s more defensible.
Building Apps
Vee Labs is where I ship mobile software — privacy-first apps and field-service tools built with Flutter, Kotlin, and Firebase. Same security-first mindset, applied to product development.
AI Labs
Running a full local AI stack — Paperclip agents + OpenCode CLI wired to Ollama (GPU) and LM Studio (CPU). No cloud dependency for day-to-day inference.
Also experimenting with cloud agentic systems across Claude and Google. Custom Claude agents (researcher, analyst, incident commander, extractor), daily Claude Code CLI usage, and certified in Google’s AI agent track.
→ AI Labs — agents, local LLMs, and tooling
Certifications
- CEH — EC-Council
- CCNA — Cisco
- PG Diploma in Cyber Security — Simplilearn
- Agent Assist & Gen AI — Google
- Build AI Agents — Google
In Progress:
- SC-300: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator
- CompTIA SecurityAI+ (SecAI+)
- Okta Certified Professional
Connect
- GitHub
- TryHackMe — vijay.velu · Level 8
- Vee Labs — building apps
- AI Labs — agents & local LLMs
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