Architect & Cloud Engineer & Team Leader

The candidate has been working in IT since 2003 when he started as an IT Specialist for Level 1 support. He has worked as Architekt for the last 7 years and since 2018 he has been focusing on Cloud where he takes part as end to end Architekt in Azure. On a few complex projects he also gained two years of experience with AWS and has limited experience with Docker and Kubernetes. The candidate is certified as an AWS Solution Architect and AWS Sysops Administrator - Associate. He was a team leader of 15 engineers and architects as well - mainly in the banking sector. Regarding to that position, his main goal was to automate completely and to actually get rid of user intervention as much as possible. He is looking for a new opportunity since his current project will end soon. He has got interested in the role of Cloud Operations Architect although he does not feel like an expert at all the required skills but he is very eager to learn. As a person, The candidate is a pleasant professional with good communication and problem solving skills.

má 2 mesiace výpovednú

March 2020-Present: IT Architect-Hosting

• Responsible for governance on multiple architectures.
• Conducted proof of concepts (POCs) on co-location and composable infrastructures.
• Provided AWS/Azure support.

March 2020-February 2021: Infrastructure Architect Hybrid Cloud

• Designed and architected IBM Power Systems/AIX, focusing on virtualization and high-availability.
• Migrated AIX workloads to public clouds (Azure) using Skytap.
• Managed Azure Stack Hub.
• Conducted POCs for customers in hybrid cloud environments.
• Implemented automations based on SaltStack.

March 2018-February 2020: IT Architect

• Member of the application hosting team, building new solutions using AWS services.
• Provided consultancy on various projects, including decoupling legacy applications and defining new infrastructure standards.
• Acted as a liaison between IT vendors, business, and internal teams.

June 2005-February 2018: IT Operations Manager/IT Architect/IT Specialist (Unix L2-L3)

• Led a team of 15 engineers and architects.
• Planned, organized, controlled, and evaluated IT operations.
• Developed technology roadmaps, reference architectures, and solution patterns.
• Participated in architecture reviews and audits.
• Conducted pre-sales activities and led security projects.
• Supported IBM AIX servers, clusters, storage, devices, and network.

September 2003-May 2005: IT Specialist (Level 1)

• Provided basic support and troubleshooting, including password resets, printer configurations, and ticket routing.

Certifications and Badges:

• AWS Solution Architect-Associate
• AWS SysOps Administrator-Associate
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
• Microsoft Azure Solution Architect Expert
• IBM Cloud Computing Infrastructure Architect V
• ITIL v3 Foundation
• IBM Certified Systems Expert - High Availability for AIX Technical Support and Administration
• IBM Certified Systems Expert - Virtualization Technical Support for AIX and Linux
• IBM Certified Systems Expert - Enterprise Technical Support for AIX and Linux-V2

Technical Skills and Competences:

• Cloud: AWS, Azure, IBM
• Operating Systems: AIX, Linux (Redhat and SUSE), Windows Servers
• Hardware: IBM P Series
• Backups: Tivoli Storage Manager
• Monitoring Software: Tivoli Monitoring, BMC Patrol
• Virtualization: LPARs, VIO Servers, PowerVM, ESX Servers
• Clustering: HACMP (PowerHA)
• Storage: SAN, SVC, DS