Cloud Engineer & DevOps Engineer

The candidate has extensive experience as a system engineer, with a focus on administration of datacenters, VMware infrastructure, Proxmox infrastructure, storage servers, Windows Active Directory, mail servers, network administration, network monitoring systems, antivirus solutions, backup solutions, file sharing solutions, and server installation, migration, and maintenance. They are proficient in Ansible for provisioning and repetitive tasks, as well as managing VPN servers. They have a strong background in researching and implementing new technologies and systems hardware, and creating best practices and operating procedures. They also have experience in system administration, helpdesk support, data analysis, and security systems. They have a high level of proficiency in English and Romanian, and possess a driving license.

System Engineer (November 2020 - Present) - Company A

• Responsible for the administration of a datacenter with over 500 servers operating on various hardware and software.
• Managed FTP, Active Directory, DNS, VPN, firewall, DHCP, database servers, application servers, routers, mail, switches, and access points.
• Oversaw the administration of the VMware infrastructure, including ESXi hosts, vCenter, SAN, switches, and VDP.
• Managed the Proxmox infrastructure, including cluster, HA, fencing, server pools, VLAN bridge, and LACP bonding.
• Handled the administration of storage servers, such as SAN, DAS, and ZFS.
• Managed Windows Active Directory, including domain structure configuration, custom user fields, group policy, PowerShell scripting, WSUS, SCCM, and Windows deployment.
• Administered mail servers, including Exchange and Linux mail servers, anti-spam, and mail filtering.
• Responsible for network administration, including Cisco stackable switches, VLANs, access points, and Fortigate firewall.
• Managed network monitoring system (Nagios/Centreon) and antivirus solution.
• Handled backup solutions, file sharing solutions, and performed server installations, migrations, upgrades, and maintenance. Also worked with Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, and Jenkins.

System Engineer (March 2018 - November 2020) - Company B

• Responsible for the administration of a datacenter with over 500 servers operating on various hardware and software.
• Managed FTP, Active Directory, DNS, VPN, firewall, DHCP, database servers, application servers, routers, mail, switches, and access points.
• Oversaw the administration of the VMware infrastructure, including ESXi hosts, vCenter, SAN, switches, and VDP.
• Managed the Proxmox infrastructure, including cluster, HA, fencing, server pools, VLAN bridge, and LACP bonding.
• Handled the administration of storage servers, such as SAN, DAS, and ZFS.
• Managed Windows Active Directory, including domain structure configuration, custom user fields, group policy, PowerShell scripting, WSUS, SCCM, and Windows deployment.
• Administered mail servers, including Exchange and Linux mail servers, anti-spam, and mail filtering.
• Responsible for network administration, including Cisco stackable switches, VLANs, access points, and Fortigate firewall.
• Managed network monitoring system (Nagios/Centreon) and antivirus solution.
• Handled backup solutions, file sharing solutions, and performed server installations, migrations, upgrades, and maintenance. Also worked with Ansible and managed VPN servers.

System Administrator (January 2017 - March 2018) - Company C

• Responsible for the administration of a Proxmox infrastructure with 400+ servers, including cluster, HA, fencing, server pools, VLAN bridge, and LACP bonding.
• Managed clients' servers operating on Linux with various software, including FTP, Active Directory, DNS, VPN, firewall, DHCP, database servers, application servers, and mail.
• Handled the network monitoring system (Nagios/Centreon, Cacti) with custom scripts for better monitoring.
• Performed Linux/Windows server installations, migrations, upgrades, and maintenance. Also worked on application and database implementation, applied fixes, patches, and optimization.
• Worked with Ansible for provisioning and repetitive tasks, as well as defining roles.
• Conducted research, analysis, and recommended implementation of new technologies and systems hardware.
• Implemented new technologies and system hardware.
• Created best practices, standards, templates, and operating procedures to optimize IT project development.

Junior System Administrator Linux (March 2015 - January 2017) - Company D

• Responsible for the administration of systems at EveryMatrix.
• Specific responsibilities and details not provided.