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Schelle, Be

Antwerp Area, Belgium

Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Mechelen

Manage the (cloud and on-premises) IT infrastructure at First IT key customers (ao. Grant Thornton, Vias Institute, ...).Define, execute and follow up IT projects.Rollout and implement Hybrid Azure AD, Azure Identity, SSO via SAML, Azure MFA, Intune (MDM, Windows AutoPilot), ...Prepare offers and time estimations for projectsOrganize and attend workshops with customers and prospectsContract and license managementCoaching and mentoring colleagues in the workplace

Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België

Antwerpen

Design and implement architectures on platforms such as AWS, GCP and/or AzureMigrate on-premises applications to a cloud serverDesign and apply automation (eg. software builds, deployments, backups, monitoring)Build deployment pipelines for CI/CDImplement Infrastructure-as-CodeConsultancy assignments

Brussels Area, Belgium

Responsible for server, network and security infrastructure at Europ Assistance Belgium.Define, lead and deliver ICT projects within scope, time and budget.Operational management of the ICT infrastructure environment.Achievements• Increase services reliability and availability• Reduce overall operational costs• Rationalize license usage (30% yearly savings)• Increase server virtualisation ratio from 40% to 90%• Replace costly custom systems with common, off-the-shelf solutions• Phase out and replace legacy systems• Decrease infrastructure complexityProjects• Microsoft Azure / Office 365 implementation and migration• Redesign VDI environment for performance and reliability• Choose and implement a new monitoring environment• Choose and implement a helpdesk ticketing system• Assist with creating change management procedures and best practices• Datacenter lifecycle management (SAN migration, core switch replacement, ...)Technologies• Active Directory• Microsoft Azure / Microsoft Office 365• VMware ESXi (server virtualization) / VMware Horizon VDI (desktop virtualization)• Windows Server (2003-2016)• Linux Server (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, SLES)• Cisco networking equipment• Juniper firewall

I'm an independent (freelance) IT consultant, with main focus on system administration, virtualization and IT management in large and/or complex environments.

Kontich

My responsibilities at Alcopa group:• Manage, coordinate and organize the daily operations of the IT infrastructure (data center, network, connectivity, telephony, 40 remote sites, 300 servers) for multiple entities of the Alcopa group• Lead, coach and motivate a team of 6 system engineers• Contract- and license management• Define and deliver IT projects within scope, time and budget• Contacts and negotiations with suppliers• Prepare and follow up the IT operational budget (ca. € 2mpa)• Report to the CTO of the Alcopa group.Alcopa comprises five LOB's with different scope and geographical footprint.• Alcadis - imports automobiles in Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Germany and Poland• Modis - owns 20 car dealers in 2 countries, selling more than 15 different brands• Moteo - imports powered mobility and leisure products into European coutries and South Africa• EOL - designs and distributes a wide range of office furnitures and interiors products across Europe• Alcopa-Immo - manages the real estate portfolio of the group and performs real estate development projects

Brussels Area, Belgium

As member of the serverteam for Fabricom, Cofely Services, Axima Contracting and Axima Refrigeration (GDF Suez - Branch Energy Services Belgium), I managed the MS Windows server infrastructure, initiated and followed up IT projects, ensured the daily operations of the server infrastructure and provided 3rd line support for mission critical servers and e-mail systems.Projects :• Taking-over, integrating and centralising active directory, messaging and MS Windows server support for other BESBE-companies• Designing, implementing and supporting Active Directory and related services• Designing, migrating, implementing and supporting the MS Exchange messaging environment• Initiating and implementing change requests concerning active directory, messaging and server infrastructure• Setting up LAN - WAN - MPLS - ADSL-LAN• Migrating Windows NT 4.0 / Exchange 5.5 to Windows 2003 / Exchange 2003Experience :• Managing and supporting active directory, messaging and server infrastructure in a complex enterprise environment (ca. 300 servers, 5.000 end-users), the in-house datacentre and the remote IT infrastructure• Installing, configuring, managing and upgrading Microsoft Windows server operating systems and applications• 3rd line support• Storage, backup & recovery, virtualisation, monitoring and troubleshooting• Setting up standards and documenting procedures.Skills :• MS Windows Server (2008 +R2, 2003, 2000) + Active Directory• MS Exchange (2003/2007), SQL, IIS, ISA, Clustering• Monitoring: HP Operations Manager, HP Insight Manager, Nagios• Storage: SAN (HP EVA / MSA) and NAS• Backup: HP Dataprotector, ArcServe, BackupExec, NTBackup, DFSR, Acronis• Virtualisation: VMware vSphere, MS Hyper-V, Virtual Iron• Barracuda Spam Firewall, Watchguard Firewall, Astaro Firewall, Symantec Brightmail• Routers, switches, firewalls, network infrastructure (TCP/IP, LAN/WAN/Broadband, MPLS, VPN)• Extensive knowledge of Windows client OS and applications

I'm an independent (freelance) IT consultant, with main focus on system administration, virtualization and IT management.

Network and system management (ca. 300 users, 5 sites)Operational lead IT departmentFrequent contacts with customers and suppliers