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Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

• Managing multi-account AWS organization, overseeing the utilization of various AWS services, including:- CloudFront for content delivery optimization- SSM and Secrets Manager for secure and centralized configuration.
• Implementing IaC using Terraform, ensuring reproducibility and scalability, resulting in reduced deployment times and improved resource utilization
• Configuring and maintaining Jenkins for CI/CD pipelines enabling faster and more reliable software releases with reduced deployment failures
• Utilizing GitLab for source code management and leveraging GitLab CI/CD and GitLab Runners for efficient software delivery and deployment processes
• Ensuring a secure software supply chain through vulnerability scanning and code analysis (ECR image scanning, DefectDojo, Dependency Track, etc.)
• Monitoring system performance and gathering metrics using Datadog for proactive troubleshooting and optimization

Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey

• IoT Ignite Cloud Infrastructure
• Architected, built and executed highly scalable and high performing solutions on both private and public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Planned and executed the platform in accordance with the SLAs (five nines uptime for over five years)
• Provided critical and valuable contributions to nationwide and international projects
• Acted as a catalyst (supported and accelerated development)
• Contributed to project plans and RFP responses

Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey

• TUBITAK/BILGEMNetwork Infrastructure Management & Information Systems Customer Service
• Planned and managed the process activities
• Executed the processes in accordance with the strategic plans and objectives
• Planned infrastructure investments
• Published activity reports

• TUBITAK / BILGEM / UEKAE
• Contributed to project management plans and published project activity reports
• Contributed to IT infrastructure renewal projects (Budget > 1M USD)

Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey

• TUBITAK / BILGEM / UEKAE
• Administered corporate network and computer systems (classified)
• Installed, configured and maintained virtualization systems (VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V)
• Implemented single sign-on (SSO) and public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions
• Implemented secure video conferencing solutions (travel times and costs reduced by 60%)
• Developed automation tools and scripts with bash and vbscript

Istanbul, Turkey

• ITU Computer Center - Cisco Network Academy Program
• Instructed CCNA courses
• Assisted CCNP courses
• Hands-on Lab trainings

Istanbul, Turkey

• ITU Computer Center - Network Services Planning and Support Team
• Contributed to ITU computer infrastructure renewal project (Budget: 2.5M USD)
• Administered ITU-NET (5 campuses, 6K nodes, 20K users)
• Provided vpn and dial-up network services
• Installed, configured and maintained campus-wide wireless network services
• Implemented quality of service (QoS) applications

Istanbul, Turkey

• ITU Computer Center - Help Desk
• Managed user accounts
• Provided technical support to campus network users
• Monitored availability and performance metrics of computer systems and online services
• Documentation (user manuals, how-to documents)

Istanbul, Turkey

• Assisted CS101 lessons