As the company’s IT Solutions Architect, I was tasked with providing, designing, deploying and maintaining the following:• A VMware and Nutanix environment at the JB1 Teraco data centre in Isando that consisted out of two Dell PowerEdge R710 servers and one Supermicro block (NX-3060-G7) with three nodes, hosting over 50 virtual machines.• Linux and Windows Server virtual machines for a wide variety of services and technologies such as databases (Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and… Show more As the company’s IT Solutions Architect, I was tasked with providing, designing, deploying and maintaining the following:• A VMware and Nutanix environment at the JB1 Teraco data centre in Isando that consisted out of two Dell PowerEdge R710 servers and one Supermicro block (NX-3060-G7) with three nodes, hosting over 50 virtual machines.• Linux and Windows Server virtual machines for a wide variety of services and technologies such as databases (Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and PostreSQL), personal cloud file hosting using ownCloud, web and proxy servers (Apache and NGINX secured with SSL certificates), DNS (PowerDNS and BIND), RADUIS, Activate Directory, web applications written in PHP, Java, Python and Ruby, VPN servers using OpenVPN and Wireguard, and a PKI (both RSA and ECDSA based) for securing IPsec VPNs and devices with HTTPS based management interfaces.• Over 50 MikroTik routers each reachable via various Point-to-Point tunnelling protocols built over IPsec IKEv2 and are secured with TLS certificates.• UniFi networks consisting out of USGs, USWs and UAPs managed with a UniFi Cloud Network Controller hosted on a Linux virtual machine which I built and deployed behind a FQDN and SSL certificate.• Corporate networks consisting out of numerous unique class A subnets, enabling them to be reachable over a large VPN network and dynamically routed using OSPF. Each subnet is carefully designed for specific services such as VoIP, CCTV, access control, core network equipment and infrastructure, servers, desktop computers and workstations, etc. and secured with a VLANs internally standardised for each service.• Last-mile Passive Optical Networks using Ubiquti’s UFiber technology and Splynx’s ISP billing framework.• Comprehensive network and application monitoring using powerful open-source software like LibreNMS and Zabbix.• Contact me for more. Show less

Employed at Clear Access as a Technical Support Technician. Clear Access is an Internet, communications and cloud services provider. My main duties and responsibilities at Clear Access were as follows:• Assisting FTTH and FTTB clients telephonically, via email and on-site with general network and Internet connectivity inquiries and issues, which includes troubleshooting, diagnosing and resolving issues on OSI layers 1–4 such as loss of Internet and Wi-Fi connectivity, DNS resolution… Show more Employed at Clear Access as a Technical Support Technician. Clear Access is an Internet, communications and cloud services provider. My main duties and responsibilities at Clear Access were as follows:• Assisting FTTH and FTTB clients telephonically, via email and on-site with general network and Internet connectivity inquiries and issues, which includes troubleshooting, diagnosing and resolving issues on OSI layers 1–4 such as loss of Internet and Wi-Fi connectivity, DNS resolution, low bandwidth, packet loss, etc. as well as assisting with reconfiguring routers, internal bandwidth management, connecting client devices either via Ethernet or Wi-Fi, changing Wi-Fi passwords, implementing Wi-Fi guest policies, etc.• Configuring, setting up and installing routers, access points (both standard and NMS based like Ubiquiti’s UniFi and EdgeMAX through UISP), VoIP phones and core network equipment and infrastructure.• Providing PC (both Windows and MacOS based) support to business clients, which includes troubleshooting, diagnosing and resolving common Windows errors, issues with email, printing and shared folders, and if Windows is unable to boot, recovering data before reinstalling it. Also set up new computers by installing additional RAM and replacing HDDs with SSDs, creating user accounts, transferring data from old PCs/HDDs, adding them to the network and domain, adding printers, connecting to RDP servers, setting up shared folders, and installing and configuring essential software like Office 365, antivirus and backup (Redstor).• Managing Microsoft 365 instances by creating/adding domains, creating new users, allocating licenses and resetting passwords. Show less

Employed at Blacklight Integrated Security as a Software Specialist. Blacklight Integrated Technology is a niche professional services business comprising of a team of highly skilled experts. My main duties and responsibilities at Black Light Integrated Security were providing, installing, maintaining and administrating the following:• Networks consisting out of firewalls, servers, workstations and wireless links.• Video management systems such as Bosch VMS (BVMS), HikVision… Show more Employed at Blacklight Integrated Security as a Software Specialist. Blacklight Integrated Technology is a niche professional services business comprising of a team of highly skilled experts. My main duties and responsibilities at Black Light Integrated Security were providing, installing, maintaining and administrating the following:• Networks consisting out of firewalls, servers, workstations and wireless links.• Video management systems such as Bosch VMS (BVMS), HikVision, AxxonSoft Intellect and Next.• Access control systems such as Impro and ZKTeco.• First line and second line support for the above-mentioned products and solutions. Show less