Rob Vleeshouwers
Posieux
Summary
I am an experienced System and DevOPS Engineer in Unix/Linux System Engineering, Integration, Virtualization and Databank Products.
I have a wide knowledge of IT infrastructures, security, application services and how to integrate different computing platforms with each other. Has overall responsibility for the "blueprint" or technology architecture that drives the other services. Good communication skills preferable in the language the customer demands is necessary to understand the customer needs and implement their requirements in a practical way rather than theoretical.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
SENIOR SYSTEM ENGINEER
Sopra Steria
Urdorf
09.2021 - 09.2024
- Operation and maintenance of road infrastructure surveillance system.
- DevOps and Cloud Engineer for External Client.
- Technical Support for Jira and Bitbucket.
- Consolidation of 7 separate Jira and Bitbucket instances into one central Instance.
LINUX SYSTEM ENGINEER
Adfinis AG
Bern
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Design and architect high availability solutions, applications and infrastructure, across data centers.
- Assist clients with the specific goal of increasing the automation, repeatability, and consistency of operational tasks.
- Hashicorp Vault installation and configuration on client sites.
LINUX SYSTEM ENGINEER
Swatch Group Services
Biel
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Responsible for the Linux Infrastructure: RHEL, Ubuntu LTS on Nutanix, SuSe for SAP HANA on IBM Power.
- 3rd level support and document procedures for the Linux operations team.
- Participate in on-call rotation duties.
SENIOR TECHNICAL INTEGRATOR
IMTF
Givisiez
01.2005 - 01.2015
- Planning installation, configuration and performance analysis of Document Management Systems (Hypersuite) and Payment System (ZV/2)
- Installation, configuration and deployment of UNIX/AIX (HP, IBM, Sun) and Linux (Red Hat, Intel-Solaris) servers at client locations.
- Involvement and management of client projects.
- Technical support and client consulting.
- Installation, configuration and tuning of Oracle DBs.
TECHNICAL INTEGRATOR
IMTF
Givisiez
01.2001 - 01.2002
- Involvement and support of client projects.
- Installation, configuration and deployment of UNIX (HP, IBM, Sun) and Linux (Redhat, Intel-Solaris) servers at client locations.
- Technical support and client consulting.
- Installing Decentralized computing systems.
- Active storage support.
- 2nd level Technical Support.
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
IMTF
Givisiez
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Responsible for the internal IT infrastructure: TCP/IP Network, Windows NT/2000/2003 servers, MS Exchange 2003, Linux (Debian, Redhat) servers.
- Deployment and troubleshooting of IPSec VPN Tunnels.
- Migration from NIS to Kerberos/LDAP authentication.
- Active monitoring of all network nodes and all servers.
- Technical support for internal users.
MANAGER TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Ingersoll Rand
Fribourg
01.1998 - 01.2001
- Responsible for the internal IT infrastructure: OpenVMS and AIX backend systems, Lotus Notes collaboration suite, Windows NT domain and workstation administration.
UNIX/OPENVMS ENGINEER
Ingersoll Rand
Fribourg
01.1995 - 01.1998
- Installation, configuration and administration of UNIX (IBM AIX), Open VMS (DEC Alpha) and Linux (Redhat) servers.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT ASSISTANT
Ingersoll Rand
Zoeterwoude
01.1989 - 01.1995
- Technical Support of internal IT infrastructure: System/36, AS/400, RS/6000, Windows 3.11, Terminal Emulation and Lotus Notes.
Education
ANALYST/PROGRAMMER IBM AS/400 - COBOL
Ordina
01.1989
ART AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY - undefined
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
01.1988
Skills
- Red Hat Linux
- SuSe for SAP
- AIX
- Nutanix
- Netapp Filer
- Virtualization
- Integration
- Python
- Shell scripting
- Ansible
- Puppet
- Power VM
- Oracle
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- InfluxDB
- Grafana
- Docker
- Linux-HA
- Jenkins
- Git
- Kubernetes
- Icinga
- Foreman
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Dutch
Advanced (C1)
German
Advanced (C1)
French
Advanced (C1)
Residence Permit Type
C
Personal Information
Nationality: Dutch
Training
- Hashicorp Chip Certification, Hashicorp, London, England
- ZAP Project Management, P4project, Zürich, Switzerland
- Qualitätsmanagement mit ISO 9001, Management mit System, Bern, Switzerland
- Kommunikation und Gesprächsführung, Spurtreu, Bern, Switzerland
- Nutanix System Administration, Nutanix, Biel, Switzerland
- Project Management, Prefix, Biel, Switzerland
- Python Advanced, Digicomp, Biel, Switzerland
- Secure Islands Extended Course, Secure Islands, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Oracle 10g DBA Administration Workshop II, Oracle, Baden, Switzerland
- Oracle 10g DBA Administration Workshop I, Oracle, Baden, Switzerland
- Formation pour Maitre d'Apprentissage, Service de la formation professionnelle, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Veritas Netbackup for Solaris, Veritas, Zürich, Switzerland
- Informix Database Administration, IBM, München, Germany
- Exam: Specialist AIX V4.3 System Administration. Passed, Sylvan Prometic, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Introduction to Management and Coaching Techniques, Fox Consulting, Fribourg, Switzerland
- T448, OpenVMS System and Network Management II, Global Knowledge, Zurich, Switzerland
Personal - Professional Sabbatical
Posieux, Switzerland, 2016, Personal skill development with Blender and participation in the blender.org community.
Timeline
SENIOR SYSTEM ENGINEER
Sopra Steria
09.2021 - 09.2024
LINUX SYSTEM ENGINEER
Adfinis AG
01.2019 - 01.2020
LINUX SYSTEM ENGINEER
Swatch Group Services
01.2017 - 01.2019
SENIOR TECHNICAL INTEGRATOR
IMTF
01.2005 - 01.2015
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
IMTF
01.2002 - 01.2004
TECHNICAL INTEGRATOR
IMTF
01.2001 - 01.2002
MANAGER TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Ingersoll Rand
01.1998 - 01.2001
UNIX/OPENVMS ENGINEER
Ingersoll Rand
01.1995 - 01.1998
TECHNICAL SUPPORT ASSISTANT
Ingersoll Rand
01.1989 - 01.1995
ANALYST/PROGRAMMER IBM AS/400 - COBOL
Ordina
ART AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGY - undefined
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
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