Rob Vleeshouwers

robvlees@gmail.com
mobile: +41 (0) 79 694 65 85
Nationality: Dutch
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Linux System Engineer

Professional Summary

Experienced System and DevOps Engineer in Unix/Linux System Engineering, Integration, Virtualization and Database Products, with 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 are necessary to understand the customer needs and implement their requirements in a practical way rather than theoretical.

Skills

Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration Suse Enterprise Linux administration AIX system management Proficient in Python Shell script development
Ansible automation Puppet Automation Git repository management Kubernetes management Jenkins automation
MySQL management PostgreSQL management Forman provisioning Docker deployment Grafana monitoring
Icinga monitoring Oracle DB Management Power VM Administration    

Languages

English (Fluent C1), Dutch (Fluent C1), German (Good C2), French (Good C2)

Working Experience

Sopra Steria Urdorf, Switzerland (Senior System Engineer, 2021 - Sep. 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.

Adfinis AG Bern, Switzerland (Linux System Engineer, 2019- 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.

Swatch Group Services Biel, Switzerland (Linux System Engineer, 2017 - 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.

IMTF Givisiez, Switzerland (Senior Technical Integrator, 2005 - 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.

IMTF Givisiez, Switzerland (Systems Administrator, 2002 - 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.

Ingersoll Rand, Switzerland (Manager Techical Support, 1998 - 2001)

  • Responsible for the internal IT infrastructure: OpenVMS and AIX backend systems, Lotus Notes collaboration suite, Windows NT domain and workstation administration.

Ingersoll Rand, Switzerland (Unix/OpenVMS Engineer, 1995 - 1998)

  • Installation, configuration and administration of UNIX (IBM AIX), Open VMS (DEC Alpha) and Linux (Redhat) servers.

Ingersoll Rand, Netherlands (Technical Support Assistant, 1989 - 1995)

  • Technical Support of internal IT infrastructure: System/36, AS/400, RS/6000, Windows 3.11, Terminal Emulation and Lotus Notes.

Education & Qualifications

Certified AIX Specialist
Microsoft Certified Professional
Certified Analist/Programmer IBM AS/400 (Cobol) 1989
Art And Media Technologie 1988