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Irton De Ascencao
System Engineer
Pretoria
Summary
Detail-oriented System Engineer adept at cultivating long-term partnerships with vendors and clients. Expertise includes installing, configuring and supporting complex infrastructure solutions. Offering successful career history comprising of 3 years. Dependable and punctual team member bringing mental strength, superior work ethic and dedication to teamwork. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
15
15
Certificates
4
4
Languages
Work History
Associate Systems Engineer
Gerard Almon
Johannesburg
01.2021 - Current
Implemented Various Infrastructure Solutions
- Virtual Clusters (Vmware vCentre, ESXi and Hyper V)
- Compute Servers (Fujitsu RX,CX and Supermicro Servers)
- Storage Arrays (Pure Storage FlashArray, FlashBlade and Fujitsu DX models)
- BackUp Solutions (Commvault and Nakivo)
- Backup Targets (NEC Hydrastor and Fujitsu DX models)
- SAN Networking (Brocade)
- Networking (TCP/IP)
Exposed to various Operating Systems :
- Windows Server 08/12/12R2/16/19/22
- Linux - Ubuntu, Centos 7, RHEL
- Hardware Vendor Specific OS
Data Migration:
Using CirrusCloud data migration tool.
Support Tasks involve:
- Acted as an Intermediary between Vendor Support and End Customer. (B2B and B2C)
- Problem Solving, Troubleshooting and Log Analysis.
- Hardware Replacements
- OS Upgrades
- Python Scripting
- Powershell and Bash
Enterprise Customer Engagement
- Cliental ranging from Banking, Medical and Insurance Industries.
Daily Business As Usual (BAU) Tasks
- Hardware Monitoring
- Tending to Support Tasks
- Created detailed site documentation to understand customer environments to assist with future changes, installations and support.
- Product Research and Training
Construction Worker
Jose De Abreu
Benoni
11.2018 - 12.2019
- Loaded and unloaded building materials used for construction.
- Provided accurate measurements and estimates for all projects.
- Contributed electrical and leadership skills to enhance team productivity and maintain project schedules.
- Managed independent resolutions of site issues to keep workers on-task and prevent more complex issues.
- Coordinated efficient routes to avoid delays and optimize schedules.
- Loaded and secured items in trucks to avoid damage to parcels during delivery.
- Delivered employees and materials to job sites 2 times per day.
Waiter
Ricardo Carvalho & Suzana De Abreu
Benoni
08.2016 - 09.2018
- Stayed up-to-date on menu changes to offer current and accurate information and help customers select optimal meal choices based on individual preferences.
- Maintained customer satisfaction with timely table check-ins to assess food and beverage needs.
- Wrote the database using existing Aura Technology for the restaurant when it changed names.
- Provided general IT services when the system went down.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Game Development And Game Design
Vega College
34 Ingersol Rd, Menlyn 02.2018 - 2020.05
Diploma Knowledge Network IT Learning System - Microsoft Office
Knowledge Network
3 Bentley Office Pk, Wessels Rd 01.2012 - 2017.05
High School Diploma - undefined
St Dunstan's College
54 Millburn St, Rynfield 01.2004 - 2017.05
Skills
Hardware and software installation
undefinedSoftware
Unity
Visual Studio
VMware
Nakivo
Commvault
Helpdesk
Accomplishments
- Won a VR Game Jam in my Second Year of studying against industry professionals.
- It was the teams first time using VR technology.
- I coordinated the team and was the lead programmer.
Certification
Certified Fujitsu PRIMERGY Maintenance Engineer(CPME)
Additional Information
For contact information for my references please email me @irton2014hotmail.com. I kindly ask that you refrain from reaching out to my references until Jan 2024.
I am looking to immigrate to Belgium with my girlfriend by the beginning of 2024. Exact location TBD. No Visa or sponsorship required. Expat Registration would be welcomed.
Timeline
Commvault Technical Sales Professional (2023)
07-2023
Commvault Sales Professional (2023)
06-2023
Networking Technical Curriculum (2023)
06-2023
NVIDIA Virtual Desktop Technical Curriculum (2023)
06-2023
NVIDIA AI Technical Curriculum (2023)
06-2023
NVIDIA DGX Virtual Installation Training Curriculum (2023)
06-2023
NVIDIA DGX AI Compute Systems Technical Curriculum (2023)
06-2023
NVIDIA Compute Technical Curriculum (2023)
06-2023
Certified Fujitsu PRIMERGY Maintenance Engineer(CPME)
04-2023
NAKIVO Technical Solutions Professional
01-2023
Associate Systems Engineer
Gerard Almon
01.2021 - Current
Construction Worker
Jose De Abreu
11.2018 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Science - Game Development And Game Design
Vega College
02.2018 - 2020.05
Waiter
Ricardo Carvalho & Suzana De Abreu
08.2016 - 09.2018
Diploma Knowledge Network IT Learning System - Microsoft Office
Knowledge Network
01.2012 - 2017.05
High School Diploma - undefined
St Dunstan's College
01.2004 - 2017.05
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.
Bill Nye, the Science Guy
Programming Languages
- C# Specialist
- C++ Proficient
- Java Proficient
- Kotlin Proficient
- Python Proficient
Projects
Work Related
Vmware Cluster Deployment
The project consisted of installing and configuring 12 Fujitsu Servers with VMware ESXi 7.0.2. 6 Servers in Prod and 6 in DR.
Task
- Planning and Documentation
- Rack and Stack and Cabling
- Update Fujitsu Server Firmware
- Configuring the IRMC and Alerting
- Installing ESXi on all 12 Severs (Vendor Specific Image)
- Configuring IPs
- Deploy and configuring VCentre
- Zoning the host to the Storage Arrays
- Storage Administration Task (LUN Creation, Host Creation, Assigning WWNs and Host Group Configuration)
- Datastore creation
- VMware network configuration
- Applying VMware Best Practices for the host to the Pure Storage FlashArrays
LAB Projects
At Data Sciences Corporation we had Various Hardware that we could experiment with. My first project was to deploy a VMware Cluster with a few VMs that needed to be backed up.
Tasks:
- Install ESXi on 3 Fujitsu RX Hosts
- Deploy a VMware Cluster with datastores from 2 different storage arrays (PURE Storage FlashArray and Fujitsu DX 100 S3)
- Deploy Some VMs Windows and Linux on the different datastores
- Test VMotion between Host and Storage.
- Force an unexpected Host Shutdown and monitor VM behavior
- Deploy Nakivo
- Create NFS shares on NEC Hydrastor Backup Target
- Mount NFS share to Nakivo
- Configure Nakivo to Backup the VMware
- Backup and Restore VMs
Personal Project
One of my earliest project was deploy home NAS solution, which I would use to deploy docker containers.
Version 1 involved installing CENTOS 7
- Taking Parts from Various Old Computer to build a Home Server
- Software Raiding 2x 4TB drives
- Deploy Docker
- Deploying Containers PLEX, Tautulli, EMBY, Portainer
- Port forwarding
Version 2 involved installing and optimizing my Home Sever
- Install UnraidOS
- New Hardware Solution
- Raid 5 - 12TB and 6TB Parity
- Additional Docker Deployment Mealie, NETdata
- Fileshare Access for Home Computer
- VM Deployment
- Documentation
Personal Project
Programming Languages
- C# Specialist
- C++ Proficient
- Java Proficient
- Kotlin Proficient
- Python Proficient
Projects
Work Related
Vmware Cluster Deployment
The project consisted of installing and configuring 12 Fujitsu Servers with VMware ESXi 7.0.2. 6 Servers in Prod and 6 in DR.
Task
- Planning and Documentation
- Rack and Stack and Cabling
- Update Fujitsu Server Firmware
- Configuring the IRMC and Alerting
- Installing ESXi on all 12 Severs (Vendor Specific Image)
- Configuring IPs
- Deploying and Configuring VCentre
- Zoning the Host to the Storage Arrays
- Storage Administration Task (LUN Creation, Host Creation, Assigning WWNs and Host Group Configuration)
- Data Store Creation
- VMware Network Creation
- Applying VMware Best Practices for the Host to the Pure Storage FlashArrays
LAB Projects
At Data Sciences Corporation we had Various Hardware that we could experiment with. My first project was to deploy a VMware Cluster with a few VMs that needed to be backed up.
Tasks:
- Install ESXi on 3 Fujitsu RX Hosts
- Deploy a VMware Cluster with datastores from 2 different storage arrays (PURE Storage FlashArray and Fujitsu DX 100 S3)
- Deploy Some VMs Windows and Linux on the different datastores
- Test VMotion between Host and Storage.
- Force an unexpected Host Shutdown and monitor VM behavior
- Deploy Nakivo
- Create NFS shares on NEC Hydrastor Backup Target
- Mount NFS share to Nakivo
- Configure Nakivo to Backup the VMware
- Backup and Restore VMs
Personal Project
One of my earliest project was deploy home NAS solution, which I would use to deploy docker containers.
Version 1 involved installing CENTOS 7
- Taking Parts from Various Old Computer to build a Home Server
- Software Raiding 2x 4TB drives
- Deploy Docker and some containers e.g. PLEX, Tautulli, EMBY, Portainer
- Port forwarding
Version 2 involved installing and optimizing my Home Sever
- Install UnraidOS
- New Hardware Solution
- Raid 5 - 12TB and 6TB Parity
- Additional Docker Deployment Mealie, NETdata
- Fileshare Access for Home Computer
- VM Deployment
- Documentation
Programming Languages
- C# Specialist
- C++ Proficient
- Java Proficient
- Kotlin Proficient
- Python Proficient
Projects
Work Related
Vmware Cluster Deployment
The project consisted of installing and configuring 12 Fujitsu Servers with VMware ESXi 7.0.2. 6 Servers in Prod and 6 in DR.
Task
- Planning and Documentation
- Rack and Stack and Cabling
- Update Fujitsu Server Firmware
- Configuring the IRMC and Alerting
- Installing ESXi on all 12 Severs (Vendor Specific Image)
- Configuring IPs
- Deploying and Configuring VCentre
- Zoning the Host to the Storage Arrays
- Storage Administration Task (LUN Creation, Host Creation, Assigning WWNs and Host Group Configuration)
- Data Store Creation
- VMware Network Creation
- Applying VMware Best Practices for the Host to the Pure Storage FlashArrays
LAB Projects
At Data Sciences Corporation we had Various Hardware that we could experiment with. My first project was to deploy a VMware Cluster with a few VMs that needed to be backed up.
Tasks:
- Install ESXi on 3 Fujitsu RX Hosts
- Deploy a VMware Cluster with datastores from 2 different storage arrays (PURE Storage FlashArray and Fujitsu DX 100 S3)
- Deploy Some VMs Windows and Linux on the different datastores
- Test VMotion between Host and Storage.
- Force an unexpected Host Shutdown and monitor VM behavior
- Deploy Nakivo
- Create NFS shares on NEC Hydrastor Backup Target
- Mount NFS share to Nakivo
- Configure Nakivo to Backup the VMware
- Backup and Restore VMs
Personal Project
One of my earliest project was deploy home NAS solution, which I would use to deploy docker containers.
Version 1 involved installing CENTOS 7
- Taking Parts from Various Old Computer to build a Home Server
- Software Raiding 2x 4TB drives
- Deploy Docker and some containers e.g. PLEX, Tautulli, EMBY, Portainer
- Port forwarding
Version 2 involved installing and optimizing my Home Sever
- Install UnraidOS
- New Hardware Solution
- Raid 5 - 12TB and 6TB Parity
- Additional Docker Deployment Mealie, NETdata
- Fileshare Access for Home Computer
- VM Deployment
- Documentation
Programming Languages
- C# Specialist
- C++ Proficient
- Java Proficient
- Kotlin Proficient
- Python Proficient
- Powershell
- Bash
Projects
Work Related
Vmware Cluster Deployment
The project consisted of installing and configuring 12 Fujitsu Servers with VMware ESXi 7.0.2. 6 Servers in Prod and 6 in DR.
Task
- Planning and Documentation
- Rack and Stack and Cabling
- Update Fujitsu Server Firmware
- Configuring the IRMC and Alerting
- Installing ESXi on all 12 Severs (Vendor Specific Image)
- Configuring IPs
- Deploying and Configuring VCentre
- Zoning the Host to the Storage Arrays
- Storage Administration Task (LUN Creation, Host Creation, Assigning WWNs and Host Group Configuration)
- Data Store Creation
- VMware Network Creation
- Applying VMware Best Practices for the Host to the Pure Storage FlashArrays
LAB Projects
At Data Sciences Corporation we had Various Hardware that we could experiment with. My first project was to deploy a VMware Cluster with a few VMs that needed to be backed up.
Tasks:
- Install ESXi on 3 Fujitsu RX Hosts
- Deploy a VMware Cluster with datastores from 2 different storage arrays (PURE Storage FlashArray and Fujitsu DX 100 S3)
- Deploy Some VMs Windows and Linux on the different datastores
- Test VMotion between Host and Storage.
- Force an unexpected Host Shutdown and monitor VM behavior
- Deploy Nakivo
- Create NFS shares on NEC Hydrastor Backup Target
- Mount NFS share to Nakivo
- Configure Nakivo to Backup the VMware
- Backup and Restore VMs
Personal Project
One of my earliest project was deploy home NAS solution, which I would use to deploy docker containers.
Version 1 involved installing CENTOS 7
- Taking Parts from Various Old Computer to build a Home Server
- Software Raiding 2x 4TB drives
- Deploy Docker and some containers e.g. PLEX, Tautulli, EMBY, Portainer
- Port forwarding
Version 2 involved installing and optimizing my Home Sever
- Install UnraidOS
- New Hardware Solution
- Raid 5 - 12TB and 6TB Parity
- Additional Docker Deployment Mealie, NETdata
- Fileshare Access for Home Computer
- VM Deployment
- Documentation
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