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Hi, I am Edouard

Edouard Fazenda

System & Network Administrator at CSTI SA.

I am a passionate system & network administration with 10 years of working experience. I love learning and using my experiences to put in place system architectures on-premise or in the cloud.

Knowledge Sharing
Team Work
Hard Working

Skills

Windows
Windows

Capable of deploying, managing Microsoft Windows Server (ADDS, ADCS, ADFS, DNS DHCP and other roles) and other product like Microsoft Exchange or Sharepoint on premise and in the cloud.
Linux
Linux

Capable of deploying, managing GNU/Linux Operating systems (Debian, Ubuntu, Centos Stream) and configuring differents services.
VMware
VMware

Capable of deploying, managing VMware environment for smal , medium and large infrastruture.
Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing

Ability to use and configure IaaS , PaaS or SaaS cloud models on Microsoft. (Azure, Microsoft 365)
Monitoring
Monitoring

Capable of deploying, Zabbix monitoring solution for large infrastructure or using other product (Centreon).
Inventory (DCIM/IPAM/CMDB)
Inventory (DCIM/IPAM/CMDB)

Deployment, configuration and use of Netbox (IPAM, DCIM, CMDB) for inventory of datacenters or infrastructures.
E-mail & Antispam
E-mail & Antispam

Deployment, configuration and maintenance of E-mail infrastructure using Microsoft Exchange, Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd, Amavis
Networking
Networking

Managing and implementation of LAN Networks (TCP/IP protocol suite, VPN IPSec/SSL, VLAN, DHCP, DNS, VRRP/HSRP, Firewall…) via differents vendors (Dell, Cisco, HP, Sophos, Fortinet, Sonicwall, Zyxel, Palo Alto, OpnSense)
Backups
Backups

Implementation of a backup infrastructure using Veeam and other products (Quest Rapid Recovery, Veritas Backup Exec).
Storage
Storage

Implementation and management of a storage infrastucture (SAN/NAS) using Dell Powervault/Compellent and Huawei OceanStor Dorado and Ceph.
Orchestration and Scripting
Orchestration and Scripting

Automation using Ansible and scripting languages like Python, PowerShell and Bash.
Ticketing and Documentation
Ticketing and Documentation

Installation, maintenance and use of IT Ticketing and Documentation systems like Confluence, Jira Service Desk, Redmine and GLPI.
Container and Orchestration
Container and Orchestration

knowledge in installation, maintenance and use of containers and containers orchestrations tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

Experiences

1
System & Network Administrator
CSTI SA.

Nov 2016 - Present, Thônex

CSTI SA. is a Swiss IT consulting company that implement, manage infrastructures and provide IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.

Responsibilities:
  • Design, Implement and manage infrastructure of several clients of differents size.
  • Improve the automation of the cloud services of CSTI SA using Ansible and scripting languages.
  • Implementation and management of SIEM and secruity systems using ELK.
  • Improvement, management and maintenance of the Cloud CSTI SA infrastructure.
  • Design, Implementation, Maintenance of the monitoring of the CSTI SA infrastructure.
  • Providing On-Call Duty 5/7 for specific clients.
  • Assistance for the Technical Support in troobleshooting and resolution of complex isssues.
  • Installation and Cabling of physical servers , storage on datacenters.
  • Training of the technical support team.
  • Migration on Azure cloud provider clients infrastructures.
  • Migration of clients on Microsoft 365 SaaS.
  • Responding to alarms on production systems.
  • Managing inventory and assets on the CSTI SA and clients infrastructure using DCIM/ IPAM and CMDB tools.
  • Documentation of the CSTI SA and clients infrastructure.
  • Assuring Security controls on the CSTI SA Infrastructure and improvement on clients projects.
System Administrator
CERN the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

March 2011 - March 2016, Meyrin

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world’s largest and most respected centres for scientific research.

Responsibilities:
  • System Administration support of ~12000 systems (60% Linux and 40% Windows Operqting systems).
  • Management of vendors and warranty equipment.
  • Linux and Windows support 1st and 2nd Level.
  • Operating system installation and Hardware firmware upgrade.
  • Keeping up to date the database of the computer centers (Network/Lifecycle Platform) and create or update procedures.
  • Working with ticketing systems (Remedy and Service Now).
  • Providing a 24/7 on call service.
  • Responding to alarms on production systems.
  • Organizing and supervising hardware repairs.
  • Upgrading software on production systems.
  • Providing automated solution to improve the monitoring of systems.
  • Maintaining of several tools useful for the team.
  • Training of hardware vendors on Linux Operating systems and Investigation of hardware issue on Linux.
  • Participating on several projetcs with other members of the team (Water Cooling Monitoring project, Web Application for Tracking retirement process).
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Education
Saint Michel Annecy
2007-2010
Brevet de technicien supérieur en informatique et réseaux pour l'industriue et les services informatiques
IUT Annecy
2006-2007
1ère année DUT Génie Mécanique et Productiaue à IUT d'annecy
Lycée Jean Monnet Annemasse
2005-2006
Baccalauréat STI Génie Mécanique

Accomplishments

Azure Fundamentals AZ-900
Microsoft July 2022

This course helps to understand the key concepts such as networking, storage, security, maintenance, logging and monitoring, application lifecycle, troubleshooting, API object primitives etc. It also help to grow the ability to establish basic use-cases for end users.

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