Experience

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  Open Access Data Centres

  • Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Collocation Lead Engineer

    • Oct 2022 - Present
    • Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa

    • Management of the Physical security, access control andBMS systems.• Establishing good relationship with Clients, suppliers andcontractors.• Ordering and mainting stock levels, for internal use and newclients.• Networking, power and rack layout management.• Daily checks on the Data center plant and client equipment.• Policy and guidline documentation.• Power and and networking testing.• Racking and stacking server racks.

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  Kerridge Commercial Systems

  • Bryanston, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • Service Operations Analyst

    • Jun 2022 - Oct 2022
    • Bryanston, Johannesburg, South Africa

    • Ensuring Backup's and DR is functioning correctly andinvestigating failures.• Ensure hosted VM's filesystem's remain healthy.• Configure and monitor the hosted enviroment on vsphere.• Monitoring the operational call stack, investigating and solvingissues raised by Customers, as well as alerts generated bymonitoring systems.• Liaise with Customers when required, keeping them informedabout progress on calls beingattended to.• Partner with other team members on Infrastructure projects andassist with physical equipmentinstallation and removal.• Create monthly licensing reports and submit to VMWare, VEEAMand Windows SPLA.

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  xneelo (Pty) Ltd

  • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Data Center Technician

    • Nov 2013 - Jan 2022
    • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

    Responsible for delivering and supporting network, server and data center resources in a timely and responsible manner, achieving a high success rate on SLA’s through efficient handling and escalation of service issues on an array of operating systems and hardware platforms.• Build and configure new servers on an array of operating systems and hardware platforms. • Switch configuration• Install cabinets, routers, switches and other data center infrastructure equipment. • Ethernet and Fibre installations. • Hardware troubleshooting. • General data center maintenance and administration. • Shift work and after-hours standby duties. • Remote Support Server Administration.• Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 support. • Linux support (CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu) • ESXI installation

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  Incredible Connection

  • Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Technical Support

    • Feb 2011 - Jul 2011
    • Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    • Techincal support• Testing Hardware, Installing software and updates,troubleshooting OS and driver problems• Advising clients in varios regards

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  Doodles Beachfront

  • Barman

    • Oct 2009 - Apr 2010

    • Client service and relations