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Maxim L.-Freelance IT Specialist

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Czech Republic

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Experience

Oct 2023 - Present

Freelance IT Specialist

Position summary
Freelance IT Specialist
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Maintenance of Azure / Entra ID Cloud Tenants
  • Management of Microsoft W2K8/K12/K16/K19/K22, Microsoft Hyper-V Clusters, VMWare vSphere 7.x
  • Management of Citrix Cloud, Citrix PVS/VDI/ UPM /XenApp/NetScaler
  • Migration from On-Prem into Cloud/Azure AD, O365, PowerShell
Mar 2023 - Sep 2023

Sr. System Engineer

GSCF

Position summary
Sr. System Engineer at GSCF
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Management and development of W2K8/K12/K16/K19, Linux, Citrix PVS, VDI, XD, UPM, NetScaler, VMWare vSphere 7.x
  • Administration of AD Services (AD, AAD, ADFS, DHCP, DNS, GPO, DFS-R), Cloud, On-Prem/Hybrid O365
  • Management tasks for MS SQL 14/17 DBMS, network topology, Check Point, switches & VPN, DC switch-over
  • Participate in ongoing communications and escalations outside of ETMS
  • Helping to manage High KPI impact tickets
  • Migration from On-Prem into Azure AD, PowerShell
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023

Sr. Infrastructure Engineer

MSD

Position summary
Sr. Infrastructure Engineer at MSD
Industries
Pharmaceutical
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Whitelisting project to secure endpoints with McAfee software on Windows, Linux, SQL, XenApp, Active Directory, Azure
  • Worked with Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012/2016 and Windows 7/8/10, Intune, TPM, BIOS management
  • Maintenance of secured servers and desktops via McAfee ePO Console across company infrastructure
  • SCCM 2012 for management of agent health and SCCM SCUP to import third-party software update catalogs
  • Participate in ongoing communications and escalations outside of ETMS
  • Incident, change and problem management
Jun 2015 - Jun 2018

Sr. Citrix Technical Specialist

Linde Group

Position summary
Sr. Citrix Technical Specialist at Linde Group
Industries
Chemical
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Implemented software and tools with SCCM/SCOM/SCUP for Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016, Windows 7/8/10, Linux, VMware vSphere 5.x/6.x, VMware vCenter, BIOS, PowerShell, MSI packaging
  • Operation and maintenance of XenApp 5/6.5/7.6/7.15, StoreFront, NetScaler
  • Participate in ongoing communications and escalations outside of ETMS
  • Manage High KPI impact tickets and resolve issues in HPSM tool for GWI Linde Services
  • Incident, change and problem management
Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

Sr. Cloud Technical Specialist

Tieto

Position summary
Sr. Cloud Technical Specialist at Tieto
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Automated environment based on VMware vSphere/vCenter 5.x, VMware Converter, Tieto Cloud Manager, Tieto Cloud Orchestrator, VMware PowerCLI, PowerShell, VMware P2V/V2V migrations, HP SIM, migrating VMs into Tieto Cloud
  • Implemented Tieto Cloud solution with TONE ticketing system, HP Blade server technology, MS Outlook, HP StoreVirtual storage, Dell monitoring, Patrol, TSM backup
  • Managed High KPI impact tickets and resolved issues for Tieto Cloud Server Services
  • Incident, change and problem management
  • Migration from On-Prem into cloud infrastructure
Jun 2012 - May 2014

Sr. Citrix/VMware Administrator

Position summary
Sr. Citrix/VMware Administrator
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Scripted environment based on SCCM 2007, NetInstall, PowerShell, three Citrix farms, four Citrix zones, enterprise Citrix environment with Windows Server 2003/2008, XenApp 4.5/6.5, XenDesktop/XenServer 5.0, PVS, WI, VMware vSphere
  • Managed SQL Servers, Assist Enterprise v9, Fujitsu-Siemens blade servers, SAN storage, Nagios monitoring, Oracle CRM, Active Directory and GPO management
  • Incident, change and problem management
  • Migration from P2V environment
May 2007 - May 2012

Citrix System Engineer

DHL

Position summary
Citrix System Engineer at DHL
Industries
Transportation
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Scripted environment based on .NET Framework, Windows Server 2000/2003, Citrix XenApp 4.5/5, Citrix EdgeSight 5.4, Access Suite Console, Microsoft Exchange, VMware ESX, Symantec Antivirus, SQL Server Standard, DSF scripting framework
  • Worked with HP OpenView service desk, iLO, HP Blade server technology, MS Outlook, SAN/NAS storage
  • Active Directory and GPO management, application virtualization and streaming (App-V), AppSense
  • Managed High KPI impact tickets for TES.CITRIX.SUPPORT services
  • Incident, change and problem management
Nov 2005 - Apr 2007

IT Specialist/Citrix Specialist

IBM

Position summary
IT Specialist/Citrix Specialist at IBM
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Automated environment based on Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server Enterprise Edition, ESM tool, Lotus Notes, IBM Tivoli software (DM, TEC, SWD, TSM), Symantec Antivirus, SQL Server
  • Operation and maintenance of Wintel servers, security tasks, server administration at OS level, Active Directory and GPO
  • Managed High KPI impact tickets for CEMAAS SSO Midrange Wintel services in Germany
  • Incident, change and problem management
Aug 2005 - Oct 2005

Software Engineer

Riko

Position summary
Software Engineer at Riko
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
  • Automated environment based on SQL, IBExpert, Firebird, Informix, Citrix
  • Provided support and maintenance of existing software applications, backup and virus protection
Dec 1999 - Dec 2004

System Specialist

PriCarpatia

Position summary
System Specialist at PriCarpatia
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Automated environment based on 1C, HTML, MS Office, object oriented methodologies (OOA/OOD)
  • Managed Firewall Agnitum, supported Wingate proxy server, MDaemon mail server, corporate network of over 20 Windows 2000 servers

Industry experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Transportation, Pharmaceutical, and Chemical.

Information Technology
Transportation
Pharmaceutical
Chemical
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Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology and Operations.

Information Technology
Operations
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Summary

  • Strong knowledge and experience of administration MS (W2K0/W2K3/W2K8/K12/K16/K19/K22), W8/10/11, AD, GPO.
  • Strong knowledge and experience of CTX administration (XA 5/6.5/7.6/7.15, XD 5+)
  • Experience in Security technology, Penetration, Hardening
  • Experience in Blade server technology, SAN/NAS Storage utilizing, Experience in Networking: Tracing, Routing, Pinging
  • Experience with 3rd parties for Servers & Desktops (SCCM/SCOM/SCUP), Intune, TPM/BIOS management
  • Experience working with Case/Ticket Management Software: BMC Remedy, HP OpenView, HPSM, TONE, SRM
  • Knowledge of ITIL or equivalent processes (Incident, Change and Problem Management), PRINCE2 methodology
  • Application Virtualization and Streaming (App-V), VBS/PS scripting, MSI packaging

Skills

  • Itil
  • Prince2
  • Win Os
  • Citrix Xd/Xa/Xs/Mcs/Pvs
  • Ad/Gpo
  • Cloud Azure/Aws
  • Vmware
  • Powershell
  • O365
  • M365

Languages

Russian
Native
Ukrainian
Native
Czech
Advanced
English
Advanced
Swedish
Elementary

Education

Oct 1994 - Jun 1999

Kherson Technical University

Master · computer systems and networks · Kherson, Ukraine

Oct 1994 - Jun 1998

Kherson Technical University

Bachelor · economy · Kherson, Ukraine

Oct 1994 - Jun 1998

Kherson Technical University

Bachelor · computer engineering · Kherson, Ukraine

Certifications & licenses

Certificate Of Basic Administration For Citrix Xenapp 6 - Skills Update

Certificate Of Mcitp: Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V Virtualization Administrator

Certificate Of Mcitp: Enterprise Administrator

Certificate Of Cca: Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 Administration

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 10
Experience in Information Technology 13 y
Avg length 2 y 6 m
Longest experience 5 y

Expertise

Recent roles Freelance IT Specialist, Sr. System Engineer, Sr. Infrastructure Engineer
Main industries Information Technology, Transportation, Pharmaceutical
Main business areas Information Technology, Operations

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
Certifications earned 4

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Maxim speaks the following languages: Russian (Native), Ukrainian (Native), Czech (Advanced), English (Advanced), Swedish (Elementary).

Maxim has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Maxim has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 7 months. Note that Maxim may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Maxim would be well-suited for roles such as: Freelance IT Specialist, Sr. System Engineer, Sr. Infrastructure Engineer.

Maxim's most recent position is Freelance IT Specialist.

In recent years, Maxim has worked for GSCF and MSD.

Maxim is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Transportation, and Pharmaceutical. Maxim also has some experience in Chemical.

Maxim is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology and Operations.

Maxim has recently worked in industries like Pharmaceutical and Information Technology.

Maxim has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Operations.

Maxim holds a Master in computer systems and networks from Kherson Technical University, a Bachelor in economy from Kherson Technical University and a Bachelor in computer engineering from Kherson Technical University.

Maxim has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Certificate Of Basic Administration For Citrix Xenapp 6 - Skills Update, Certificate Of Mcitp: Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V Virtualization Administrator, and Certificate Of Mcitp: Enterprise Administrator.

Maxim is immediately available for suitable projects.