Paweł Szafer

Network admin, programmer

About me

Network engineer, programmer and web developer. I am passionate about open source software. I have experience with managing Linux/Unix based system and Microsoft Active Directory networks. I like to learn new programming languages and techniques. I love to automate processes everywhere it is possible. Currently I would like to work more remotely.

Technical skills

• routing (pfSense, mikrotik) and switching (Cisco, HP, Dell),
• vpn (OpenVPN),
• network managment systems (Nagios, Icinga),
• network log managment (graylog, ELK, syslog),
• IT asset managment (GLPI),
• project managment (Redmine),
• Radius (FreeRadius and Microsoft NPS),
• network backup (bacula, backuppc) and cloud backup,
• server virtualization technologies (hyper-v, proxmox, kvm, virtualbox),
• container virtualization (docker, lxc),
• basics of IT automation (Ansible),
• git.

Programming languages

• Bash,
• Perl,
• Python,
• PHP,
• Javascript,
• C#,
• Javascript,
• Powershell (basics).

Markup

• HTML,
• XML,
• LaTex,
• Markdown.

Databases

• T-SQL,
• Linq,
• LDAP.

Programming techniques

• Jquery
• Wordpress themes,
• Wordpress plugins,
• Google Apps Scripts,
• Nagios/Icinga2 scripts.

Other

• vector graphic design in Inkscape and graphics in GIMP.

Experience

2014 - Senior network admin, TB Hydro, Poznan

• team tasks managment,
• analysing and developing ISO 9002 certification in IT and managment deparment,
• analysing and developing new technologies needed,
• investigating, diagnosing and repairing all systems and network problems,
• developing and maintaining process automation
  • network managment system based on Icinga2,
  • network log managment based on Graylog2,
  • network backup managment based on tape backup (Bareos) and
  • cloud backup (Google Drive backup),{ managing Google Apps for Business,
• installing and managing network infrastructure,
  • router,
  • Windows Servers,
  • network monitoring based on IP cameras
  • switches,
  • WiFi Radius,
  • VPN,
  • Synology DiskStation,
  • VLAN,
  • VoIP,
  • server virtualization,
• creating Google Apps Scripts based application for internal use eg. live gate entrance monitoring based on NFC cards.

2012 - 2014 Network admin, TB Hydro, Poznan

• network managment,
• users managment,
• website managment.

2011 - 2012 IT technician, Conspect, Poznan.

• building and repairing PCs
• installing and reinstalling operating systems,
• creating LAN networks in construction sites,
• repairing printers,
• repairing small routers.

Education

2010 - 2012
Major in Computer Networks and Distributed Systems
Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Master of Science degree
Thesis: Analysis of UPnP A/V and DLNA in the context of multimedia streaming

2007 - 2010
Safety of computer systems
Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Engineer
Thesis: Project and implementation network backup system

Professional networks profiles

• Linkedin http://linkedin.com/in/pszafer
• Github https://github.com/pszafer
• Stackoverflow http://stackoverflow.com/cv/pszafer

Languages

Polish	Native
English	Advanced
German	Elementary

Interests

Sport	football, cycling, skiing
Other	travelling, movies, new technologies, Raspberry Pi,
	blog about my bike travel accross both America continents http://velomelon.com and https://facebook.com/velomelon