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Since a young age, I've been fascinated by IT and have been involved with it almost constantly.
I completed my training as a system administrator a few years ago, after which I started working at companies like KBC and Nucleus/Combell.
My greatest passion is Linux, and I am continuously working to improve my knowledge in this area. Over the past year, I've been fully focused on Kubernetes, although I'm also still involved with setting up web servers, which remains a great passion.
My knowledge has been primarily built at Nucleus, where I was part of the team that managed thousands of servers and performed daily operations for them. I was also responsible for setting up servers and improving our codebase. This was all done via GitOps.
This has given me a good understanding of how servers work, how Linux functions at a deep level, and I am also skilled at troubleshooting issues. At Nucleus, we were always willing to customize solutions, so complex projects were not shied away from, allowing me to gain knowledge in those areas as well.
Additionally, I am currently more involved in setting up larger infrastructures, such as large Kubernetes clusters, using a GitOps methodology.
I don't shy away from challenges; I'm always looking at "the next big thing," and if something can be improved, I will always defend it with all my might.
Dutch
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
French
Basic
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- KlarrioInfrastructure and automation engineerJanuary 2022 - January 2025 (3 years)Antwerp, Belgium- Setting up and managing Kubernetes clusters on various cloud providers (AWS/Azure, main focus GCP).- Using technologies like Flux.- Building Golang tools.
- GuildLabFounderJune 2021 - Today (5 years)Antwerp, BelgiumMy own project where I offer consultancy in various areas (including WordPress, Linux), aim to set up various projects and services, and am available to make your project a success.
- NUCLEUSFull Operations EngineerFebruary 2020 - January 2022 (1 year and 11 months)Frankrijklei 1, 2000 Antwerpen, BelgiumNucleus, as part of Combell and team.blue, mainly focuses on the high-end of webhosting in Belgium and is specialized in managed webhosting for more advanced and expansive setups, including smaller but specialized setups going to fully redundant clusters and private clouds. I am part of the Operations team within Nucleus, which is responsible for both maintaining and running current machines, delivering and provisioning new servers. We also work on expanding our configuration management system, which is Puppet, and roll out new features constantly. My main tasks within the Operations team include:- Provisioning and setting up/delivering new setups that can run both Windows Server or CentOS 6/7/8 machines.- Resolving incoming alerts from (managed) client servers and aiming to solve issues before they occur thanks to our monitoring tools (Zabbix/Nagios).- Debugging performance issues on client websites, resolving configuration issues and pinpointing issues. I'm the most experienced team member for WordPress and I can also find my way in CodeIgniter and Laravel. In many CMS systems I'm able to find my way quickly.- Setting up, expanding or changing the configuration on the client machines, which run a multitude of software, including MariaDB or MySQL, multiple versions of PHP and Node.JS, custom software tools, Laravel, WordPress and much more.- Writing, maintaining and updating Bash and PowerShell scripts.- Building of tools, including a Golang-based Let's Encrypt debug tool.- Part of the oncall-team, which means taking up a 24 hour shift to resolve incoming issues.- Maintaining the credential sharing system. Tools I work with in this job include:- Zabbix, Nagios (Thruk)- CentOS 6/7/8 - Debian- Windows Server 2012 R2/2016/2019- SQL Server/MySQL/PostgreSQL- PHP- Apache, Caddy, Nginx- Let's Encrypt- Golang- Bash, PowerShell- Plesk- DirectAdmin- VMware, OnApp- WordPress, Laravel, other similar PHP-frameworks.- ElasticSearch- Many others.
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Education
- System Administrator, System AdministratorThomas More University of Applied Sciences2016Systeembeheerder, Systeembeheerder
- OfficeVTI 2 Aalst2011Kantoor