Artur Krzywdzinski
SUMMARY
I am an industry respected Virtualization Senior Consultant (VMware Certified Design Expert, #077) with over 10 years VMware experience predominantly gained working in large corporate IT environments.
A passion for technology has led me to develop my career from a Virtualization Engineer, through to a Senior Consultant in one of the most prestigious and challenging environments in Europe.
I strive to remain at the forefront of the Information Technology industry, specifically server and desktop virtualization. My strong technical skills are complemented by attention to detail and a strict adherence to the processes and procedures gained in various ITIL environments.
WORK EXPERIENCE
02.2013 – current
Serco Services Gmbh / European Central Bank
Position: Senior Consultant/ Migration Project Lead.
• Develop and deliver architecture and project plan for datacenter migration based on vSphere 5.1 and vSphere 5.5
• Design, develop and deliver private Cloud infrastructure (Iaas), automation, orchestration based on vCloud Director and vCloud Automation Center
• Design virtualization platform for business critical applications (SAP, Business Object, Citrix XENAPP 6.5)
• Deliver internal workshops to infrastructure support teams.
• Define and implement ECB Security and deployment Best Practices
08.2012 – 02.2013
GlassHouse Technologies UK
Position: Senior Consultant Virtualization
• Develop and deliver fully redundant architecture based on vSphere 5 and VMware SRM 5
• Designing and managing transition of customer legacy infrastructure to cloud based platform
• Design virtualization for business critical apps (MSSQL, Exchange, Active Directory)
07.2011 – 08.2012
Serco Services Gmbh / European Central Bank
Position: Virtualization Architect / Migration Project Lead.
• Maintain, deliver, update and create architect and technical documentation
• Develop and deliver POC for private cloud based on vCloud Director (IaaS)
• Develop, deliver best practice and security standards for virtual infrastructure in ECB
• Develop architecture for migration from VI3.5 to vSphere 4.1 (60 hosts)
• Develop and deliver architecture for vSphere 5 implementation
• Design and implement LANFree backup for virtual infrastructure
• 4’th line support for VMware products in ECB
• Close collaboration with datacentre administrators (second level support) skill transfer, coaching, project lead.
• Develop and implement DR\DR solution based on vSphere stretched clusters and SAN metro-cluster
• On call support outside office hours
05.2008 – 07-2011
IBM Global Service Delivery Centre.
Position: Senior Virtualization Engineer / Technical Project Lead
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Technical lead in team of 10 engineers.
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Projects included ;
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P2V migration and Datacentres consolidation over 1600 physical servers
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Design and implement vSphere 4.X infrastructure for P2V migration and datacenters consolidation for 600 physical servers
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Design, plan and upgrade to vSphere ESXi 4.1
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Design and implement Citrix XEN 5.5 Server as a virtualization platform
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Design and implement DR\BR solution based VMware Site Recovery Manager and LAN-free backup solution
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Design and implement virtual desktop solution based on VMware View 4.X
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Create, maintain and update technical documentation.
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Subject Matter Expert in Virtualization area - IBM Brno
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Member of VMware Centre of Excellence in IBM for EMEA region
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SUSE Linux support and engineering
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Engineer on 3rd line support for VMware products at IBM
11.2004 – 05.2008
Lacroix Electronics, Kwidzyn, Poland
Position: EDP specialist (Electronic distribution of software)
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Installing, configuring and administration VMWARE Infrastructure 3 (v3.5) farm
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Maintenance of system environments (administration of LAN, installation, configuration, administration of server environment (Novell Netware6.5 Windows 2003 Server & ActiveDirectory ), as well as of mail server (Novell GroupWise 6.5), management of proxy server, VPN, firewall and Internet access (BorderManager 3.8)
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Preparing IT infrastructure for migration to virtual environment
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Capacity planning for new VMWARE infrastructure
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SUSE Linux support and engineering
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Management of security backup system (Arcserver 11.1)
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Implementation of new IT solutions ( 3 new servers, ZenWorks package, automation of IT installations)
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Modernization of backup system
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Inventory, management and administration of software for 160 work stations (Novell ZenWorks 4.0.1)
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Helpdesk for users
05. 2002 - 05. 2004
INET computer store, Kwidzyn, Poland
Position: IT specialist
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Maintenance of software and computer hardware
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Assembling computers
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Building LAN, administration of computer network based on Linux and SAMBA solutions
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System and work stations with MS WINDOWS 98/2000/XP
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Administration of network based on Macintosh computer
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VMware ESX 2.5 Installation and support
03.1999 - 05. 2002
Computer – Bis, Kwidzyn , Poland
Position: IT specialist
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Maintenance of software and computer hardware
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Assembling computers
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Building LAN, administration of computer network based on Linux system and work stations with MS WINDOWS 98/2000/XP
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Administration of network based on Macintosh computer
EDUCATION
2005 – 2009
The College of Computer Science
Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology
Specialization: Information Systems in the Management
Thesis: “Migration from Novell Netware 5 to Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 with OES2.”
1993-1998
Secondary Technical School of Mechanical Engineering in Kwidzyn
Specialization: Precision Automation
CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS
VMware Certified Design Expert 4/5 -License #77
vExpert 2012
VCAP4-DCD
VCAP4-DCA
VCP5
VCP4
VCP3
Certified Citrix Administrator
SKILLS
Languages:
English – fluent (technical as well)
Polish – native
Czech - intermediate
Driving license cat. B
PERSONAL DATA
Date of birth: 05.06.1978
Address: Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
Mobile.: +4915151739952
E-mail: a.krzywdzinski@gmail.com
www: vmwaremine.com
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