Candidate No. 425649
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Zeus Alvin

Systems Networking and Administration

System Administrator

Server Administrator

Network Administrator

Skills

★★★ Advanced:

Windows Server Administration, HelpDesktop Support, Citrix, VMware, more

★★ Intermediate:

Linux, Windows Azure, more

Hourly Rate Gauge

Today's value  AUD $19.81

$17.25

if $ 1 = PHP 42

$22.20

if $ 1 = PHP 30
Currency Fluctuation Range

*includes service fee. Please note that hourly rates are linked to the exchange rate, and fluctuate slightly from month to month.

Employment Preferences

Availability:

 Full Time

Preferred Timezone:

Australian Western Standard Time, Australian Central Standard Time, Australian Eastern Standard Time, UK London

Hourly & Monthly Rate:
(inclusive of service fee)

Full Time: AUD $19.81 per hour or $3433.33 per month

*Plus GST for Australian Businesses
Remote Staff Recruiter Comments
Zeus has 15 years of relevant work experience in the IT and Financial services industries
He has experience in supporting clients based in Europe and US 
He has handled different roles which include working as Network Engineer, Citrix Administrator, Senior Systems Administrator, and Information Security Manager
As an experienced Technical support engineer, he is adept at doing the following:
  • Providing level 1 to 3 helpdesk support through phone, email, chat, and remote
  • Diagnosing and resolving technical hardware and software issues
  • Supporting and maintaining windows servers/desktops
  • Troubleshooting major and minor Citrix issues
  • Maintaining multiple Citrix farms consisting of almost 5000 servers with 15000 users worldwide
  • Supporting cross-platform products
  • Assemble desktops and OS installations
  • Point of contact for any technical issues or outages
  • Handling tracks for information security like Crypto, proxy, etc.
  • Systems Administration & Networking
Citrix virtualization technology is his expertise
He has acquired a CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification
He is proficient in using the following tools/software:
  • Remote session (MS Teams and Bomgar)
  • ServiceNow
  • Operating system (Windows Server, Unix & iGEL)
  • Azure Cloud
  • RSA/PingID
  • VMware
  • Zscaler
  • Active Directory
  • ControlUp
  • Linux (basic)
He is available to start immediately and is amenable to working the day shift for any full-time position.

Predictive Index Behavioral Profile- Guardian

Strongest Behaviors
 

  • Cautious; follows a well-established and proven plan to avoid making mistakes. Does the background research necessary to have proof to support decisions before action is taken.
  • Detail-oriented and accommodating; most comfortable working as part of a well-defined team for which they produce high-quality output and decisions.
  • Attention to detail; follows through on tasks to ensure completion in general accordance with quality standards.
Behavioral Summary

A very conscientious and disciplined person; particularly careful, thorough, and accurate in their work. Zeus is exacting and strives to produce results that precisely meet the established goals. Works best where there are clear standards, expectations, reporting relationships and measurements for the work. Zeus will depend upon professional training, his own experience, or management leadership, to provide those standards and the structure needed for his work.

Given sufficient experience, he will produce work of high quality, giving close attention to the accuracy of details. Stable and dependable; consistent in his actions and, if necessary, has sufficient patience to do work of a repetitive nature. Believes in having, and following, well-defined processes and procedures.


 
Employment History
Manager, Information Security
Industry:Banking / Financial ServicesEmployment Period:March 2022 to February 2023 (11 Months)Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Educated and trained users on information security and procedures
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes
  • Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance
  • Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
  • Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and vendors
  • Implemented security measures to reduce threats and damage related to cyber-attacks.
  • Analyzed network traffic and enforce security of application and systems
  • Investigated and resolved severity calls from in-house and outsource partners
  • Monitored and analyzed business performance to identify areas of improvement and make necessary adjustments
Senior Systems Administrator
Industry:Banking / Financial ServicesEmployment Period:June 2016 to March 2022 (69 Months)Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Managed, configured and deployed Wyse Thin clients which was replaced by iGels for Citrix connection.
  • Doing on-call on weekend in case there will be severity calls paged and team needs representative
  • Monitoring and doing health checks to all the Citrix farms environment
  • Troubleshooting major and minor Citrix issues
  • Interact and work with end-users closely in checking their issues. Doing side by side and floor walks to fully understand the pain points end-users are experiencing.
  • Scheduled site-visit per site to make sure that all their concerns and questions are addressed quickly.
  • Communicate, meet and work with local IT from customers
  • Providing access to users to access servers
  • Working on SNOW tickets and making sure SLA is not missed
  • Do hardware and software troubleshooting, and claiming warranty to vendors
  • Decommissioning old hardwares
  • Monitor and help checking any network issues that concerns Citrix
Citrix Administrator – L3 System Administrator
Industry:Banking / Financial ServicesEmployment Period:December 2011 to June 2016 (54 Months)Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for maintaining multiple Citrix farms consisting of almost 5000 servers with 15000 users worldwide
  • Responsible in managing some parts of Windows 2003 servers including Active Directory, DNS and Exchange
  • Responsible on troubleshooting problems on Windows server and Citrix server including the overall infrastructure
  • Responsible for managing Juniper VPNs, doing the bi-weekly reboot
  • Responsible on monitoring the health of all the network bandwidth from Partner worldwide
  • Responsible for managing Bluecoat proxies, including whitelisting/blacklisting of web sites
  • Working on remedy tickets submitted by all the users
  • Responsible for implementing and patching of hotfixes to Microsoft products and Citrix servers
  • Assist on Wyse image deployment on all the eBay and Paypal partners worldwide
  • Escalating networking concerns to Information Security team with the proper knowledge
  • Assist with process improvement, gap analysis and identifying areas where as a team, GET(Global Enterprise Technology) can be more agile and provide better services to our business partners
  • Responsible in doing Proof of Concept on Partners and evaluate
  • Responsible on sending reports to Technology team on what can be improve on the Partner side
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:January 2006 to January 2006 (1 Month)Duties and Responsibilities:Certified Brightstor Engineer, 2006
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:January 2008 to January 2008 (1 Month)Duties and Responsibilities:Accredited Sales Professional: HP Thin Client Solutions, 2008
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:January 2009 to January 2009 (1 Month)Duties and Responsibilities:HP Certified Professional, 2006
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:January 2008 to January 2008 (1 Month)Duties and Responsibilities:2008
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:January 2007 to January 2007 (1 Month)Duties and Responsibilities:EMC Accredited Systems Engineer, 2007
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:January 2009 to January 2009 (1 Month)Duties and Responsibilities:Symantec Netbackup 7 Technical Specilist, 2009
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:January 2008 to January 2008 (1 Month)Duties and Responsibilities:* Symantec Backup Exec Technical Specilist, 2009 * Symantec Endpoint Protection 11Technical Specilist, 2009
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:January 2011 to January 2011 (1 Month)Duties and Responsibilities:Citrix Certified Administrator, 2011
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:January 2009 to January 2009 (1 Month)Duties and Responsibilities:RSA SecurID Certified Systems Engineer 7.1.1, 2009
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:January 2002 to January 2005 (36 Months)Duties and Responsibilities:SKILL HIGHLIGHTS SKILL HIGHLIGHTS Diploma on Vocation Course (Electronics Technology) Meralco Foundation Institute (2002-2005)
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:April 2005 to November 2011 (79 Months)Duties and Responsibilities:One of the leading IT providrs and system integrator in the Philippines. From application to productivity Packages and security solutions, to data center design and power and cooling requirements, Shellsoft has the experience and expertise to ensure seamless integration and execution. Received numerous awards and certifications from the likes of Microsoft, HP, Autodesk, Adobe, Emerson Network Power, Symantec, RSA, VMware and Citrix.
Industry:Not ApplicableEmployment Period:November 2011 to January 1970 (1 Month)Duties and Responsibilities:November 2011 - Present) eBay Inc. enables commerce by delivering flexible and scalable solutions that foster merchant growth. Citrix Administrator - L3 System Administrator • Responsible for maintaining multiple Citrix farms consisting of almost 5000 servers with 15000 users worldwide • Responsible in managing some parts of Windows 2003 servers including Active Directory, DNS and Exchange • Responsible on troubleshooting problems on Windows server and Citrix server including the overall infrastructure • Responsible for managing Juniper VPNs, doing the bi-weekly reboot • Responsible on monitoring the health of all the network bandwidth from Partner worldwide • Responsible for managing Bluecoat proxies, including whitelisting/blacklisting of web sites • Working on remedy tickets submitted by all the users • Responsible for implementing and patching of hotfixes to Microsoft products and Citrix servers • Assist on Wyse image deployment on all the eBay and Paypal partners worldwide • Escalating networking concerns to Information Security team with the proper knowledge • Assist with process improvement, gap analysis and identifying areas where as a team, GET can be more agile and provide better services to our business partners • Responsible in doing Proof of Concept on Partners and evaluate • Responsible on sending reports to Technology team on what can be improve on the Partner side
Education History

Field of Study:

Not Applicable

Major:

Not Applicable

Graduation Date:

January 2006

Located In:

Philippines

License and Certification:

Not Applicable

Skills

★★★ Advanced:
Windows Server Administration, HelpDesktop Support, Citrix, VMware, Networking, Firewalls, Hardware Troubleshooting, Software Troubleshooting, Troubleshooting

★★ Intermediate:
Linux, Windows Azure

Work at Home Capabilities

Internet Bandwidth:

Between 5mbps to 100mbps

Working Environment:

Private Room

Speed Test Result:

Not Applicable

Internet Type:

Fiber

Hardware Type:

Laptop

Brand Name:

Huawei

Processor:

11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1115G4 @ 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz

Operating System:

Windows 11