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Benjamin Bkengil

Angestellt, Cloud Engineer, 3E Europe GmbH
Friedrichshafen, Germany

Skills

IT Support
Microsoft Azure Active Directory
Microsoft 365 Administration
Office 365 Administration
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Google Cloud Platform
IT Security
Cybersecurity
Windows Server-Administration
VMware vSphere
IT Project Management
Linux-Server-Administration
Network Management / Administration
VMware ESX
Hyper-V
IT HelpDesk
IT Risk Management
Symantec Endpoint Protection
Veeam Backup & Replication
Kaspersky Antivirus
Microsoft Active Directory
Microsoft Azure
AWS Cloud
Google Cloud
Microsoft Exchange
MS Teams
MS Office Applications
Zoom Meetings
Data Protection
HP MSA Storage System
Dell EMC Storage System
Windows Power Shell
Cloud Computing
Microsoft 365 Security
Employee training
Jira Service Desk
Linux system administration
Microsoft Windows system administration
User Management
VMWare Infrastructure Management
Microsoft Hyper-V Infrastructure Management
Data protection management
System Integration
Database Management
Technical Support
Technical Documentation
IT Management
IT Service Management
IT-Risk Management
Cyber Security
Azure Sentinel
Microsoft 365 Defender
Veeam Backup and Replication
Dell EMC Storage
IT Project Support & Management
Team leadership
Coaching
self-motivated
Fast learner
adaptable
Flexibility
Staff development
Microsoft Intune
Terraform
TDD
CISSP (ISC2)
ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer
MCSE
MCSA
CCNA

Timeline

Professional experience for Benjamin Bkengil

  • Current 1 year and 1 month, since Apr 2024

    Cloud Engineer

    3E Europe GmbH

    Develops scalable and secure cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud to improve 3E IT service delivery. Manages cloud projects independently, ensuring timely completed and quality standards. Provides technical expertise to team, promoting best practices, and collaboration. Resolves complex cloud infrastructure issues, droving the adoption of new technologies. Provides on-call, onsite, and remote IT support, to to improve staff turnaround times.

  • 3 months, Feb 2024 - Apr 2024

    IT Support

    Q ENERGY Solutions SE

    Configured and managed Microsoft Azure to optimize IT services, provisioning virtual machines, storage, networks, and security groups for uninterrupted operations. Administered Microsoft Entra for 300+ users and implemented Office 365 applications, increasing productivity by 20%. Maintained audio-visual systems for conferences and ensured 98% uptime for critical systems. Managed endpints on Microsoft Intune ensure compliance. Provided prompt end-user support using Jira.

  • 2 years and 2 months, Jul 2021 - Aug 2023

    IT Support

    BestPoint Savings & Loans Ltd

    Managed the day-to-day operation of IT services, ensuring that they are accessible, and delivered effectively and efficiently. Monitored the performance of IT infrastructure for availability, and reliability, taking proactive measures to address issues. Worked collaboratively with Support Vendors/ Third-Party Service Providers to ensure high availability of IT services. Integrated new technologies and optimized network performance and security against cyberattacks. Provided onsite and remote support.

  • 3 years and 9 months, Oct 2017 - Jun 2021

    Team Lead (Network & Systems Infrastructure)

    Bank of Africa

    Managed the performance of Network and Systems Infrastructure services such as WAN Connectivity, On-Prem Servers, Cloud Platforms and Centralized Database Access for smooth operation of IT services. Led the response to IT incidents and service disruptions, restoring services within established SLAs. Administered and maintained network and system infrastructure assets in compliance to best IT security standards and practices to mitigate cybersecurity attacks. Provided prompt user support.

  • 4 years and 10 months, Jan 2013 - Oct 2017

    Systems Administrator

    Bank of Africa

    Managed the Bank's Datacenter both Production and Disaster Recovery Sites; Administered and provided support to all physical servers and virtualization platforms ensuring optimum utilization and performance. Managed the day-to-day delivery of critical services such as ATMs, Transaction Notification, Active Directory and Email ensuring they are available 99.9%. Deployed current updates of operating systems and business applications and provided onsite and remote support to system users.

  • 9 years and 10 months, Mar 2003 - Dec 2012

    Team Lead

    Public Services Commission

    Administered and managed all IT services to support the work of the Commission. Installed and configured servers, Hyper-V, network attached storage and other systems of the company. Administered and maintained the company's Firewall, Active Directory, Group Policy, Shared folders, Emails and other Microsoft-based services and worked with Service Providers to ensure high service delivery. Provided Level 1, 2 & 3 Support.

Educational background for Benjamin Bkengil

  • 1 year, Aug 2023 - Jul 2024

    MSc IT Security Management

    Arden University

Languages

  • English

    First language

  • German

    Basic

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