I have 5 years of experience in IT system & network management.
I graduated in 2001 with a French HND equivalent in IT.
Upon graduation, I went to work for COMPANY_NAME, an international company specializing in outsourcing, consulting and professional services.
First, I was trained in unix/linux/oracle administration during 4 months in Paris.
Then I started to work at COMPANY_NAME, where I was in charge of a dozen of windows/UNIX servers. I would say it was “level 1” administration : managing users / Access rights, checking and handling disk spaces, and updating technical documents.
In order to make the day to day administration faster and easier, I wrote several scripts. This helped me improve my scripting skills.
After one year, my boss offered me the opportunity to work at COMPANY_NAME, a French financial group, as a production support analyst, which I accepted with enthusiasm.
I was part of a team of 3 people, responsible for the specification, design, and integration of the daily job scheduling under Unix/Oracle using Dollar Universe.
What this means is that every day, fresh data from all COMPANY_NAME’s agencies were sent to us for integration into different databases (Data Warehouse, Siebel). Our job was to ensure the successful integration of these data.
I stayed 1 year there then I decided to resign from COMPANY_NAME. I had to quit my job because of family concerns that prevented me from coming back to TOWN_NAME for a while.
I quickly found a system administrator position at COMPANY_NAME, near TOWN_NAME City. Right before starting to work there, I was trained in Unix AIX and TSM administration at the IBM Training Center in Paris.
My duty was to ensure the availability of all systems (servers, pc, network). I was also in charge of the TSM backup environment administration and maintenance.
Although it was not a real 24-hour production environment, a single outage during the day could mean thousands of euros in lost revenue.
I have experiences in every phase of systems management and integration, such as specification, negotiating purchases, “build and install”, configuration, ongoing maintenance and upgrades.
I am experienced in working with expedited planning and deadlines.
If there is anything technical that needs to be dealt with – system, network, phone, wiring, PCs, office equipment, I am the man.
I can work independently with minimal supervision. Given only the most general direction, I can usually come up with a solution.
I do not specialize in a particular product. Instead, I have a broad knowledge in many different areas. I am flexible.
I have a positive attitude, and I always strive my best. I am enthusiastic and flexible.
I have proven that I could become comfortable with using new technologies in a short period.
I am a very motivated person, and I plan to practice more often to be more fluent in English.