System administrator & DevOps &

Ethical Penetration tester

Jānis Valters

I started to learn IT when I was 13 years old, I went the way to gain more experience and I continue to learn since I'm passionate about IT and I like solving difficult IT questions and also automate things using my DevOps knowledge. At the moment I'm extending my knowledge in Ethical Penetration testing. Also offering outsourcing services.

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What I Do

System administration

My day-to-day experience in this field is more than 15 years. I continue to extend my knowledge in both Windows and Linux administration also network administration as a Full-stack System Administrator

Ethical Penetration testing

My day-to-day experience in this field is 1 year. I like to explore new things in IT and to help companies improve their security. This field for me is more for my passion and interest

DevOps Services

My day-to-day experience in this field is more than 3 years. As a Full-stack DevOps, I believe in automation and I adore creating new solutions to help developers and others save their time.

IT Outsourcer Services

Sometimes companies don't need a full-time System administrator / DevOps. A good System administrator, DevOps always finds free time and why not spend the free time usefully, on interesting projects.

Also have worked for

Sicilia Outlet Village - Le Migliori Firme a prezzi scontati

Venice seaside 5 star resort spa | Almar Jesolo best rate

Sovereign Order of Malta - Official website

Real Facts

Project worked on

+659

Years of experience

+15

Languages speaking

3

Resume

Work experience

2021.08-Active

SEB Bank

IT Solutions Developer

Maintain Reporting system
Maintain a Central Banking System:
* STIBOR
* Tora
* Fiona
Maintain:
* MSSQL
* Windows
* IIS
Work with SFTR, MiFID II, and Derivatives regulations
Work in an Agile way and on several Agile Projects
Improve Monitoring solution
Create and Maintain Docker Images/Containers
Create and maintain PowerShell scripts
Analyze IT Vulnerability reports and coordinate patching
Analyze the system and introduce risks and options on how to avoid them
Analyze issues accruing with the system and report them to Agile teams
Participiate in 24/7 Oncall
Participate in system deployments
Participate in Disaster Recovery Tests
Make various suggestions and work on how to improve our ways of working, improve our system, and improve our product.
Make communications with other Departments
Share knowledge with colleagues and Write how-to tutorials. Prepare and provide training. And Provide feedback.
Other tasks.

2018-2021.08

77Agency

System Administrator / DevOps

• Linux & Windows server installation, configuration, maintenance, and improvement.

• Linux & Windows monitoring, improvement, and problem-solving.

• Install, configure, and maintain the Zabbix monitoring system.

• Install, configure, and maintain the Bareos Backup system.

• Install, configure, and maintain the Gitlab/Jenkins system.

• Install, configure, and maintain Wmvare/ Proxmox virtualization system.

• Install, configure and maintain Docker and containers, create docker cloud using Kubernetes and swarm

• Plan and control IT resources.

• Order new IT goods

• Control Riga/Milan server room

• Search for beater suppliers on IT goods where price meets the needs

• Install, configure and maintain Proxmox virtualization software

• Work with akamai.com technology administrating our client profiles, attend akamai.com seminars and training (Have qualification certificates)

• Apache & Nginx installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and improvement.

• Work with Amazon AWS.

• Create security protocols and specific configuration including specific security monitoring for Linux server using Zabbix, Iptables, and File2ban with own created configuration.

• Support developers in specific required server configuration or search for a website problem why something is not working.

• Work a little with DevOps automation for my own needs to make my duty faster for example for a server to install all needed software and some configuration.

• Provide proposals for modernization, server stability, improvement of my and colleague's work.

• Assist other colleagues in the IT line of duty by teaching them, giving advice.

• Other daily IT duties/tasks, installations, configurations, and bring new IT software solutions to the company to modernize the company and make it stable and secure.

2017-2017

Ministry of Economics

System Administrator

• Linux & Windows server installation, configuration, maintenance, and improvement.

• Linux & Windows monitoring, improvement and problem-solving.

• Apache & Nginx installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and improvement.

• VPN Checkpoint installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and improvement.

• Office 365 installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and improvement.

• MySQL, SQL un SQLI installation, configuration, maintenance, and improvement.

• E-mail server installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and improvement.

• Netvault installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and improvement.

• Zabbix installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and improvement.

• Cloud solution (Server, Drive, and Vmware horizon) installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and improvement.

• Server security setting up, monitoring and improvement.

• VMware server installation, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and improvement.

• Supervising service developer consulting and development process testing.

• Third-party developer consulting and monitoring development process, after development testing.

• Coordinating and advising subordinate staff.

• Make contact with vendors to get the best price for IT equipment

• Search for new IT vendors.

• Other IT related tasks.

2014-2017

Government Joint-stock Latvian Post

IS Administrator

• Creating, Activating and deactivating IS and other User accounts.

• Linux & Windows server installation, configuration, maintenance, and improvement.

• Linux & Windows monitoring, improvement, problem-solving and shell scripting.

• Windows active directory server installation, configuration, maintenance, and improvement.

• Preparation of the server according to the specifications specified by the developer, without violating the standards specified by the VAS “Latvian Post” security department.

• Third-party developer consulting and monitoring development process, after development testing.

• Samsung magic info installation, configuration, maintenance, improvement, monitoring, and programming scripts design for TV VBS language.

• Consulting workers on a TV set up in branches.

• Coordinating and advising subordinate staff.

• Monitoring and maintenance ticket printers in branches.

• Administrate pension server and system.

• Provide proposals for modernization, server stability, improvement of my and colleagues work.

• Keep track of server backup, progress. If necessary, restore server information from backup files and databases.

• Cmdbuild installation and configuration, Zabbix installation and configuration plugin and specific monitoring development, Owncloud installation and configuration and technical support, Omd monitoring installation and configuration, Vmware installation and configuration, Dell Netvault backup system and other system installation,

• Provide information to subordinate staff what is needed to do and monitor their work.

• And other IT related tasks