Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
SYSTEMS PROFICIENT IN
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Timeline
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SoftwareEngineer

Elijah Liech

Mernda,VIC

Summary

  • SIEM and SOC deployment and management.
  • Leading technical teams.
  • Design and implementation of infrastructure solutions in a managed service provider space and currently in a government agency.
  • Configuration of static and dynamic routing protocols. CCNA and NSE4 certifications.
  • Design, Installation and securing data repositories in SAN all flash arrays.
  • Design and deployment of virtual workloads in VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure and AWS Cloud as well as their integration with the local networks.
  • Design and deployment of the M365 security and Azure identity management. Experience with SSO and Enterprise Application APIs.
  • Expert working experience in Server OS environments deployment and admin(Windows and Linux).
  • Extensive hands-on expertise in the deployment of en-user devices and software such as remote access, XDR and EDR security, document management systems.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Manager IT Operations

Victoria Government Solicitors Office
06.2018 - Current
  • Strategic leadership and management of the overall IT direction in collaboration with the ICT manager. Currently exploring secure AI application and e discovery within the organization.
  • Responsible for the design and implementation of the VGSO Cyber security strategy in line with various government and international Security standards. SIEM and SOC management.
  • Technical design and management of the VMware and Azure infrastructure security backend.
  • Technical design and maintenance of the network, UTM firewalls, EDRs and software security solutions and policies.
  • Azure Enterprise/API Application deployment and Identity management.
  • SharePoint and OneDrive administration.
  • Vendor and contract management.
  • Managing the IT infrastructure and BAU team, including Helpdesk overflow.

Senior System engineer

Intellect IT Pty. Ltd.
09.2017 - 06.2018
  • Perimeter and LAN firewall, IDS and Endpoint Security planning and deployment
  • MS Azure security design and deployments
  • Office365 Migrations from MS Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016
  • LAN switching in High Availability networks design, deployment and documentation.
  • Configuration of VLANs and inter-VLAN routing and core switching with high availability.
  • Wide area network and LAN to Internet deployments using UTM firewalls and routers
  • Configuration of client SSL and IPSec VPN connections.
  • I specialised in site to site VPN deployments using both routers and firewalls
  • Specialised in high availability VMware and Microsoft Windows Hyper-V clusters.
  • Setup of backup and replication using Avamar, Datto and Veeam.
  • SAN design installation and administration for clients.
  • Hands on with Flash Arrays like Pure, Dell PowerStore, Nimble, EMS, IBM DS, Dell Data Domains and QNAP.

Senior System engineer

Information Potential Pty. Ltd.
08.2015 - 09.2017
  • MS Azure security design and deployments.
  • Office365 Migrations from MS Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016 for 3 clients.
  • Designing and deploying LAN switching, including VLANs and Layer 3 routing in High Availability networks
  • Wide area network and LAN to Internet deployments using UTM firewalls and routers
  • Configuration of client IPSec and SSL VPN connections.
  • Site to site VPN deployments using both routers and firewalls.
  • Specialised in high availability VMware and Microsoft Windows Hyper-V clusters.
  • Setup of backup and replication using Veeam.
  • Hands on design and deployment with Nimble, EMS, IBM DS and QNAP SANs and NAS devices.

IT Manager

Austco Communications Systems Pty. Ltd.
07.2012 - 08.2015
  • Windows server environment setup and administration
  • Office365 Migration from MS Exchange 2007
  • LAN switching in High Availability networks for the three sites.
  • Configuration of virtual router redundancy protocol-VRRP for layer 3 switching and routing
  • Configuration of VLANs and interVLAN routing
  • Wide area network and LAN to Internet deployments using Cisco firewalls and routers
  • Configuration of client SSL VPN connections using Firewalls
  • VPN deployments using both routers and firewalls for the three branches.
  • Virtual Machines infrastructure deployment
  • VMware and Microsoft Windows Hyper-V deployments
  • Setup of backup and replication using Veeam.
  • Hands on with HP, IBM and QNAP storage Arrays.

Principal Systems Engineer

The Kenya Institute of Education (Kenya)
09.2010 - 10.2012
  • Planning and deployment of Windows 2008 and Linux Servers
  • Provide Level 2 user support
  • Lead the ICT team
  • Major Achievements: Design of a data center for the Institute's Center for Curriculum Development
  • Segmented the institute network using VLANs, greatly improving access
  • Deployment of the Oracle based CRM.

Senior System Engineer

Directorate of e-Government-Kenya (Now ICT Authority)
12.2003 - 09.2010
  • Configuration of routing and switching of the core and distribution layers of the highly secure Government fibre network
  • Working experience in configuring Static routes, OSPF, ISIS, BGP and NATs for the core MPLS WAN
  • Configuration and storage allocation of IBM and OceanStor Storage Area Network using iSCSI and Fibre channel.
  • Planning and deployment of Microsoft Windows, Linux and IBM AIX Servers
  • Major Achievements: Technical project management and deployment of Storage and servers in the Government Data Centre-GDC at the National Security Intelligence Service
  • I Configured and managed integration between switches and routers
  • I was in the the Network Operation Center-NOC team that set up the Government Common Core Network (GCCN)
  • Responsible for Routing, Switching design and configuration for the Office of the President, the data centre and 3 other Government buildings
  • I managed the structured cabling of the largest conference facility (KICC), which housed several Government Departments.

Education

Master of Science - Information Technology

Carnegie Mellon University
01.2007

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems and Technology

United States International University
01.2003

Skills

  • Cross functional collaboration and organisational leadership engagement
  • Project Technical leadership
  • Contractor management and contract negotiations
  • Technical change approval and management
  • Team building and leadership
  • Employee Performance Evaluations
  • Staff Training and Development
  • Operations Management
  • Budgeting and finance

Accomplishments

  • Designed and deployed the Victoria Government Solicitors Office - VGSO LAN and WAN and DR.
  • Designed and deployed the VGSO WiFi infrastructure
  • Technical design and migration of the VGSO MS Exchange to Exchange online
  • Technical design and lead in deploying Nimble SAN in VGSO and later migration to Pure SAN.
  • Upgrade of Checkpoint UTM and EDR in VGSO. as well as Technical Lead for deployment for remote access especially useful during the 2020 lockdown.
  • Replacement of the Cisco UTM firewalls with FortiGate at VGSO.
  • Deployment of a SIEM/SOC solution at VGSO.
  • Migration of the VGSO DR datacenter from NEXTDC to Airtrunk.
  • Technical lead for design and upgrading the HP blade servers and the VMware cluster.
  • Technical lead in the upgrade of more than 500 user end notebooks with SOE images.
  • Technical design and deployment of Storage solutions across 20 different clients while at Intellect IT - Intellect and Information Potential IT - Infopot.
  • Technical design and migration to Exchange online for 5 clients while at Intellect and Infopot.
  • Design and deployment of Cisco LAN and WAN infrastructure across 4 clients with technically diverse requirements and segmentations when working with Intellect and Infopot.
  • Design and replacement of firewalls, routers, switches and wireless devices for the Victoria Supreme Court and Melbourne show among other large clients while working with Intellect.
  • Lead teams of between 3-6 technical personnel at the last three organizations.

SYSTEMS PROFICIENT IN

  • Cisco and Aruba routers and switches
  • Cisco, Checkpoint, Sophos and FortiGate UTM devices.
  • Fortinet(Former Meru), Meraki, Aruba and Ruckus wireless.
  • Pure, Nimble, HP and Dell Storage.
  • VMware and Hyper-V hypervisors.
  • Windows Servers and associated roles e.g DHCP, DNS, NPS, Active Directory, RDS, WDS and SCCM.
  • RedHat and Ubuntu Linux servers.
  • MS Windows SQL Server and Oracle databases administration.
  • Microsoft Azure and M365 stack.
  • Veeam and Avatar backup and replication.
  • EDR and XDR solutions using Checkpoint/Harmony, Sophos and Fortinet.
  • End user device deployment using SCCM, Intune, Telstra Mobile Device management.
  • MS Teams telephony using Operator connect and boardroom devices setup.

Professional Development Courses

  • SharePoint administration - 9/2022
  • IBM Cybersecurity Analyst - Coursera(ongoing)
  • Introduction to Cybersecurity Tools & Cyber Attacks - 08/2021
  • Network Security Expert - NSE4 Melbourne - 2016
  • Microsoft Security - Protect Sensitive Information and Manage Data Risk
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate - CCNA course Melbourne - 2014
  • Nimble storage partner certification - Melbourne - 11/2015
  • IBM P595 P6 and AIX UNIX systems administration course - South Africa - 02/2010
  • Systems administration and email management using Linux - Kenya - 2006
  • Oracle 9i Database Administration certification (Oracle Certified Associate) - Nairobi - 10/2003

Timeline

Assistant Manager IT Operations

Victoria Government Solicitors Office
06.2018 - Current

Senior System engineer

Intellect IT Pty. Ltd.
09.2017 - 06.2018

Senior System engineer

Information Potential Pty. Ltd.
08.2015 - 09.2017

IT Manager

Austco Communications Systems Pty. Ltd.
07.2012 - 08.2015

Principal Systems Engineer

The Kenya Institute of Education (Kenya)
09.2010 - 10.2012

Senior System Engineer

Directorate of e-Government-Kenya (Now ICT Authority)
12.2003 - 09.2010

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems and Technology

United States International University

Master of Science - Information Technology

Carnegie Mellon University

References

Available on request

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