System Engineer with 3 years’ experience building and configuring systems and networks to counter potential vulnerabilities and investigate security intrusions. Improved departmental troubleshooting and monitoring processes for LAN/WAN activities, increasing overall up-time by 27%. Acknowledged for building documentation for processes/infrastructures, reducing 2 onboarding days for recruits. The knowledge and skills I have acquired through experience and education coupled with a strong sense of professionalism and an ability to pick things up quickly allows me to deliver results. Competent well-versed in assisting users with diverse computer system, mobile device and peripheral equipment problems. Familiar with security standards and usability optimization. Effectively operates autonomously to troubleshoot and fix concerns. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
• Address user tickets regarding hardware, software and networking.
• Walk customers through installing applications and computer peripherals.
• Ask targeted questions to diagnose problems.
• Guide users with simple, step-by-step instructions.
• Conduct remote troubleshooting.
• Record technical issues and solutions in logs
• Direct unresolved issues to the next level of support personnel
• Follow up with clients to ensure their systems are functional
• Report customer feedback and potential product requests
• Help create technical documentation and manuals
• Address user tickets regarding hardware, software and networking.
• Walk customers through installing applications and computer peripherals.
• Follow up with clients to ensure their systems are functional
• Report customer feedback and potential product requests
• Investigating faults in the network.
• Configuring firewalls, routing and switching to maximise network efficiency and security
• Partner with the security team to research and recommend secure network solutions to business problems and to prevent, detect, and investigate suspicious activity in a timely manner.
• Designing, configuring, and testing networking software, computer hardware, and operating system software .
• Conferring with network users about solving existing system problems
• Maintaining and administering computer networks and related computing environments including systems software, applications software, hardware, and configurations
• Conduct basic network troubleshooting using questionnaires to find out the level of support needed
• Provided level-1/2 network support and troubleshooting to resolve issues
• Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe networking environment.
• Perform network systems tuning and recommend improvements.
• Investigating faults in the network.
• Configuring firewalls, routing and switching to maximise network efficiency and security
• Partner with the security team to research and recommend secure network solutions to business problems and to prevent, detect, and investigate suspicious activity in a timely manner.
• Confident on routing protocols
● Monitor and evaluate network and data communications statistics to ensure timely upgrades and additions of hardware and software to meet growth requirements.
● Configuring firewalls, routing and switching to maximise network efficiency and security
● Troubleshooting firewall infrastructure problems
● Troubleshooting firewall related problems as reported by customers
● IP address auditing
● Configures router and updates data servers and network equipment.
● Troubleshoots network problems.
● Plan and recommend network hardware, systems management software, and design.
● Accessing and managing firewall policies via the command line interface or the Fortigate Appliance
● Request drive mapping via login script when needed from OU manager
● Add user domain account to workstation
● Create new user account
● Creating and routing of tickets related to Active Directory issues