Michael Duke

Linux systems administrator

Hetzner•  June 2019 - Present

I am part of the data centre automations team.

Linux systems adminstrator

Novus Group•  September 2016 - May 2019

I was responsible for maintaining the server and IT environment for the company. During my time at Novus I developed a satellite recording system interface that could record TV and radio streams. I used Python3, Flask, Nginx, Gunicorn and ran the system from a Ubuntu 16.04 server. https://github.com/SirDukey/Novus_recording_system I also introduced a Zabbix monitoring system with custom scripting to monitor the environment using Python3. I also developed web scrapers, fm tuners and server scripts using Python3.

Technical specialist

IEIT Cyberlogic•  July 2016 - October 2017

IEIT Cyberlogic is a managed services provider. Key responsibilites include: Server support for all Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban customers. Ranging from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2016. Desktop support for SME client base. Office365 administration, new deployments, migrations from on-premise Exchange. Active Directory administration including replication. Hyper-v administration including new deployments and replica sets. Neovate and Teraco data center server administration. Primarily for Active Directory, Hyper-v and MS SQL environments. Helpdesk management through Connectwise. MSP support through N-able N-Central. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server installation and administration. iSCSI target/initiator configuration. HP MSA Storageworks configuration and administration. CentOS 7 server administration. Primarily MySQL, network services (Bind, DHCP, Cron, Samba, DHCP). Project management for new infrastructure architecture design as well as smaller projects ie, voip solution deployments, wireless network implementation, Multi forest domain consolidation. Cyberoam firewall management. Backup solutions using Veeam and Redstor. Unifi network management. Radius server configuration. Responsible for all client WAN connectivity. Layer 3 switching. Ipsec tunnel administration. Shoretel PBX administration. Web server administration. Xen server, Vmware and Hyper-v administration RAS and Remote Desktop Server administration.

Support engineer

ASG Computers•  February 2005 - September 2013

ASG Computers is a managed services provider as well as a retail computer store. Key responsibilites include: • Server and desktop support for entire SME client base. Supporting various client networks and infrastructure including Windows server 2003 - 2012, SBS 2003 2010, Exchange server 2003 - 2010, Fedora Core 7 server - Fedora 21, Ubuntu server 9 - 14, CentOS 5 - 7 Linux server installation and administration including mail, Samba, Iptables, Shorewall, DHCP, DNS, KVM/Qemu hypervisor. Backup solutions using Acronis, Intronis and Symantec backup exec. Helpdesk management using Autotask. Quotations, sales orders, invoicing using Fincon. MSP support using Kaseya Procurement on laptops, desktops, peripherals and network equipment. 3cx PBX installation and administration. Cyberoam, Pfsense, Untangle and Kerio firewall administration. NAS device implementation & administration. Vmware ESXi server administration. ADSL, LTE/3G, RAS VPN, Ipsec VPN configuration. Windows Remote Desktop Services administration. Ubiquiti wireless network configuration and administration. Mikrotik wireless bridge configurations.