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Joachim Van de Keere

Profile

I'm a very driven person and see myself as a good team player. Anything related to DevOps appeals to me enormously. Solving IT related problems gives me the satisfaction I need. Automating as much as possible is a necessity for me and I love it. In my free time I like to do sports.

Personal   

2640 Mortsel

February 9th 1996

Driving licence B

joachimvdk@hotmail.com

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Education

  • HoGent | Ghent | Undergraduate education

    September 2016 - June 2021

    Applied Computer Science

    I studied "Applied Computer Science" where both programming and system/network administration played a major role. Halfway through the 2nd year I chose "System and Network Administration" to specialize in and continued that path in my 3th and final year.

  • Odisee | Ghent | Undergraduate education

    September 2015 - June 2016

    Energy Technology


    After 1 year of stuyding "Energy Technology" I called it a day, mainly because of bigger interests in computer networking, which was a minor subject during that first year of college. Some basics in renewable energy, home automation as well as control of eletrical machinery where taught to me.

  • College O.-L.-V.-ten-Doorn | Eeklo | Secondary education

    September 2012 - June 2015

    Technical Sciences

    My last years of high school I spend studying "Technical Sciences" with, as the name implies, a major focus on scientific topics such as Mathematics, Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

Work experience

  • Baloise Insurance | Antwerp | Full-time

    July 2021 - Present

    DevOps Engineer

    As a "DevOps Engineer" is setting up/maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automating migrations, among other things, daily business. Tools like "Jenkins" as well as "Streamworks" are used within Baloise for the automatic process of building and deploying the applications. Mainly "Streamworks" related things are part of my work. This job scheduling/monitoring tool is used for both the Linux and Windows servers, where Bash and PowerShell scripts play an important role. Both designing as well as writing code (for the majority Bash) belong to my field of expertise.

  • Docbyte | Ghent | Internship

    February - May 2021

    System Administrator

    For my internship I worked at Docbyte in a small SysAdmin team. I primarily worked with Ansible to automate the process of setting up and patching multiple Windows servers, with Docbyte specific software on it, in a AWS Cloud environment.

  • Tailormade Logistics | Ghent | Student job

    September 2020

    June - July 2020

    ICT Helpdesk Employee

    As a "ICT Helpdesk Employee" I supported co-workers from different departments (HR, truck drivers, ICT itself...) with their IT problems/needs. Citrix and RDP where the virtualization technologies used at "Tailormade Logistics". Solving issues both on a software and physical level where parts of my tasks. This goes from solving permission issues for certain users to router issues that can't be resolved remotely. Working with Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange Server, Mitel and doing things like configuring network devices where things I did there.

  • Excentis | Ghent | Student job

    February - March 2020

    IT Technician

    At Excentis I worked as a student where I in particular did things like installing/confguring/upgrading software & hardware on servers and desktops (Windows & Linux distributions).

  • Imperial Meat Products Nv | Ghent | Student job

    September 2019

    June - July 2019

    Production Worker

    During this vacation work I was employed as a "Production Worker" in the meat industry where I stood in both the finishing and the packaging department. This was paired with heat when I was standing next to the oven and I was surrounded by cold temperatures when I was busy in the packing department.

  • Van Eykeren Koenraad | Sint-Laureins | Student job

    September 2018

    Apple Picker

    I worked this summer as an "Apple Picker" where getting up early is the norm.

  • Dumaplast | Maldegem | Student job

    September 2017

    Production Worker

    At Dumaplast I was responsible for both carrying out quality control as well as packing of PVC cladding before transportation.

  • Wylleman-Van de Keere-Van Maelzaeke | Evergem | Student job

    June 2016

    Administrative Worker

    This was a short term vacation job at my fathers office where I was in charge of moving paperwork.

  • Team Laser Press | Evergem | Student job

    July 2015

    Production Worker

    This company is a supplier of mechanical systems and sheet metal components. I stood in for the repair of storage containers and assembling materials.

  • Hoeve Engelendael | Sint-Laureins | Student job

    June - August 2014

    June - July 2013

    June - August 2012

    Cherry Picker

    3 years in a row I picked and sorted cherries as a summer job.

Skills

IT-skills

Ansible (Windows & Linux), Bash scripting, Streamworks, Configuration of routers and switches, network infrastructure building, HTML, CSS, Sass, Java, Jenkins, AWS Cloud Services, Vagrant, Python, JavaScript, SQL, C#, Windows Server (Active Directory, Exchange Server...), PowerShell scripting...

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