Vulco Viljoen

Vulco Viljoen

DevOps Systems Engineer

DevOps Systems Engineer

I am a DevOps Systems Engineer, with more than 15 years experience in building infrastructure that is both cost effective and scalable.

Following the DevOps culture, I work with technical teams and project leadership to deploy products in a disciplined deployment life cycle.

I aspire to cultivate an efficient system environment, and streamline Continuous Integration
with regards to Automating Deployments and reliable Automated Testing, to achieve a Continuous Deployment pipeline.

< Experience >


With over 15 years’ experience in IT, my career started with building IBM specific LAB environments while working in sales and marketing. This was my first exposure to UNIX due to most of the LAB environments requiring AIX as the Operating System. Through the course of my career the range and focus on IBM technologies shifted between the administration of WebSphere Application Server to Server Access Manager and Server Identity Manager.

My early career within System Administration exposed me to different operating systems, scripting and data management. Since then, I’ve transitioned from a system and network administrator to the DevOps culture using efficient project management systems and implementing delivery from Continuous Integration to Continuous Deployment. These experiences honed my skillset to include a multitude of different cloud computing providers, development languages and content management systems as well as constant improvement to my soft skills, including liaising between and within different teams and project managing in order to achieve strict deadlines.

Log management and analytics has become a passion and has helped me to find new ways to allow teams to analyze alert events and trends. Learning how to effectively configure both clustering and load balancing alleviates high data traffic load allowing fast searching and reliable data retention.

< Technical Skills >

Cloud Platform Systems

Virtualization

Server Operating systems
Scripting
Programming
Databases
Log Management
Content Management
CI/CD
Agile

< Soft Skills >

Estimation and Scheduling

Problem-Solving
Technical Documentation
Risk Management
Flexibility
Emotional Intelligence
Attention to Detail
Communication and Teamwork

< Interests >

AI and Deep Learning

My Fascination with sci-fi, particularly advanced computer systems such as Artificial Intelligence and Bio Computers, it inspired me to work towards the goal in building systems that can make life’s challenges manageable while breaking through barriers and reaching frontiers.

I aspire to learn as much as possible while having fun building whatever my imagination can conceive.

Role playing and PC Games

As an avid gamer, I enjoy relaxing, having fun while learning new systems and trying to master them.

Cooking

I enjoy not only making exciting dishes but the culture of bringing friends and family together. A good meal is not only vital for the body, but great for the mind and soul.

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