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Victor Luz
Software, systems, storage and data protection
specialist, multidisciplinary
Over 26 years of experience in professional
services for software, systems, storage, SAN,
backup, data protection, disaster recovery, solution
design, system architecture, and more recently ML,
from a practical point of view.
I have developed expertise in pan-European, high, medium
and small scale solutions. Mostly specialised
and custom-built systems. My competencies include
transformation, architecture, design, implementation,
operation, support, and training.
I have ITIL certification, knowledge of operating
systems, virtualisation, storage, processes, planning,
disaster recovery, performance, capacity management,
project management.
My strong problem solving skills, analytical spirit and
extensive experience make me an asset in any IT
environment.
Enthusiast of open source solutions, service automation,
ML/IA, and Python.
Experience
Freelancer:
Systems Engineer, Storage
and
Virtualization
2012 - Present
- Project-based contracts
for small and
medium-sized systems,
storage, backup security
and virtualisation
solutions at all levels.
Mostly custom-built
solutions. 24x7 customer
support, including
immediate remote
support.
- Clients from various
sectors including xSPs,
telecommunications,
financial services,
banking, online
services,
local government, trade
and industry.
- Training in various
formats.
CPC.is:
Senior Systems Engineer
Lisbon, Portugal, May
2011 - December 2011
- Rejoined tengineering
team at CPC, information
systems division.
- Mentored and trained
team members,
implemented customer
projects and provided
customer support.
- Worked with
UNIX/Windows, VMware,
HP, Microsoft, Symantec
and open source
solutions.
European
Central Bank: Senior Systems
Specialist
Frankfurt, Germany, April
2010 - December 2010
- Provided engineering
support for system
platforms,
virtualization,
databases, backup,
storage, European data
switching systems.
Support for disaster
recovery solutions,
UNIX, Windows, Oracle
and tEXDI platform.
Support
for central banks.
- Collaborated with the
Darwin system at
European-wide level and
with the
high-performance
platform
for ECB statistics
division, including
first experiments in
modern ML at an
experimental level.
Atos
Origin: Senior DR storage
specialist
Birmingham, United
Kingdom, September 2009
- November 2009
- Expansion of Government
Gateway disaster
recovery to a new set of
application servers.
- Training the Engineering
and Business as Usual
teams in data
consistency solutions
and performance
troubleshooting.
Atos
Origin: Senior Storage
Specialist
Beeston, United Kingdom,
March 2007 - July 2009
- Joined the storage team
to provide architecture,
design, implementation
and support for storage
and backup for
the Ministry of Justice.
- Designed and implemented
a verified, auditable,
secure, and encrypted
data transfer solution
for the Ministry of
Justice's sensitive
data.
- Worked on a number of
projects including the
Government Gateway
disaster recovery, NHS
Scotland storage upgrade
and ACCA project.
EDS
- Rolls-Royce:
Infrastructure and Systems
Specialist
Derby, United Kingdom,
April 2006 - February
2007
- Joined the newly formed
TREDSS/DWP project team
to complete enterprise
architecture work,
design Windows/VMware
hardware and operating
system solutions and
perform Windows/VMware
engineering work and
develop tooling.
- Collaborated on design
and engineering projects
for ENI UK and
Rolls-Royce, including
the architecture and
design of the largest
virtual cluster in
Europe, at the time.
CPC.is:
Senior Systems Engineer
Lisbon, Portugal, 2004 -
April 2006
- Invited to start a new
area of Storage and
Backup solutions, with
responsibilities that
include team and project
management, project
implementation, design,
installation and
configuration of
UNIX/Windows solutions
and 24x7
customer support.
- Managed implementation
and special solutions
groups, working with
clients in the local and
central government
and healthcare sectors.
WhatEverNet:
EMC systems specialist
Lisbon, Portugal, 2001 -
2004
- Joined a team to start a
new EMC Business
Partner, with
responsibilities that
included EMC solution
design,
pre-sales support,
solution implementation
and ongoing customer
support.
- Worked with clients from
various sectors
including ISPs, telcos,
banks, financial
services, central and
local
government, intelligence
and forensics, state,
manufacturing, heavy
industry and MEP.
Portuguese
EMC: Open Systems Support
Lisbon, Portugal, 1999 -
2001
- Assisted in the
integration of customer
Mainframe, UNIX and
other open systems with
EMC Symmetrix and
CLARiiON
storage solutions.
- Provided 24/7 support
for customers' operating
systems in Portugal and
Spain, disaster recovery
and
applications, as well as
pre-sales support.
Novabase
SD: Consultant and
Programmer
Lisbon, Portugal, 1998 -
1999
Note: First contact with
statistics in the format of
developing a non-linear
decision tree solution for
banking.
InetD:
Owner, programmer and
technologist
Barreiro, Portugal, 1998
- 2000
ELAPP:
industrial engineering
Palmela, Portugal, 1998
SERRA:
Industrial Engineering
Palmela, Portugal, 1996 -
1998
Education
- Alumni of Instituto
Militar dos Pupilos do
Exército, a school for
career military, from
first to 12th grade.
- Degree in Industrial
Electronics (EEC Level
IV) and specialization
in industrial
automation,
Siemens/ANFEI.
- European Level IV German
exam passed with very
positive marks.
- Various courses EMC, HP,
Solaris,
Fujitsu-Siemens, VMware,
NetApp, HDS, IBM, etc.
Certifications
- ITIL Certification
- Microsoft Certified
Systems Engineer (MCSE)
with specialisations in
Security and Messaging
- Microsoft Certified
Systems Administrator
(MCSA) with
specialisations in
Security and Messaging
- Microsoft Certified
Professional (MCP)
- CompTIA Linux+,
Security+, Network+,
Server+ and A+
Sun/Oracle, Solaris UNIX
- Hardware from
Fujitsu-Siemens
- Veritas Volume Manager
and Filesystem
- Legato Networker (older
versions; not updated)
Skills
Languages
- Portuguese (native
speaker)
- English (very fluent)
General
computing
- Various solutions over
the years, including but
not restricted to IBM,
EMC, NetApp, HDS,
Brocade, McData and
Inrange, as well as
Netbackup, ARCserve, EMC
Networker, Puredisk,
CommVault and tape
deduplication processes.
- Extensive experience
with solutions e.g.
Microsoft, Open Source,
Cisco, SUN/Oracle, HP,
Apple, Quantum
StorNextFX2, VMware,
Solaris, HP-UX and
Fujitsu-Siemens.
- Proficient in
programming languages
such as Python,
C/C++/C#, .NET Maui,
xTMLASP/PHP, css, Perl,
Java, and
JavaScript. Competent
with FastAPI.
- Within Python, knowledge
of all kinds of
solutions.
- Knowledge in computer
security, cryptography
and reverse engineering.
Other
- Security clearance:
United Kingdom (BC) and
European Agencies.
- Other certifications
available.
- Experience in training.