Rihaco De Bruin

Rihaco De Bruin

Actor / Extra

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  • About me

    Field Engineer Tier 3 specialist in Information Technology

  • Education

    • Northlink College - Tygerberg

      2015 - 2016
      Multimedia Development Software Development and Web Development International Diploma

      Structure:First Year:ICDL Base: Word ProcessingICDL Base: SpreadsheetsICDL Base: Online EssentialsICDL Base: Computer EssentialsICDL Standard: PresentationsICDL Standard: IT SecurityICDL Standard: Project PlanningICDL Standard: Web EditingPrint and Digital Media (Adobe InDesign CS6)Visual Communication (Adobe Photoshop CS6)Concepts of Design and Programming (Visual Basic)Second Year:Rich Media Communication (Adobe Flash CS6)Web… Show more Structure:First Year:ICDL Base: Word ProcessingICDL Base: SpreadsheetsICDL Base: Online EssentialsICDL Base: Computer EssentialsICDL Standard: PresentationsICDL Standard: IT SecurityICDL Standard: Project PlanningICDL Standard: Web EditingPrint and Digital Media (Adobe InDesign CS6)Visual Communication (Adobe Photoshop CS6)Concepts of Design and Programming (Visual Basic)Second Year:Rich Media Communication (Adobe Flash CS6)Web Communication (Adobe Dreamweaver CS6)Visual Communication (Adobe Illustrator CS6)Database Administration Fundamentals (SQL Database) (98-364)HTML5 Application Development Fundamentals (98-375)Software Development Fundamentals (Visual Basic) (98-361)Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2013Microsoft Office Specialist Powerpoint 2013Microsoft Office Specialist Word 2013 Show less

    • Hoërskool President High School

      2010 - 2014
      High School 12

      Activities and Societies: Photographic Visual arts Drummer Afrikaans (First language)English (First language)Mathematical LiteracyLife OrientationGeographyComputer Applications TechnologyPhotographicVisual Arts

  • Experience

    • HOUSE OF FAME

      Jan 2013 - Nov 2015
      Actor / Extra
    • Christo's Auto Clinic

      Jan 2014 - Sept 2015
      Sales Assistant / Warehouse Manager

      - Managing the delivery and receiving of client’s vehicles- Placing vehicle parts orders and ensuring deliveries are correct- Managing staff to ensure they are carrying out their duties- Ensuring the workplace is safe and clean for all staff members- Dealing with conflict of staff members in a professional manner- Creating and managing deadlines of repairs- Assisting with maintenance and Invoicing contracts

    • Soft-Pro Information & Automation Technologies (Pty) Ltd

      Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
      Software Engineer / Installation Technician (Internship)

      I was part of a technical team that were outsourced to farming areas and distribution centres to assist with allnetworking, software, and hardware issues as well as to assist with the installation of new packing warehouses andstations. Another part of the company that I was part of was to maintain the software infrastructure of the distributionand packing warehouses.- Develop (improve) and maintain Software- Installation and improvement of networking solutions- Maintenance / installation of all hardware and software such as industrial scales, servers, routers, and access points- Assist with faulty equipment cost-effectively (when they need to be repaired or replaced)- Repairing of desktop machines and servers- Planning trips to each farm Show less

    • Dot Cube (Pty) Ltd

      Apr 2017 - Sept 2021

      Independently fulfilling the role of Lead Technical Customer Support Representative at Dot Cube (Hosting Company), providing full stack support to all client related queries and performing all server administration responsibilities of the Hosting Platform and its Infrastructure.Excellent time management and prioritisation skills, as well as accuracy and attention to detail play a vital part in fulfilling this role.Duties & Responsibilities:- Managing support ticketing system (WHMCS)- Billing and account management- Database Administration (SQL)- Provide telephonic and remote support to all clients- Managing Bulk Mail services- Provide support for all operating system issues. (Windows, MacOS, Android, Apple, and Linux)- Server administration (Apache, Daily Reports, Cloud storage backups)- Assisting designers with taking websites live and setting up development environments- Investigating development / design issues with websites (CSS, HTML, JavaScript & PHP)- Managing Cloudflare services- Selling of products/ services to new clients over email and telephonically- Performing housekeeping duties on servers to ensure the are running at optimal capacity- Assisting staff with all software/ hardware issues and repairing/ upgrading machines (software & hardware)Aside from all technical customer support & server administration I have also recently started developing (development languages such as Kotlin & Dart) mobile apps for online stores that are both Android and Apple compatible. As for being in the IT industry I am always willing to learning new technologies. Show less Liaise with clients on new and existing projects (websites and corporate identities). Assisting clients with technicalissues (websites and hosted domains).Duties & Responsibilities:- Designing fully responsive websites & Online stores- Creating professional corporate identities- Managing support ticketing system (WHMCS).- Assisting all hosting clients with Tier 1 Technical support- Onboarding of new clients assisting with domain migrations- Managing the design team using Agile methodologies in Jira- Migrating clients off Windows Hosting servers (IIS) over to Linux Hosting servers (WHM/cPanel)- Setting up office equipment including workstations, networking, and servers Show less

      • Lead Technical Customer Support Representative / Server Administrator

        Oct 2018 - Sept 2021
      • Full-Stack Developer / Tier 1 Support (Technical Consultant)

        Apr 2017 - Oct 2018
    • ITried

      Sept 2021 - Jul 2022
      System Administrator
    • The Shoprite Group of Companies

      Jul 2022 - now
      Field Engineer III
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rihaco De Bruin
      Nationals - Third place (Bronze) award in the Designing sector WorldSkills SA 2017 Here is a link where you can read more about my award on the official website of Northlink College.https://www.northlink.co.za/northlink-college-students-part-of-worldskills-sa-team/
    • Awarded to Rihaco De Bruin
      Provincials - First place (Gold) award in the Designing sector WorldSkills SA 2017
    • Awarded to Rihaco De Bruin
      Regionals - First place (Gold) award in the Designing sector WorldSkills SA 2016