Michael Valdes

Michael Valdes

Information Technology Teacher

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  • About me

    Information Technology Consultant (Self-employed)

  • Education

    • ISPET university

      2004 - 2009
      Bachelor's degree Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: System of network administration on linux

    • EIP - Escuela Internacional de Posgrados

      2021 - 2022
      Master in Cybersecurity Management, Ethical Hacking and Offensive Security Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism

      Some of the subject are: Strategy for a successful Personal Brand, Ethical hacking, Risk and incident management, IT security governance and management, Security in critical infrastructures, Cryptology, Software development security, Regulations and legislation, Cybersecurity and disruptive technologies, Cyber intelligence, Research in DeepWeb and DarkWeb, Offensive security

  • Experience

    • High School "Enrique Jose Varona"

      Sept 2003 - Jul 2008
      Information Technology Teacher

      Teaching IT subject related with Operating Systems and networking.IT technician of the two computer labs, keeping the network and computers working.

    • DESOFT SA, Telecomunications branch.

      Feb 2009 - Sept 2010
      IT Specialis

      IT specialist in charge of the servers (Linux & Windows), cisco switches & routers and operatingsystems of the end users.

    • DESOFT SA, Telecomunication branch

      Sept 2010 - Sept 2012
      Project Manager

      Project development manager of the system ̈Conocimientos de Rutas ̈ (Tracking post mail project forthe Venezuelan Post Office IPOSTE) Aside of my task as team leader I had others task such as: Supportof the Continuous Integration System (Hudson), Control version (Subversion), Test servers (Ubuntu),amount others.

    • DESOFT SA, Telecomunication branch.

      Sept 2012 - Aug 2014
      IT Team Leader & Sr. DevOps Engineer

      Continuous Integration system (Hudson)Centralized Version Control with subversion.Distributed Version Control with Mercurial (Very similar to GIT)Network and server for testing the systems before updating productions environment.Responsible for design, implementation and support of the production environment.

    • Surinoticias

      Nov 2014 - Nov 2015
      IT Specialist

      Design, implement and maintenance of an hybrid IP Phone System with Asterisk.

    • Interdata

      Feb 2015 - Nov 2016
      IT Engineer

      System administrator of the company internal servers. IT systems and data network design for TV &Radio stations. Design, configuration and set-up of custom build computers use as TV & Radio playoutand broadcast rooms.

    • Casino Riviera

      Nov 2016 - now
      IT Manager

      • Management of cisco switches: Vlan, Trunk, Security, settings backups, etc.• Deploy and management of Virtualization Cluster to deploy virtual servers for the Casinoadministration system. (ovirt or Redhat virtualization Manager)• System administrator on Linux and Windows OS.• Ethernet and Wireless implementation, monitoring and maintenance.• System monitoring.• Security.• CCTV system maintenance and monitoring.

    • Self-employed

      Jul 2020 - now
      Information Technology Consultant
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Michael Valdes
      1st Place CTF Paramaribo 2019 Secure by Design Oct 2019 Capture the Flag event in Paramaribo.