
Michael Valdes
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About me
Information Technology Consultant (Self-employed)
Education

ISPET university
2004 - 2009Bachelor's degree Computer ScienceActivities and Societies: System of network administration on linux

EIP - Escuela Internacional de Posgrados
2021 - 2022Master in Cybersecurity Management, Ethical Hacking and Offensive Security Cyber/Computer Forensics and CounterterrorismSome 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 2008Information Technology TeacherTeaching 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 2010IT SpecialisIT specialist in charge of the servers (Linux & Windows), cisco switches & routers and operatingsystems of the end users.

DESOFT SA, Telecomunication branch
Sept 2010 - Sept 2012Project ManagerProject 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 2014IT Team Leader & Sr. DevOps EngineerContinuous 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 2015IT SpecialistDesign, implement and maintenance of an hybrid IP Phone System with Asterisk.

Interdata
Feb 2015 - Nov 2016IT EngineerSystem 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 - nowIT 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 - nowInformation Technology Consultant
Licenses & Certifications
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AWS Solutions Architect Associate
UdemyJun 2020 - View certificate

Learn Ethical Hacking From Scratch
UdemyDec 2019 - View certificate

Ethical Hacking: Sniffers
LinkedInJul 2020 - View certificate

Learning Kali Linux
LinkedInJun 2020 - View certificate

CCNA: Introduction to Networks
CiscoMay 2021 - View certificate

CCNA: Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials
CiscoAug 2021 - View certificate

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C02): 6 Auto Scaling and Virtual Network Services
LinkedInJun 2020 - View certificate

NSE 1 Network Security Associate
FortinetJul 2021 - View certificate

Ethical Hacking: System Hacking
LinkedInJun 2020 - View certificate

CCNA: Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation
CiscoMar 2022 - View certificate

Ethical Hacking: Wireless Networks
LinkedInJun 2020 - View certificate

NSE 2 Network Security Associate
FortinetJul 2021 
Introduction to cybersecurity
CareerIT NVAug 2018- View certificate

Git for System Administration
LinkedInJun 2020 
Cisco Certified Network Associate Cyber Ops (CCNA)
CareerIT NVMar 2019
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Michael Valdes1st Place CTF Paramaribo 2019 Secure by Design Oct 2019 Capture the Flag event in Paramaribo.
Languages
- spSpanish
- enEnglish
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