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Ioannis Mitsakos

Senior IT Infrastructure Security Engineer
Athens

Summary

As an Senior IT Infrastructure Security Engineer with a passion for Cloud Computing, I am dedicated to embracing challenges and constantly pushing the boundaries to achieve innovation and find solutions. Strong IT Infrastructure background especially in On Premise / Cloud services, including extensive work experience on critical point phase systems. With a customer-centric approach, I strive to offer solutions and deliver projects that meet the unique needs of the customer.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Senior IT Infrastructure Security Engineer

IMERYS
12.2023 - Current
  • Analyze, design, and implement mission critical domain management, identity and privileged access infrastructure/architecture and ensure high levels of data quality and availability.
  • Evaluate input and output for systems, as well as overall architecture, to recommend improvements.
  • Design disaster recovery plans and enforce backup and archival procedures.
  • Design and implement solutions for data storage and maintenance.
  • Work with business and application development teams to extract requirements and propose appropriate domain management, identity and privileged access solutions and standards.
  • Create and maintain procedures that meet operational, regulatory, and ensure group standard policies.
  • Establish and maintain documentation of the current technology state and effectively propose enhancements.
  • Create and maintain optimal SSO/IAM/PAM solutions for business critical data.
  • Perform capacity planning and performance tuning as it relates to the storage infrastructure.
  • Manage DR data replication to ensure data recoverability.
  • Actively participate in audit activities – install audit tools, collect and provide evidence; perform corrective actions.
  • Assist in planning IT security projects, including defining project scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines with a particular focus on cloud system (AWS) projects.
  • Identify and assess potential security risks and vulnerabilities within IT projects, and work with the team to develop mitigation strategies.
  • Communicate project status, updates, and issues to stakeholders, including team members, management, and clients, ensuring transparency and alignment with project goals.
  • Monitor project progress and deliverables to ensure they meet quality standards and comply with security requirements and regulations.
  • Manage change control, assess risks and prepare mitigation measures with impact analysis for informed decision-making.

Systems and Cloud Engineer

InTTrust S.A
02.2019 - 12.2023

February 2022 - February 2023

InTTrust S.A

Infrastructure Engineer

  • Participate in several IT Infrastructure installation projects
  • Install, configure , maintain and troubleshooting Microsoft systems on premise and cloud technologies ( Azure )
  • Install, configure, maintain Windows Servers (2008 R2 and onwards) ( Directory Services , DHCP, DNS, DFS, IIS)
  • Migrate on premise servers (VM import/export)
  • Install, configure and maintain VMWare and Hyper-V Infrastructure
  • Install,configure, maintain Veeam Backup Servers and backup jobs
  • Automate daily tasks through PowerShell scripting

February 2021 - February 2022

Imerys Greece S.A ( Outsourcing)

Infrastructure Engineer part of Global Systems Operations Team:

  • Install, configure, maintain Windows Servers (2008 R2 and onwards) ( Directory Services , DHCP, DNS, DFS, IIS)
  • Migrate on premise servers (VM import/export)
  • Install, configure and maintain VMWare and Hyper-V Infrastructure
  • Install,configure, maintain Veeam Backup Servers and backup jobs
  • Automate daily tasks through PowerShell scripting

February 2019 - February 2021

Service Desk Analyst:

  • Implementation and configuration of monitoring tools ( Solarwinds RMM )
  • System/Network monitoring and progress towards resolution of incidents
  • Categorize and prioritize customer's request via Solarwinds MSP Manager ticketing software
  • Backup check - Restore (IBM Spectrum Control, Dell EMC Networker)
  • Virtualization (VMware - Hyper V)
  • Implementation and configuration of IBM Spectrum Protect
  • Active Directory
  • Provide preliminary level of diagnosis as applicable
  • Restore service whenever possible
  • Predefined actions at customer's operating systems
  • Coordinate activities between end users and IT service delivery teams
  • Provide standard reporting (Daily, Weekly, Monthly)

Electrical Engineer

JT Engineering
04.2017 - 10.2017

Assistant Foreman

  • Erection of electromechanical equipment at substation 20/150KV SYROS GIS part of interconnection project of Cyclades
  • Manufacture of Tack Welding System in Corinth Pipeworks

Computer Technician

E-Doc
06.2016 - 10.2016

Computer Technician

  • Installation and configuration of physical servers (Microsoft Server 2012)
  • Installation and maintenance of customer networks switches (Cisco)
  • Installation and configuration of operating systems, additional software and hardware
  • Test and repair any defective equipment
  • Backup of necessary data and formatting disk
  • Recovery of deleted data whenever possible
  • Maintenance,upgrade and update of software and computers
  • Troubleshoot software and hardware issues
  • Provision of cost estimates for upgrade

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Electrical Engineering

Technological Educational Institute of Western Mac
Kozani
09.2012 - 10.2018

Master of Science - MSc

National And Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens
09.2023 - Current

Certification

Microsoft 365 Certified : Fundamentals (MS-900)

Timeline

Senior IT Infrastructure Security Engineer

IMERYS
12.2023 - Current

Master of Science - MSc

National And Kapodistrian University of Athens
09.2023 - Current

Systems and Cloud Engineer

InTTrust S.A
02.2019 - 12.2023

Electrical Engineer

JT Engineering
04.2017 - 10.2017

Computer Technician

E-Doc
06.2016 - 10.2016

Bachelor's Degree - Electrical Engineering

Technological Educational Institute of Western Mac
09.2012 - 10.2018

Microsoft 365 Certified : Fundamentals (MS-900)

Microsoft Certified : Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft Certified : Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

EdX Verified Certificate for Fundamentals of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Ongoing ITIL 4 Foundation

Ioannis MitsakosSenior IT Infrastructure Security Engineer