Nikolay A. Nikolov

IT professional

Location: Bulgaria
Industry: Information Technology and Services

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Nikolay A. Nikolov's Overview

Current

System Administrator at University of Ruse

Past

IT Specialist at EGGED Ruse JS Co.
IT Specialist at Data-Syst Ltd.
IT Specialist at Acvilon ISP

Education

Växjö Universitet
University of Ruse
University of Ruse

Electrical and Electronics School "Apostol Arnaudov"

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Connections

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A newly graduated IT specialist having more than 4 years of experience in IT and System Administering. Technically oriented person with good communication skills; Moved by the desire for a future development within the areas of IT; participated in integration and deploying of different services in companies where I’ve worked; developed skills in Vmware vSphere, Windows server 2003/ 2008, and Cisco Network equipment.

Specialties

Vmware vSphere, Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008/2008R2, Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7.

System Administrator

University of Ruse

Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry

October 2010 – Present (1 year 8 months) Ruse, Bulgria

-> Administering and Expanding the Virtual Infrastructure (Vmware vSphere 4/5);
-> Performing Patch applying on the vSphere and all other Windows Servers;
-> Planning and Performing hardware upgrades and BIOS updates on several servers;
-> Preparing and Deploying workstation’s images (Windows XP Pro x86 and Windows 7 Pro x64);
-> Administering several Windows 2003/2008 servers (WSUS, File Servers, MDT, WINS, RDS);
-> Administering Symantec Antivirus Servers (Symantec Antivirus and Symantec Endpoint Protection);
-> Preparing and deploying system for providing network services to university’s hostels (Cisco, D-Link, Mikrotik, Radius Servers, Billing system)
-> Installing and Configuring SANs (Fujitsu DX80 and Celvin Q800, FreeNAS, OpenFiler) with iSCSI and NFS protocols.

IT Specialist

EGGED Ruse JS Co.

August 2009 – August 2010 (1 year 1 month) Ruse, Bulgaria

-> Administering the Corporate IT equipment (Computers (HP) and Peripheral Devices);
-> Supporting and expanding the Corporate Network (Switches and Routers);
-> Administering Windows 2003 server (Application and File server)

IT Specialist

Data-Syst Ltd.

May 2005 – November 2006 (1 year 7 months) Ruse, Bulgaria

-> Physical expanding the ISP network (L2), Configuring and installing SOHO routers and switches, fixing client’s hardware and software problems, network monitoring;
-> Installing external Wireless APs and Internal cabling systems.

IT Specialist

Acvilon ISP

March 2004 – March 2005 (1 year 1 month) Ruse, Bulgria

-> Physical expanding the ISP network (L2), Configuring and installing SOHO routers and switches, fixing client’s hardware and software problems, network monitoring.

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Växjö Universitet

Diploma Project Development, Computer Science

2010 – 2010

ERASMUS exchange student (03.2010-08.2010)
Developing diploma project with main topic Designing Corporate Network (Security Aspects)

University of Ruse

Master, Computer Systems and Networks

2009 – 2010

Activities and Societies: Occupational skills covered: Network Infrastructure Administration, Routing Protocols, Distributed Systems, Enterprise Networks, and Distributed Databases.

University of Ruse

Bachelor, Computer Systems and Technologies

2003 – 2009

Activities and Societies: Occupational skills covered: WEB Design, Computer Organization, Software Engineering, Computer Peripherals, Databases, Computer Architectures, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, and Local Area Networks.