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I R I WA A N S I M O N
OBJECTIVE
To provide accurate information regarding my education, qualifications and
experience
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Surname : Simon
First Name : Iriwaan
Date of Birth : 28 September 1973
Sex : Male
Id No : 7309285128086
Nationality : South African
Marital Status : Married
Current Occupation : Network/Systems
Engineer Aspen Pharmacare
Driver’s License : Light Motor Vehicle
(08)
State of Health : Excellent
Language Proficiency : English,
Afrikaans
Dependants : 1 daughter , 1 son and Wife
Residential Address : 25 McLuckie Rd, Francis Evatt Park, Port Elizabeth
Home Tel : 041 360 3012
EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION
March 2010 to Current
Aspen Port Elizabeth
Network / Systems Engineer – IT Infrastructure Team
Responsibilities Include
 Infrastructure Management
 Capacity planing
 Data center management (Power, UPS, Generators and Cooling)
 Ensure systems meet regulations as well as company
requirements.
 Ensure data integrity is maintained on all system
 Accurate record Keeping
 Access control to Data center
Software
 Managing Checkpoint firewall

2.  Managing VMWare environment (ESXi hosts, Clusters, Vsphere
and guests)
 Navisphere Storage Management
 Tivoli Storage Manager
 Empower Laboratory systems
 IBM AIX
 ORACLE DBA
 Microsoft SQL DBA
 DHCP
 DNS
 Microsoft Active Directory
 Blackberry Express Server
 Mysql
 VEEAM
 Linux (Redhat, Ubuntu, CentOS)
 Windows Server 2008, 2003
 Kaspersky Antivirus
 Fortigate
 Scripting with PHP
Hardware
 IBM Blade Center
 Managing Network infrastructure (Cisco routers and switches)
 IBM Tape Library
 EMC SAN Storage
1993 to 1996
PE Technikon
ND: Analytical Chemistry
 Subjects passed :
 Analytical Chemistry I, II, III
 Chemistry I
 Mathematics I
 Physics 1
 Chemical Quality Assurance I
 Computer Skills I
 Chemical Industry Practical
 Environmental Chemistry II
 Inorganic Chemistry II, III
 Organic Chemistry II, III
 Physical Chemistry II, III

3. 1991
Matric passed
Subjects passed :
 Afrikaans 1st
language HG
 English 2nd
language HG
 Technical Drawings HG
Gelvandale SSS
 Woodworking HG
 Mathematics SG
 Physical science SG
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Sep 2007 to Feb 2010
Aspen Pharmacare EL
Network Engineer – IT Department
Responsibilities
 Infrastructure Management
 Capacity planing
 Data center management (Power, UPS, Generators and Cooling)
 Ensure systems meet regulations as well as company requirements.
Hardware
 IBM Blade Center
 Managing Network infrastructure (Cisco routers and switches)
 IBM Tape Library
 EMC SAN
Software
 Managing Checkpoint firewall
 VMWare environment (ESXi hosts, Clusters, Vsphere, Guest
deployment)
 Navisphere Storage Management
 Tivoli Storage Manager
 Empower Laboratory systems
 DHCP
 DNS
 Microsoft Active Directory

4.  Blackberry Express Server
 Mysql
 VEEAM
 Linux (Redhat, CentOS, SLES, Ubuntu, Debian)
 Windows Server 2008, 2003, 2012
 Kaspersky Antivirus
Sept 2007 to Sept 2008
Aspen Pharmacare PE
Validation Officer – Validation Department
 Develop User Requirement Specification for new equipment
 Develop qualification documents (IQ, OQ, PQ)
 Develop user acceptance tests
 Ensure that equipment used production is kept in a validated state.
Oct 2001 to Sep 2007
Aspen Pharmacare PE
IT Help desk Support Technician
 Complete Support Calls
 PC hardware and software Support and installations
 Network Support
 Printer support
 Telephony
 Factory and Lab specific hardware and software support.
Mar 2001 to Oct 2001
Aspen Pharmacare PE
Analytical Chemist
 Testing of finished products to specification using both bench and
instrumental methods
 Testing of solids in all intermediate phases, finished goods team
 Troubleshooting and contamination testing on request
Reason for leaving: Pursue new Career in IT
Feb 2000 to Dec 2000

5. SourceCom on site at Medscheme - PE
IT Help desk Support Technician
 Complete Support Calls
 PC hardware and software Support and installations
 Network Support
 Printer support
 Telephony
 Reason for leaving: Contract ran to completion
Mar 1999 to Feb 2000
Beige Pharmaceuticals - Johannesburg
Analytical Chemist
 Testing of raw materials and finished goods using instrument and wet
chemical methods
 Accurate record keeping
 Report if products are ready for release to the market or if raw materials
are fit for production
 Reason for leaving: Moved back to Port Elizabeth
May 1997 to Mar 1999
Avroy Shlain Cosmetics – Johannesburg
Analytical Chemist
 Testing of raw materials and finished goods using instrument and wet
chemical methods
 Accurate record keeping
Reason for leaving: Better Opportunity
Jan 1997 to May 1997
Eskom TRI – Johannesburg
Analytical Chemist
 Testing of coal, water , oil and gas
 Building of small reactor to attempt to reduce emission

Reason for leaving: Better Opportunity

6. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS, CERTIFICATES AND TRAINING
Qualifications
 ND: Analytical Chemistry
 Matric
Certificates
 A+
 N+
Training
 Cisco CCNA
 ORACLE DBA
 Checkpoint Firewall
 Leadership
 Network Security
Other Experience
 Qemu libvirtd
 LXC and LXD
 docker (some exposure)
 MAAS
 JUJU
 Apache
 Python (some exposure)
 ISPconfig
 Zpanel
 AWS
REFERENCES
 Leo Hulsman - Infrastructure manager – Aspen Pharmacare PE
0824108149
 Clint Thompson – Network Architect - Aspen Pharmacare : 0828211009
 Ziane Shaw – IT Manager Aspen East London 043 705 7005