Summary
Gabriel Ichim is a versatile network cabling installer and technician with nine years of hands-on experience installing, terminating, testing, and certifying copper and fiber networks in commercial and data center environments across Leinster, Ireland. He combines practical field skills—fusion splicing, OTDR analysis, Fluke testing and fault localization—with formal certifications in fiber testing and CNCI training, ensuring work complies with TIA/EIA and ISO/IEC standards and safety protocols. Prior to focusing on cabling, Gabriel spent a decade building web and software solutions (C#, .NET Core, Python, PHP/WordPress) for SMEs, bringing strong scripting and DevOps familiarity (Azure, Docker, Git) to infrastructure projects. That cross-disciplinary background helps him bridge field deployments and software-driven monitoring/automation, improving preventive maintenance and network optimization. Currently contracting with Smart Comms Cabling, he is completing advanced fiber certifications while studying an MSc in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust—underscoring an unusual blend of hands-on physical layer expertise and growing cyber resilience knowledge.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
FETAC - Lv5 - Lv6, Networks and Software Systems, FETAC - Lv5 - Lv6, Networks and Software Systems at Bray Institute of Further Education
Higher Diploma in Science in Computing, First Class Honours w/ Software Development, Higher Diploma in Science in Computing, First Class Honours w/ Software Development at Technological University Dublin
Certified Network Cable Installer (CNCI), Optical Fibre, Certified Network Cable Installer (CNCI), Optical Fibre at CNet Training
Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust at South East Technological University
English, Romanian