George Constantinou
Information Technology Support Specialist
Limassol, Limassol District, Cyprus
Summary
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Top SchoolGeorge Constantinou is an IT support specialist and network engineer with a MSc in Cyber Security and Forensic Information Technology and a decade of hands-on experience across technical support, networking, and operations. He provides Tier 1/2 support, administers switches, routers, NAS backups and VoIP systems, and has a track record of reducing downtime through clear troubleshooting and process documentation. George blends technical depth with strong administrative and customer-facing skills developed in logistics and office administration, where he managed invoicing, reconciliations and route optimization. An active contributor to open-source, he has improved the reliability of the CakePHP framework by hardening tests and validation logic—evidence of his attention to correctness beyond day-to-day support. Based in Limassol, Cyprus, he is known for being collaborative, meticulous, and efficient, and is eager to apply his cybersecurity training to strengthen operational resilience.
10 years of coding experience
MSc Cyber Security and Forensic Information Technology, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology, Distinction, MSc Cyber Security and Forensic Information Technology, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology, Distinction at University of PortsmouthHigh School Diploma, Economics, High School Diploma, Economics at Likio polemidion
Github Skills (14)
cakephp10
php10
testing10
validation9
validations9
caching8
memory-cache8
object-cache8
disk-cache8
web-cache8
web-framework7
mvc7
phpunit6
orm5
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
cakephp/cakephp
Nov 2018 - Jun 2019
CakePHP: The Rapid Development Framework for PHP - Official Repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 1 comment in 6 months
Contributions summary:George contributed to the CakePHP framework by focusing on improving the reliability and correctness of the codebase. Their work included adjusting assertions in the testing suite to align with the expected behavior of the `NullEngine` cache implementation. They also modified validation rules to ensure correct handling of boolean and floating-point values, further enhancing the robustness of the framework. In addition, the user refactored some code to simplify checks for integer values.
php-frameworkormform-buildervalidationpsr-7
QoboLtd/cakephp-duplicates
Jun 2018 - Nov 2019
:cake: CakePHP 3 plugin for processing duplicate records
Contributions:15 releases, 27 PRs, 27 pushes in 1 year 5 months
phprecordsduplicatecakephp
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