Matthew Finlayson
Technical Support Engineer Backup And DR at Ekco
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Finlayson is a seasoned Technical Support and Backup/DR engineer with nine years of hands-on experience managing global IT infrastructure across South Africa, the USA, and the Netherlands. He excels in end-to-end support—hardware provisioning, cross-platform desktop administration, Active Directory and Veeam backup management—and has escalated through tiered support roles to handle complex production environments and incident investigations. Comfortable both onsite and remotely, Matthew has supported large distributed workforces and collaborated with international tier-3 teams, routinely meeting KPIs while improving system reliability. His fintech and blockchain interest adds a forward-looking edge to his infrastructure skillset, and he brings practical SQL, Atlassian, and Bitbucket experience from enterprise contexts. Known for strong client relationships and a 24/7 support mindset, he combines technical depth with a calm, investigative approach to problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
itnis ( Information Technology Network Integration Specialist), Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, 2nd year course, itnis ( Information Technology Network Integration Specialist), Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, 2nd year course at Prestige AcademyElectronics and Radio Theory, Electronics and Radio Theory, n3, Electronics and Radio Theory, Electronics and Radio Theory, n3 at North Link
Github Skills (29)
crypto10
cryptocurrency10
cryptography9
ethereum9
complexity9
database8
snowflake7
storage7
scale7
serverless7
rust7
ai6
data-warehouse6
django6
sql5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cryptotwenty/smartcontracts
Aug 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:15 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
MatthewFin/eee3061w
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
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