Rod Fernandez
Systems Specialist III at Itopia Canada Corp
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRod Fernandez is a seasoned systems specialist with over 12 years of hands-on experience architecting and maintaining virtual infrastructure across VMware, Proxmox and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. Based in Peterborough, Ontario, he has supported Windows and Ubuntu server estates remotely for more than 15 years—often while traveling full-time in a motorhome—demonstrating exceptional self-motivation and remote-support discipline. Rod’s strengths include data center administration, P2V migrations, backups/restores (Veeam, Cove), Sophos security stacks, and scripting with PowerShell and batch to automate routine tasks. He has a long track record of reducing ticket backlogs, mentoring teams on virtualization best practices, and executing large upgrades and consolidation projects for enterprise clients. Notably comfortable with secure remote tooling and multi-factor authentication workflows, he consistently delivers reliable, well-documented operations with minimal supervision.
12 years of coding experience
Programming, Programming at St. Lawrence CollegeVMWare Certified versions 4, Computer Software, VMWare Certified versions 4, Computer Software at Training CentersVCP 4, vSphere: Install Configure Manage, VCP 4, vSphere: Install Configure Manage at VMware / HP RAIL (Remote Learning)Hardware Tech., Hardware/ Software maintenance, Hardware Tech., Hardware/ Software maintenance at Control Data
English
Github Skills (17)
classify9
traffic8
client-server6
python6
seo6
web-application6
nodejs5
mvc5
javascript5
fritzbox3
usability2
web-framework2
newsletter1
hapi1
react-native1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rodfernandez/lazojs
Feb 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
web-serverstructurednode-jsclient-serverjavascript
rodfernandez/CarND-Behavioral-Cloning-P3
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:60 pushes, 8 branches in 16 days
cloningbehavioralbehavioral-cloningudacity
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