I'm Tommy van Extel
Linux Specialist and DevOps Engineer
- Age 34
- Address Arnhem, NL
- E-mail tommy.van.extel@gmail.com
- Phone +31 (0)6 28 50 78 37
- Languages Dutch, English
Expert in RHEL, Automation (Ansible), Middleware, Containerization and more.
Introduction
My professional journey began when I started as Service Desk employee, performing all kind of (workplace) IT tasks. Soon after I entered the world of System Management and went into depth on servers and everything else running in the back-end. During that time I developed a taste for Linux, which lead me to a consultancy job mainly focused on Linux and Open Source tooling.
I also encountered various Windows environments and even managed one at some point, but there was no doubt – I loved Linux and soon was seeking a role as Linux Engineer. As one, I grew towards a Linux Specialist and started to combine my knowledge with DevOps practices. Nowadays I still enjoy working with Linux platforms and tooling; physical, virtual and containerized.
Professional Skills
Work Experience
Hosting Infrastructuur Linux Specialist
At the Politiedienstencentrum (PDC) i'm responsible for daily Linux system management, resolving incidents, applying changes (w/ Impact Analysis) and problem management
Linux Engineer
At the Shared Service Centre Campus i was responsible for incident- and change management on RHEL Linux systems. I rolled out VM's with Satellite and configured them with Puppet and Ansible. I was also responsible for maintaining Jira and Gitlab and the migration of several RHEL6 systems to RHEL8
DevOps Engineer
At Avisi I was responsible for the installation, configuration and quarterly maintenance of Atlassian tooling, on-premise (with Ansible) and within Kubernetes clusters (Docker and Helm)
Technical Expert (Linux Engineer)
At ATOS I managed RHEL and SUSE systems - virtual and physical - for the Cloud Infrastructure Services team. I also managed the AWS environment for a large customer and was overall responsible for monitoring, incident- and change management
Medior Consultant
At AnyLinQ (TenICT) I was a consultant at the Midrange Management (UNIX/Linux, Open Source and Storage) business unit
Technical Application Manager
At ASML, department O&I, I was responsible for implementing a new SCOM monitoring environment (High Available and Disaster Recovery ready) for IT-components and applications (RHEL, Solaris, Windows Server)
Support Engineer
At ASML, department SEI, I performed third level incident coordination for the RHEV Red Hat environment. I also installed and configured VDI’s and created Puppet building blocks
Monitoring Engineer
At ASML, department O&I, I was responsible for monitoring the virtual infrastructure and middleware environment. I also did incident coordination and troubleshooting on Windows and Linux server systems
Web Operations Analyst
At Reed Business Media I managed and monitored Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems and clusters running Tomcat and Apache websites. I registered and applied changes with Git and Puppet
System Administrator
At CVIS I managed and monitored Linux, Windows and VMware ESX vSphere systems
Service Desk Employee
At Silicon Hive (Intel UMG) I managed and monitored Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, NetApp filers, DELL server hardware and a broad spectrum of software (middleware)
Service Desk Employee
At Philips PGIS TAS i started with workplace management but thereafter at Philips Applied Technologies i managed Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems and DELL/SUN hardware
Work Experience - Atlassian
Technical support and maintenance for Jira and Confluence
Technical support and maintenance for Jira and Confluence
Technical support and maintenance for Confluence
Technical support and maintenance for Jira
Technical support and maintenance for Confluence
Technical support and maintenance for Confluence and Crowd
Education
HBO ICT & Management and Security (Bachelor)
Fontys University of Applied Sciences
HBO Associate Degree ICT Service Management
Fontys University of Applied Sciences
MBO 4 ICT Administrator
ROC Eindhoven
MBO 3 Assistant ICT Administrator
ROC Eindhoven
VMBO Kaderberoepsgericht (Pre-vocational education - middle management track) ICT
Pleincollege De Burgh Eindhoven
Certifications
Linux Foundation Certified IT Associate (LFCA)
EDB Certified Associate - PostgreSQL 12
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Linux Diagnostics and Troubleshooting (EX342)
RHCE 8 Red Hat Certified Engineer (EX294)
RHCSA 8 Red Hat Certified System Administrator (EX200)
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation: Ansible Best Practices (EX447)
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation (EX407)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (renewal)
ACP-500 Atlassian System Administration
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
RHCE 7 Red Hat Certified Engineer (EX300)
RHCSA 7 Red Hat Certified System Administrator (EX200)
LPIC-1 Linux Professional Institute 1
SUSE CLA SUSE Linux Administrator
References
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Tommy is an excellent Linux engineer for whom quality results are of the upmost importance. He shows great determination and is fully dedicated to both customers and colleagues. He’s also very funny and a pleasure to be around!
Yanne Veronneau Commercially minded entre(intra)preneur -
I have worked with Tommy at Avisi and I agree with the recommendations of my colleagues!
But more importantly, I think that as a colleague and also as a future client, you can trust Tommy to complete the given detailed task. Always nice to be able to trust someone when carrying out work! Also, it is special that he makes the complete and clear descriptions of how his Ansible/Kubernetes scripts work, which most technicians cannot do very well.It was nice working with you especially considering your sense of humor :)
Thijs van Amersfoort Technical Consultant & Integration Expert -
Tommy is an excellent Linux / DevOps engineer. Give him a task and you know it is finished perfectly and in time. Tommy helped us tremendously in improving our Ansible provisioning system. Furthermore he was responsible for the operational work on our Kubernetes-based hosting platform. He is able to make technical difficult configurations easy to maintain and deploy, hiding the difficult parts in scripts and configurations and providing easy to use runbooks and scripts.
Tommy will make sure he is always up-to-date with the latest certifications and developments in his field so you can be sure to have the latest updates of your system.
In short a valued colleague working accurate and independent.
Sander Brienen Customer Success Manager EMEA at Gitlab -
When Tommy just joined our Atlassian consultancy team, we were doing installations and upgrades manual which are error prone. Tommy has been main responsible for implementing Ansible scripts for new installations and upgrades of existing environments, including customer specific requirements. This has helped us to not only be more efficient in doing these tasks but also to make fewer mistakes.
Next to that, Tommy has been responsible for hosting our customers managing a Kubernetes and Docker based environment.
Tommy is a fun and relax guy to have around in your team and most definitely will add some humor as well. It has been a pleasure working with you!
Patrick van der Rijst Atlassian Certified Master -
Tommy is a very valuable contributor to a team. Independent, yet a team player. He thinks "solutions", not "problems". His comprehensive knowledge is enormous - and he picks up quickly and proactively on anything he doesn't know. Never tired of answering questions, always willing to walk the extra mile.
Besides this, Tommy is a wonderful and very humorous person to work with. I'd recommend him for any team!
Bart Muijzer Consultant at Sue B.V.
Contact Me
KvK-nummer 83816364 – Btw-identificatienummer NL003875228B50