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Faridul Alam

IT Infrastructure · DevOps · M365

Infrastructure-focused IT specialist with hands-on experience across Windows and Linux systems, virtualization, networking, Microsoft cloud services, identity management, security and DevOps environments. Currently responsible for broad internal IT operations at AVILUS GmbH.

Based in Germany · IT Infrastructure · Systems Administration · DevOps

Faridul Alam

About Me

IT infrastructure and systems professional with experience across Windows and Linux environments, networking, virtualization, cloud services, PKI, automation and DevOps. My background combines hands-on infrastructure administration with software-defined networking, systems engineering and technical research.

I work across the full IT lifecycle, from identity and access management, server administration and endpoint support to network infrastructure, virtualization, cloud services, security controls, internal development environments and technical documentation.

Professional Experience

11.2024 – Present

AVILUS GmbH

IT Specialist
Ismaning, Germany
  • Operate and administer the company's IT infrastructure as the primary internal IT specialist.
  • Administer Windows and Linux server environments, including Hyper-V and HPE virtualization platforms.
  • Manage Active Directory, DNS, Group Policies, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Azure / Entra ID and Intune.
  • Administer network infrastructure including UniFi switches, access points, VLANs and network connectivity across company locations.
  • Configure and maintain perimeter and network security systems including Forcepoint and Ericsson firewall environments.
  • Manage employee IT lifecycle processes including user onboarding, offboarding, access rights, hardware provisioning and account administration.
  • Administer physical access systems and coordinate user permissions for company IT and facility access.
  • Operate and maintain company laptops, workstations, servers and other IT infrastructure, including troubleshooting, patching and lifecycle management.
  • Plan and implement virtualization, server, storage and backup solutions for internal engineering and business systems.
  • Support internal development and engineering environments, including GitLab, Docker, Linux servers and CI/CD-related infrastructure.
  • Define and maintain IT security policies, technical standards and infrastructure documentation.
  • Support cybersecurity and compliance activities, including access control, system hardening, security awareness and technical measures related to NIS2 requirements.
  • Coordinate external IT providers, software vendors and infrastructure suppliers when specialist support or procurement is required.
  • Provide first to third-level IT support to employees and troubleshoot hardware, software, network and access-related issues.
07.2019 – 10.2024

Secardeo GmbH

IT / Systems Administration & PKI
Ismaning, Germany
  • Developed and maintained PKI-based certificate management software.
  • Administered Active Directory, DNS, Exchange, VPN, firewalls, Azure, Microsoft 365 and Intune.
  • Maintained Windows and Linux servers for development, testing and support environments.
  • Supported project and sprint planning, technical coordination and documentation.
  • Supported Certificate Authority audit preparation.
05.2018 – 11.2018

University of Bremen

Master Thesis
Bremen, Germany
  • Number of Flows Detection in Software-Defined Networks using Machine Learning.
  • Built SDN/OpenFlow environments in Mininet.
  • Used Python and Bash for networking and data processing.
  • Used WEKA and scikit-learn for machine-learning classification.
01.2018 – 04.2018

University of Bremen

Student Job
Bremen, Germany
  • Implemented Software Defined Networks in Mininet.
  • Compared OpenFlow controllers and their performance.
  • Worked with machine-learning libraries and GUI tools.
11.2015 – 05.2016

University of Bremen

Master Project
Bremen, Germany
  • Performance evaluation of Minimum Delivery Delay Multipath TCP schedulers.
  • Worked with Linux Kernel C and OMNET++.
  • Used Bash, IPERF, TCPdump and Wireshark for network testing and analysis.
09.2012 – 02.2013

International Homeware (IHW)

Network Engineer
Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Installed and configured computer hardware, operating systems and applications.
  • Monitored and maintained network infrastructure.
  • Troubleshot system, network and hardware issues.

Education

03.2013 – 11.2018

M.Sc. Communication and Information Technology

University of Bremen

Germany

Grade: 1.87

Software Defined Networking, Data Mining, Machine Learning, TCP/UDP/MPTCP, Routing, Digital Signal Processing.

02.2008 – 06.2012

B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering

United International University

Bangladesh

Grade: 1.67

Communication Networking, Renewable Energy, Power Systems, Control Systems, C++ and Microcontrollers.

Technical Skills

Infrastructure

Windows ServerLinuxActive DirectoryAzure AD / Entra IDMicrosoft 365Exchange OnlineDNSNetworkingVPNFirewallUniFi

DevOps & Automation

DockerGitGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDPowerShellBashTraefik

Virtualization & Cloud

Hyper-VVMwareHPE VM EssentialsAzureServer InfrastructureStorageBackup

Development & Engineering

C#C++HTMLMATLABMininetOMNET++Python

Research & Projects

Master Thesis

Number of Flows Detection in Software-Defined Networks using Machine Learning.

Technologies: SDN, OpenFlow, Mininet, Python, Bash, WEKA, scikit-learn.

MPTCP Scheduler Research

Performance evaluation of Minimum Delivery Delay Multipath TCP schedulers in Linux Kernel and OMNET++.

Technologies: Linux Kernel C, C++, Bash, IPERF, TCPdump, Wireshark.

Bachelor Thesis

Modelling of a Solar-Diesel Hybrid Power System for St. Martin Island, Bangladesh.

Focus on system design, energy modelling, cost analysis and environmental impact.

Languages

EnglishC1
GermanB1+
BanglaNative
Hindi / UrduConversational

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