Fredrik Kihlstedt
System Engineer, cat daddy and coffee lover.
Tech & tools
Python, Bash, PowerShell
Proxmox, Terraform, Ansible
Docker, Traefik, Portainer
Wazuh, PRTG, checkmk, Grafana
Work history
Linux System Engineer | Orange Business
Feb 2023 - Present
Ensuring operations of Linux systems and services for PCI environment
- Linux server management
- Developing and maintaining Ansible roles for CIS hardening and various applications
- System manager for our FIM solution, Wazuh.
Sysadmin / Appplication Operation Tech | Nexer Group
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Focused on server, storage & application operation in various degrees
- Linux and Windows server management (OS-level)
- Handled all general incidents and alarms from customer environments
- Performed custom maintenance of applications and servers in project-type settings
- Scripting to support custom application pipelines
IT Technician | Academedia
Jan 2018- Mar 2022
Firstline -> Secondline -> Thirdline
- Windows server management (OS-level) primarily
- Some very small and simple projects on Microsoft Azure
- Accidentally did a bad DNS modification which lead to a very large main site being down for a couple of hours..
- Managed Microsoft 365 & Exchange Online
- System manager for Airwatch & Apple School Manager (MDM)
- Planned and executed a rebuild of the MDM setup
- Handled alarms for network equipment on hundreds of sites
- Setup and configured network eqipment on multiple sites
- In-house, remote and on-site support for issues related to devices, networks, accounts & systems
Mac Technician / Site Manager | Digital Inn
Okt 2014 - Dec 2017
Repaired Apple hardware such as Macs & Thunderbolt displays while later also acting as the site manager
- Apple Certified Macintosh Technician 2015
- Lots of stats to try and hit while maintaining customer satisfaction
- Forgot to unplug a iMac PSU or two while doing repairs.. zapp
- Towards the last year I started another serviceshop for the company and became the service manager
Support Technician | Uniflex
Feb 2013 - Okt 2014
Technical phone and chat support for customers
- Supported computers, smartphones, tablets, routers, switches, OS, software and cloud services.
- Had a very high customer satisfaction score
Lessons learned
- Power Supply Units can really zapp you..
- Be humble and grateful for new experiences
- Tech aside, we're all just humans.
- It's always DNS..