Fredrik Kihlstedt

System Engineer, cat daddy and coffee lover.

Skills & Qualifications

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..