Guillaume Legault

System Administrator @ VKS - Visual Knowledge Share

About

Passionate about my work, I constantly optimize and experiment with new technologies. I always get the most out of available resources while never sacrifying stability. Fair team player, I seek positive relationship all the time to create synergy. Balancing flexibility and efficiency has became second nature to me.

Country

Canada

City

Montreal

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Network Administration, MySQL, Linux, Web Development, Apache, PostgreSQL, CentOS, Network Architecture, Varnish, pfSense, Shell Scripting, System Administration, JavaScript, VMware, ESXi, IP PBX, OpenVPN, HaProxy, Failover, FreeBSD

Experience

System Administrator

VKS - Visual Knowledge Share

2021-2 - Present · 5 yrs 8 mos

I am very proud and excited to join the VKS team! Currently working at the infrastructure and devops levels as a system administrator. www.vksapp.com

System Administrator

Havas Creative Canada

2016-6 - 2020-12 · 4 yrs 7 mos

Montreal, Canada Area

My work at Havas was a continuity from TP1. Bigger, stronger, farther!

System Administrator

Havas Creative Canada

2013-2 - 2016-6 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Montreal, Canada Area

My duty at TP1 was to provide internal systems & networking management, client support and consulting. Internal systems and support ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ☑ Systems setup and procedures ☑ Voice Over IP telephony ☑ Optimization, security, maintenance, source control ☑ Performance and load testing ☑ Deployments ☑ Inventory management and technical planning ☑ Continuous integration ☑ Automation ☑ Documentation Client systems and support ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ☑ Systems setup and procedures ☑ Optimization, security, maintenance, backup ☑ Domain, DNS, SLL certificates management ☑ Monitoring ☑ Documentation Sales and consulting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ☑ Architecture and systems sizing ☑ Client meetings and consultation ☑ Proposal and contracts To date, I had the privilege to work on several complex projects. To name a few : ► STM (Société de Transport de Montréal) - Servers architecture planning - Caching configuration - Performance optimization ► CSDM (Commission Scolaire de Montréal) - Building a failover solution using various technologies - Configuring Varnish, HaProxy, Apache, MySQL - Database master/master+slave replication ► CHUM (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal) - Building a custom failover solution - Server security enhancement [...]

Freelancer

Guillaume Legault

2000 - 2019 · 19 yrs

When time allows me, I always offer my consulting services: ✔ Commercial and residential technical support ✔ Installation of servers and backup solution ✔ System and network administration ✔ Customized PC building ✔ Many more... [...]

System Administrator

QuiboWeb

2008-1 - 2012-12 · 5 yrs

Longueuil

► Servers under my administration: ☑ Over 10 production servers ☑ Two fully managed nameservers ☑ Development and staging servers ☑ Gateway/Routing server ☑ Backup server ► Web site deployment on production servers ► Setting up of development environment ► Workstations managements ► Creation of custom application tools like backup automation, service monitoring, sensitive data vault ► Local network management, including elaboration of security rules ► Technical advising ► Technical support [...]