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Micah Omayio, Senior Network and Security Administrator

Micah Omayio

Senior Network and Security Administrator·NetGuardians SA

Kenya

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science: Telecommunication And Information Technology

Work experience

Total years of experience: 13 years, 4 months

Senior Network and Security Administrator

April 2021 - Present

NetGuardians SA

Nairobi, Kenya

April 2021 - Present

Network design and administration of both On-premise and cloud infrastructure in Azure, Google Cloud, AWS
Design and administration of virtualized environment i.e. Vmware ESXi, Vsphere and Microsoft Hypervisor
Office 365 implementation and support i.e. Active Directory, Online Exchange, Sharepoint, Teams &
Power Automate.
Backup, replication and storage configuration and administration using technologies like NAS, SAN,
Veeam, Snology.
Firewall & VPN maintenance and administration
Responsible for establishing company-wide security best practices and protocols to mitigate risk of data
breach and outlining and maintaining a security patching schedule to efficiently address ongoing system issues.
Responsible for analysis, design, implementation Identity and Access Management (IAM), RBAC &
Zero Trust both on-premise and cloud.
Network and Server Infrastructure planning, systems monitoring, fault management and configuration.
Internal and External Customer Support and vendor management

Company industry:
Software Development
Job role:
Information Technology

Network Engineer

August 2014 - March 2021

Equity Group Holdings Limited

Kenya

August 2014 - March 2021

.Single Point Of Contact (SPOC) for all support issues raised by users (internal and external ) and
vendors
Managing team of five network engineers empowering and coaching team in achieving their KPIs and ensuring customer satisfaction
Developing and managing NOC operations and implementing the Incident Management process
Monitor, troubleshoot, offer remote assistance and escalations of IP Networks, Core Banking Systems,
Data Centers & All Banking Channels ensuring 99.99% availability
Work in 24/7 shifts supervising various network and system components and making sure they are active
and problem free
Log complaints, classifying, tracking and ensuring SLAs with service Providers are met as per the

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Engineering

Network Operations Center Engineer

February 2013 - July 2014

Safaricom PLC

Nairobi, Kenya

February 2013 - July 2014

>Configuration, testing and troubleshooting of various networking equipment aimed at proactively tuning various network issues prior to occurrence
->Monitoring (24/7) of Safaricom Radio Access Network System and resolving and escalating system alerts issues appropriately from start to completion
->Dispatching field technicians to various sites and providing guidance on connection for network devices, configuration and troubleshooting
->Creating, opening, resolving and closure of escalated trouble tickets using Remedy
->Investigating, analyzing and document technical issues and then provide recommendation to upper management

Company industry:
Telecommunications
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

Kenyatta University

December 2014

December 2014

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science: Telecommunication And Information Technology

Kenya

GPA (percentage): 68%

GPA (percentage): 68%

Skills

CCNP
Expert
CCNP
Expert
Network Design
Expert
Network Design
Expert
ITIL
Expert
ITIL
Expert
Cisco Routers
Expert
Cisco Routers
Expert
Data Network
Expert
Data Network
Expert
ARCHITECTURE
Beginner
ARCHITECTURE
Beginner
BANKING
Beginner
BANKING
Beginner
CCNA
Beginner
CCNA
Beginner
CCNP
Expert
CCNP
Expert
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Beginner
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Beginner
CISCO
Expert
CISCO
Expert
CISCO CERTIFIED
Beginner
CISCO CERTIFIED
Beginner
COMPUTER HARDWARE
Beginner
COMPUTER HARDWARE
Beginner
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
Beginner
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
Beginner
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
Beginner
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
Beginner
Vmware
Intermediate
Vmware
Intermediate
Cloud
Intermediate
Cloud
Intermediate

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Fortinet NSE4 Network Security Associate
Feb 2020
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Sep 2021
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Dec 2021
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
May 2015
LPIC-1: Linux System Administrator
Feb 2017
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP Routing & Switching)
Jul 2019

Training
Checkpoint Firewall R80 Administration
Checkpoint
Jan 2018
Pal Alto Firewalls Administration
Pal Alto
VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization
Vmware
Jan 2020
Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions
Microsoft
Dec 2021
VMware Certified Network Virtualization
Vmware
Jan 2022

Hobbies

  • Traveling