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Football, Video Games, Ping Pong, Cooking, Technology, Personal Development, Health and Education
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Gheorghe Alexandru Octavian

Gheorghe Alexandru Octavian

IAM Specialist And Team Coordinator
Bucharest

Summary

Dynamic and results-driven professional I am seeking a Team Leader position to leverage strong organizational and communication skills in driving team performance and achieving organizational goals. Proven track record of fostering a collaborative and motivated team environment, enhancing productivity, and implementing effective problem-solving strategies. Committed to continuous improvement and dedicated to supporting team members in their professional growth and development.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Team Coordinator

Allianz Services Romania, Bucharest
08.2024 - Current
  • Overseeing daily operations and ensuring that team members are effectively performing their dailly activities;
  • Assigning tasks and responsibilities to team members based on their skills and workload;
  • Organizing and leading team meetings to discuss goals, progress, and any issues that need addressing;
  • Tracking team performance and productivity, providing feedback, and identifying areas for improvement;
  • Conducting performance reviews and appraisals;
  • Addressing and resolving any conflicts or issues that may appear within the teams;
  • Identifying obstacles and implementing solutions to improve team efficiency and effectiveness in collaboration with every team member and the SME;
  • Identifying training needs and organizing development opportunities for team members, based on their career aspiration;
  • Mentoring and supporting team members to enhance their skills and career growth;
  • Collaborating with management to set team goals and objectives aligned with organizational priorities;
  • Motivating and guiding the team to achieve these goals;
  • Participating in client meetings to discuss their topics, improvement ideas in our processes;
  • Handling administrative duties such as scheduling, record-keeping, and correspondence.

IAM Specialist

Allianz Services Romania
03.2024 - Current
  • Managing user identities and access permissions to ensure that individuals have the appropriate level of access to systems and data;
  • Implementing user provisioning and de-provisioning processes;
  • Ensuring proper authorization protocols are in place to control access to resources;
  • Developing and maintaining role-based access control models to streamline access management and ensure compliance with security policies;
  • Creating and enforcing IAM policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and organizational standards;
  • Conducting regular audits and assessments to ensure adherence to IAM policies;
  • Learning to use the inhouse tools of the client.

IT Support Associate

Allianz Services Romania
06.2021 - 03.2024
  • Installing, configuring and providing maintenance for hardware, telephony, printing and networking equipment;
  • Managing and maintaining the internal hardware inventory;
  • Troubleshoot and resolve incidents and requests based on the current access level;
  • Escalating and providing the necessary information for the 3rd level teams;
  • Configure and providing maintenance for the conference rooms;
  • Participating actively in different projects like, domain migration, O365 implementation, SD-WAN migration;
  • Driving future workplace implementation by using and proposing new and advanced technologies;
  • Creating and implementing workflows like new joiner process, ticket creation in ServiceNow;
  • Acting as contact point for users in regards with different projects in order to train them and to explain what benefits it brings to them;
  • Responsible for ordering new hardware, consumables and software;
  • Ensuring a proper ticket management and SLA agreement;
  • Responsible for keeping and ensuring a good stock management;
  • Achievements :
  • Implement SD-WAN across CEE region
  • Create and implement the new joiner/leaver process in strong relation with multiple stakeholders
  • Unblocking the purchase order flow and train other colleagues 'how to'

Computer Network Administrator

MindGeek
06.2020 - 06.2021
  • Installing and configuring hardware equipment for the end users;
  • Creating AD accounts and providing the necessary accesses;
  • Managing and maintaining the internal hardware inventory;
  • Network patching and troubleshooting;
  • Troubleshoot and resolve incidents and requests based on the current access level;
  • Providing the necessary information for the new users regarding the ticketing systems and tools that they need to connect;
  • Escalating and providing the necessary information for the 3rd level teams;
  • Configure and providing maintenance for the conference rooms;


Achievements :

  • I was in charge of transferring the accounting software (SAGA) and data base on a VM;
  • In charge of finding a company and dispose the old equipment which is not used anymore

System Engineer

SpearHead Systems
02.2019 - 03.2020
  • Remote and on-site support for customers;
  • Installing, configuring and providing maintenance for hardware and networking equipment;
  • Monitoring alerts that are critical for different environments to work properly;
  • Setup and configure virtual machines (RHVM, HyperV);
  • Installing, configuring, testing and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools;
  • Creating activity reports with priority status;
  • Creating users and providing necessary roles for different applications;
  • Using different platforms for maintaining and creating users/groups/e-mail addresses (Virtualmin, Google admin, Microsoft Office365);
  • Monitoring servers, services and systems, using the Check_Mk application;
  • Managing and installing Active Directory;
  • Deploying and installing Check_Mk agent on different systems;
  • Managing and maintaining Ansible inventories;
  • Deploying and creating Linux/Windows machines in Spearhead Cloud;
  • Troubleshooting and maintenance on VMware ESXi machines for different clients

IS Customer Analyst for Philip Morris International

Stefanini SRL
11.2017 - 01.2019
  • Monitoring the queues and responding quickly and effectively to requests received through the IT helpdesk;
  • Monitoring service desk queue and resolving the tickets based on the priority;
  • Assisting with onboarding of new users;
  • Installing and configuring new workstations, printers, peripheral and software;
  • Providing support in conference rooms with connection, sound and video projection;
  • Performing initial troubleshooting and diagnostics as well as fixing problems as detected;
  • Supporting, creating and executing procedures and processes as related to day to day operations;
  • Using the ticket platform (Service-Now) in order to resolve and document problems, adding new devices in order to keep and check the inventory, documenting the knowledge articles, registering the mobile phones and iPads in the system;
  • Migrating users to the lync telephony;
  • Maintaining the data and voice numbers stock assigned in the company;
  • Communicating with different 3rd parties regarding devices that need to be send in warranty;
  • Documenting and performing the qualification for workstations situated in the laboratory and the factory

Technical support and dispatch technician for Nike

Stefanini SRL
06.2017 - 11.2017
  • Participating as a team member to achieve established objectives, working in close liaison with local and international colleagues;
  • Performing gap analysis of the business requirements to the existing solutions;
  • Evaluating ticket classification and accuracy performed by the service desk;
  • Providing support for Nike stores all over Europe;
  • Documenting and escalating tickets in order to dispatch a field technician in case the problem could not be solved remotely;
  • Assisting field technicians with the necessary information in case of a dispatch was needed;
  • Programing and confirming with Nike stores a quarterly 'health check' in order to review and test the equipment situated in the store;
  • Maintaining a good collaboration with 3rd party and Nike members when a Priority 1 incident (incidents that affects the business) appears in order to solve the issue as soon as possible

Senior IT Help Desk Technician for Nike

Stefanini SRL
03.2017 - 07.2017
  • Learning to adapt and understand the Nike environment;
  • Gathering all information related to processes and procedures;
  • Understanding and documenting flow processes;
  • Creating new knowledge articles that were missing and escalating them to the responsible team for publishing;
  • Finding gaps in the processes that could be optimize;
  • Monitoring and reporting the queues for the service level agreement;
  • Acting as a liaison between Nike and Stefanini;
  • Helping in developing the necessary training for the new agents (help desk/field);
  • Performing daily activities as a Help Desk and also Deskside technician;


Achievements :

  • I was based in the Nike European Headquarters for 4 months for data harvesting;
  • I assisted the project trainer with the necessary materials for developing the project training;
  • I have trained and assisted Stefanini's Field technicians and Help Desk agents

Help Desk technician for Philip Morris International

Stefanini SRL
11.2015 - 03.2017
  • Logging all customer questions, problems received via e-mail, phone or self service into the ticketing platform;
  • Basic troubleshooting of hardware, software and network related issues;
  • Escalating tickets to second or third level of support;
  • Managing user database, access rights and security groups in Active Directory, SAP, Service-Now;
  • Creating security groups in Active Directory and on server folders;
  • Granting and revoking accesses to users based on their position, to different security and shared folders;
  • Assisting in defining and documenting knowledge base articles;
  • Installing computer peripherals;
  • Initiating the process for shared mailboxes and distribution list creation;
  • Creating new hires accounts;
  • Updating employees information in SAP(phone number, work location);
  • Maintaining the ticket and request queues;
  • Extracting reports from the ticket platform with the agents activity per month


Achievements :

  • I was participating in a weekly meeting with the client and the local support team in order to see how to improve the service delivery;
  • I was providing the specific affiliate training for my new co-workers;
  • Sending reports to team leader with the month activity of the agents

Education

High School Diploma -

Economic High School Costin C. Kiritescu
Bucharest
05.2005 - 07.2009

Bachelor of Science - Faculty of Exact Science Engineering

Hyperion University - Faculty of Exact Science Engineering
Bucharest
05.2010 - 06.2014

Skills

  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Microsoft O365
  • Adobe products
  • Windows 10/11
  • MacOS
  • Linux
  • Critical Thinking
  • Growth Mindset
  • Productivity improvement
  • ITIL v4
  • MS Azure Fundamentals and Administrator
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
  • Strong listening skills to understand team needs
  • Capability to motivate and guide team members

Football, Video Games, Ping Pong, Cooking, Technology, Personal Development, Health and Education

Together, these hobbies and interests paint a picture of a well-rounded individual and points the fact that i value growth, connection, and innovation in various aspects of life.

Timeline

Team Coordinator

Allianz Services Romania, Bucharest
08.2024 - Current

IAM Specialist

Allianz Services Romania
03.2024 - Current

IT Support Associate

Allianz Services Romania
06.2021 - 03.2024

Computer Network Administrator

MindGeek
06.2020 - 06.2021

System Engineer

SpearHead Systems
02.2019 - 03.2020

IS Customer Analyst for Philip Morris International

Stefanini SRL
11.2017 - 01.2019

Technical support and dispatch technician for Nike

Stefanini SRL
06.2017 - 11.2017

Senior IT Help Desk Technician for Nike

Stefanini SRL
03.2017 - 07.2017

Help Desk technician for Philip Morris International

Stefanini SRL
11.2015 - 03.2017

Bachelor of Science - Faculty of Exact Science Engineering

Hyperion University - Faculty of Exact Science Engineering
05.2010 - 06.2014

High School Diploma -

Economic High School Costin C. Kiritescu
05.2005 - 07.2009
Gheorghe Alexandru OctavianIAM Specialist And Team Coordinator