About

Network and infrastructure engineer with five-plus years across enterprise networking, security and virtualisation. At Dativa I own the network end to end: OSPF and static routing, VLAN segmentation and firewalls on MikroTik, FortiGate and HPE Aruba, plus the VMware, Windows AD, Linux and HPE storage estate behind it.

Before that, three years at Accenture delivering cybersecurity infrastructure for enterprise and OT clients, from firewall policy and segmentation to privileged remote access with BeyondTrust and CyberArk. I automate routine operations in Python, PowerShell and Bash, and I write the documentation people actually use.

5+years in infrastructure
2current certifications
#1SkillsLatvia 2019, networking

Experience

  1. — present2 yrs 6 mos

    Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer· Dativa

    Riga, Latvia · Hybrid · Full-time

    • Own the company network: MikroTik and FortiGate routing and firewalling, HPE Aruba switching; design and maintain OSPF and static routing with VLAN segmentation across sites.
    • Run the virtualisation and identity platform: VMware ESXi/vCenter and Proxmox, Windows Server domain controllers, Active Directory, Entra ID, Exchange and Microsoft 365, plus Debian Linux servers.
    • Administer HPE 3PAR, HPE MSA, Pure Storage and HPE GreenLake storage together with Veeam Backup & Replication.
    • Diagnose and resolve L2/L3 and TCP/IP incidents; build and operate site-to-site and remote-access VPN over IKEv2/IPsec and WireGuard.
    • Replace manual processes with Python, PowerShell, Bash and scheduled jobs; maintain architecture documents, network schemes and runbooks in Visio and draw.io.
    • FortiGate
    • MikroTik
    • HPE Aruba
    • OSPF
    • VMware
    • Active Directory
    • HPE 3PAR
    • Veeam
    • Python
  2. — 20243 yrs 4 mos

    Security Delivery Infrastructure Specialist & Project Lead· Accenture Baltics

    Riga, Latvia · Remote · Full-time

    InternAnalystSenior AnalystSpecialist / Project Lead
    • Technical consultant and project lead on cybersecurity infrastructure deliveries for enterprise and industrial (OT) clients, from procurement through implementation.
    • Configured and audited FortiGate, Check Point, Cisco, pfSense and IPFire firewalls; ran policy compliance analysis and designed segmented, zero-trust network architectures.
    • Delivered Privileged Remote Access and PAM with BeyondTrust and CyberArk, securing RDP and SSH access into OT environments.
    • Deployed EDR servers and agents, built Windows and Linux servers, provisioned GCP VMs and firewall rules, and managed Cloudflare DNS.
    • Automated documentation workflows with Excel, Access, SharePoint and VBA; implemented Jira for issue tracking; produced architecture documents and Visio designs.
    • Check Point
    • FortiGate
    • Cisco
    • BeyondTrust
    • CyberArk
    • EDR
    • OT security
    • GCP
    • Jira
  3. — 20211 yr 9 mos

    Network Engineer, competitor· WorldSkills · Team Latvia

    Riga, Latvia · Part-time

    • Trained for EuroSkills Graz 2021 in IT Network Systems Administration, representing Skills Latvia.
    • Built complete infrastructures to specification under time pressure: Cisco routing and switching, Windows AD and OpenLDAP, IPsec, DNS/DHCP, PKI, NFS/FTP, mail, web, RDS, GPO, monitoring and VMware ESXi.
  4. — 20211 yr 5 mos

    Physical Security Systems Technician· SIA Drošības Birojs

    Liepāja, Latvia · Full-time

    • Designed and installed perimeter, intrusion and fire-alarm systems (PIMA, DSC, Bentel, AJAX, Paradox, GE) for commercial clients.
    • Designed and deployed CCTV networks (Hikvision, Dahua) over MikroTik, LTE and VPN; provided user support.
  5. — presentFreelance

    E-commerce Developer· IK Čaga

    Latvia · Remote · Freelance

    • Build and operate WordPress and Shopify stores with Stripe payments and DPD / Omniva shipping integrations.
    • Host on Debian with Docker behind Cloudflare; manage DNS and e-mail; Python tooling for routine tasks.

Skills

Routing & switchingDesign · operate · troubleshoot

  • OSPF
  • Static routing
  • VLAN segmentation
  • L2/L3 switching
  • TCP/IP
  • DNS
  • DHCP
  • MikroTik RouterOS
  • HPE Aruba
  • Cisco IOS
  • HP

Network securityPerimeter · segmentation · access

  • FortiGate
  • Check Point
  • pfSense
  • IPFire
  • IKEv2 / IPsec
  • SSL VPN
  • WireGuard
  • Zero trust
  • PAM · BeyondTrust
  • CyberArk
  • EDR
  • OT security

Virtualisation & storageCompute · SAN · backup

  • VMware ESXi / vCenter
  • Proxmox
  • HPE 3PAR
  • HPE MSA
  • HPE GreenLake
  • Pure Storage
  • Veeam Backup & Replication

Servers & identityWindows · Linux · M365

  • Windows Server
  • Active Directory
  • Entra ID
  • Exchange
  • Microsoft 365
  • Debian Linux
  • Docker
  • Monitoring

Cloud & automationScripting · scheduling · cloud

  • Python
  • PowerShell
  • Bash
  • cron
  • VBA
  • GCP
  • Cloudflare

Documentation & toolingArchitecture · diagrams · AI-assisted

  • Technical architecture documents
  • Network schemes
  • Visio
  • draw.io
  • Runbooks & user manuals
  • Jira
  • Claude / Claude Code
  • ChatGPT
Latviannative
EnglishC1

Certifications & awards

Certification

MikroTik Certified Network Associate

MTCNA · MikroTik

Feb 2026 – Feb 2029

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Award

1st place · Network Administration

SkillsLatvia 2019 national finals for young professionals (VIAA)

May 2019

Official results
Competition

EuroSkills Graz 2021 · Team Latvia

Competitor, IT Network Systems Administration

2020 – 2021

Education

Higher education · EQF 5

Computer Network Administrator

Alberta koledža, Riga · First-level professional higher education, ICT

Sep 2021 – Feb 2024

Vocational · EQF 4

Computer Systems Technician

PIKC Liepājas Valsts tehnikums, Liepāja · ICT

Sep 2017 – Jun 2021

Let's talk infrastructure.

Open to senior network and infrastructure roles in Riga (hybrid) or remote across the EU. The quickest way to reach me is e-mail; I usually reply within a day.