Christophe Rahier

My career

From web development to infrastructure, in small businesses and large groups alike.

Experience is a lantern that lights only the path already travelled

System Engineer Current role — Mr Bricolage

May 2025 → present

  • Windows (2016 → 2025) and Linux (Debian 13) server management
  • AD, GPO, DNS, DFS, MSSQL management
  • VMware 8.x infrastructure management
  • Veeam Backup 12
  • Project management: Jira, Confluence, business applications
  • R&D: n8n, Docker, Grafana, Terraform, Ansible, ...
  • Support

Infrastructure Engineer — Gambit Finance

May 2024 → November 2024

  • VMware 7.x infrastructure management
  • Proxmox 8.3 infrastructure management
  • Veeam Backup 12
  • Windows (2016 → 2022) and Linux (Debian) server management
  • AD, GPO, DNS, PKI, MSSQL management
  • Third-level support

System Engineer — Uptime ICT

January 2022 → May 2024

Microsoft and infrastructure projects team.
Assignment at CHR Verviers East Belgium, January 2022 to November 2022:

  • AD, GPO, DFS management
  • Windows server management (2016 → 2022)
  • VMware 7.x infrastructure management
  • Third-level support

System Engineer — Computerland (now Keyes)

September 2019 → December 2021

  • End-to-end management of VMware infrastructures at AB InBev: 17 European breweries, several Nutanix clusters, around 200 VMs per brewery, Veeam backup
  • Windows (2016 → 2019) and Linux server management
  • AD, GPO, MSSQL, ESET management
  • Third-level support

IT & System Administrator — Trasis

January 2018 → August 2019

  • End-to-end management of the infrastructure, hardware and software
  • Management of AD, GPO, Exchange, file server and the IT fleet
  • Project management: centralised Trend Micro antivirus, Nakivo backup
  • Hyper-V 2016 virtualisation

System Engineer — YumanIT

October 2017 → January 2018

  • Windows server management
  • VMware 5.5 → 6.5 management

System Engineer — DXC Technology, for Safran Aero Boosters

November 2016 → October 2017

  • Windows server management
  • SharePoint 2013 administration
  • PowerShell scripting

System Engineer, ColdFusion front office (DIGIT C) — Business & ICT Consulting, for the European Commission (Luxembourg)

March 2015 → October 2016

  • ColdFusion infrastructure administration: several hundred websites
  • ColdFusion incident analysis and resolution
  • Incident, problem and change management
  • Project management
  • ITIL-based procedures

System Engineer and web developer — Qualifio

May 2011 → December 2014

  • Built the virtual infrastructure: around 70 machines on VMware 5
  • Windows and Linux server management: firewall, web, file server
  • SQL Server 2012 database administration
  • Analysis and development of ColdFusion applications, integrations between the Qualifio platform and various CRMs (Selligent, Citobi) or identity systems (Janrain, OAuth2)
  • Second- and third-level support

IT System Engineer and webmaster — Partena Professional

June 1998 → April 2011

  • SQL Server 2005 and 2008 database administration
  • Management of the related servers: web, FTP, mail, proxy
  • Windows and Linux server management
  • Analysis and development of internet and intranet applications
  • AD, Exchange management, ...
  • Third-level support

Web Project Manager — Self-employed, part-time

January 1997 → March 2002, then July 2006 → June 2014

  • Web application development in PHP, ColdFusion and .NET

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