GershonOtinkorang
Administrateur systèmes et réseaux
Je maintiens en service les réseaux, serveurs et systèmes ERP d'organisations qui ne peuvent pas se permettre d'interruption.
Accra, Ghana — déménagement à St. John's, NL, Canada, August 2026
Topologie en production · Greenhouse
Both WAN links healthy.
Live · both WANs healthy
Experience
5+ yearsCurrent role
IT Support OfficerAvailable
Aug 2026Based
Accra → St. John's
Résumé
Cinq ans d'administration d'infrastructures réseau, de plateformes ERP et d'opérations informatiques pour des organisations privées et publiques au Ghana. MikroTik RouterOS, bascule automatique double-WAN avec Starlink, Frappe/ERPNext et Odoo, sur des environnements multi-sites.
01 — Experience
Où j'ai fait mes preuves
Six postes en ingénierie, immobilier, publicité et à la compagnie nationale d'électricité du Ghana.
2023 — Present
Sole administrator for a multi-site network, the production servers behind it, and the ERP platform the engineering and operations teams run on.
- Administer and secure a multi-site network on MikroTik CCR2004 routers — dual Starlink WAN with port-based failover, bandwidth queuing and firewall hardening on RouterOS 7.x.
- Maintain production servers and the company ERP (Frappe/ERPNext, Odoo), protecting data integrity and uptime for engineering and operational workflows.
- Diagnose complex connectivity failures including fibre-optic link loss and routing-related latency, minimising downtime across departments.
- Design, deploy and manage IP camera and CCTV systems for facility security and monitoring.
- Act as departmental supervisor in the Engineering & Design Manager's absence, overseeing local staff and workflow.
- Lead recruitment and structured technical interviews for IT Officer hires, including job postings and interview guides.
- Procure hardware and software licences, and enforce IT policy and licensing compliance.
02 — Case studies
Comment le travail s'est réellement déroulé
Des analyses détaillées de problèmes qui méritent d'être expliqués, plutôt que des captures d'écran qui vieillissent mal.
03 — Capabilities
Ce que j'utilise vraiment
Regroupé par usage, approximativement selon l'importance de chaque domaine dans mon poste actuel.
Network administration
The core of the current role — multi-site, satellite-backed, hardened.
- MikroTik RouterOS 7.x
- CCR2004
- Dual-WAN failover
- Bandwidth queuing
- Firewall hardening
- WireGuard VPN
- Starlink deployment
- Fibre troubleshooting
Systems & ERP
Servers, and the business platforms that depend on them.
- Frappe / ERPNext
- Odoo
- Server administration
- Windows & Linux
- Backup & recovery
- CCTV / IP camera systems
- Hardware support
Cloud
Where the edge of the network meets managed infrastructure.
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cloudflare Tunnel
- Domain management
- DNS
Web & development
Building the platforms, not just hosting them.
- PHP
- MySQL / SQL
- .NET Framework
- HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
- C++
- WordPress
- Git / GitHub
- SEO
Professional
The parts that decide whether the technical work lands.
- Technical documentation
- Project coordination
- Technical interviewing
- IT policy & compliance
- Confidential data handling
- Cross-team collaboration
- Remote work
Gershon Adjei Otinkorang — IT Systems & Network Administrator
Accra, Ghana · relocating to St. John's, NL, Canada, August 2026
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GitHub activity
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04 — Credentials
Formation et certifications
Dans l'ordre, du premier diplôme jusqu'à la maîtrise qui débute en 2026. Chaque élément renvoie à l'organisme émetteur.
- Oct 2020
HND Information & Communication Technology
Takoradi Technical University (NABPTEX)
Second Class, Upper Division
- Nov 2024
BSc Information Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Second Class Honours, Upper Division
- Aug 2026À venir
MSc Computer Science
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Course-based · focus on network security and intrusion detection
05 — Contact
Parlez-moi de votre projet
Disponible pour des postes en administration systèmes et réseaux à St. John's, NL, Canada à partir d'August 2026.
Phone
+233 (0) 55 466 4733Availability
Based in Accra, Ghana (GMT), relocating to St. John's, NL, Canada in August 2026. Comfortable working across North American and European hours.