Remko Lodder

I am an experienced engineer, with expertise in Coaching, Unix, Networking, Security, Automation and Virtualisation. I live in Barendrecht, the Netherlands.

Currently I spend my days as Chapter Lead (HR Manager) in the Virtualisation and Storage team within ING, where I am supported by a team of strong Virtualisation experts. I support the team with an Engineer position for the automation of the Virtualisation Platform.

Characteristics

  • Teamplayer - Stable - Self assured - Stress resistant - Curious - Inventive - Thoughtful - Result driven - Organised

Certifications

  • GSEC - LPI1 - LPI2 - Itil - Checkpoint CCSA, CCSE+ - BSDA - JNCIA-JunOS - NSE1, NSE2 (Fortigate) - CISSP - CCNA - CCNP - RHCSA - RHCE8 (Ansible) - Oplossingsgericht Coachen

Specialties

  • Coaching, Security, Networking, Unix, Open Source, Automation, CI/CD, Management

Professional Experience

09-2021 - Present

ING Bank NV, Rotterdam/Amsterdam

Chapter Lead Virtualization and Storage
Focus: Various virtualization solutions (VMware, vRealize Suite, HP Oneview, Dell Openmanage), Powershell, Ansible, Azure DevOps, Agile, Coaching, HR

At ING, I have a dual task.

  1. I am the HR Manager for my team. I am responsible for all people related activities from hiring, performance management, coaching, periodic talks, member of the GTDCN MT. I challenge my team members where possible and help them to develop themselves to find their ’next extended version’ of themselves. I represent our Area in our Tribe and beyond for managerial and engineering related activities.
  2. I am also an Engineer for the Virtualisation team. I am responsible for the automated deployment of our VMware stack using Ansible. We automated a full deployment stack from our vendors (think OOB) to the final deployment of all VMware components that we use in our private cloud. I am member of the Security and Risk team within our tribe, and I manage the Disaster Recovery tests and take part in one of the DR’s periodically. I write documentation, use automation like pipelines within Azure DevOps to automate our mentioned deployments and beyond. I share my knowledge to everyone who takes interest in the topics we handle by giving presentations, assisting/supporting colleagues by helping them getting further, but also challenge them where applicable.

10-2006 - 08-2021

Sue B.V. (Formerly Snow B.V.), Geldermalsen

Technical Field Manager, Unix/Network/Security Consultant
Focus: Field Management, Coaching, Networking, Security, Unix

Within Sue I did a lot of various consultancy assignments, ranging from top ISP’s, financial institutes, healthcare industry and government bodies and more. My main specialties included here are: Coaching, Consultancy, Designing, Team Leading, (Technical) Projectleading, Engineering and building solutions for the customer(s). I touched a lot of various products, like Aruba, Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Alcatel. Wrote a lot of parsers (shell scripts, python). I am able to speak with colleague’s, management, director level people, I can write advises and able to parse information back from management to fellow colleague’s.

Jobs included:

  • Healthcare: 2021 (Technical Specialist)
  • Consultancy company: 2019-2021 (Coach)
  • Government body: 2017-2019 (Sr. Unix/Network Administrator/Designer)
  • Consultancy company: 2016-2017 (Sr. Unix/Network Administrator)
  • Oil and Gas Company: 2016 (Sr. Network Administrator)
  • Large Cable ISP: 2011-2016 (Sr. Network and Security Administrator)
  • Large ISP: 2008-2011 (Sr. Network and Security Administrator)
  • Financial Institute: 2006-2008 (Sr. Network and Security Administrator)

2001-2006

ING Bank NV:

Firewall, Unix and Security Engineer
Focus: Projects, Security administrator, Networking, Risk Management

Hobbies/Interests

Whenever I am not at work, busy for work or studying for work, I like to spend time with my wife & kids. I like to go out for a walk with my dog, bike, swim. I periodically get together with friends, and we chat about current life events, play a game, have a good time together, or visit the theater/concerts. I like to listen to various music flavours but mainly rock music. I like to pretend that I can drive as fast as any F1-driver in my F1 simulator, and I like to play the guitar or learn for my guitar lessons.

I read on a daily basis, sometimes about coaching, management related books, or just a fantasy book to just relax when I can.