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Michael Pap

Security Engineer, Linux System Administrator & IT Consultant specializing in Remote Access, Firewalls, PKI, and Linux Infrastructure.

About Me

Michael Pap
  • Name: Michael Pap
  • Date of birth: 1968
  • Address: 2491 Neufeld a.d. Leitha, AUSTRIA
  • Nationality: AUSTRIAN
  • Phone: [Protected Content]
  • Email: [Protected Content]

Objective

Experience of over 14 years in network, server or application security and seeking a challenging position in a reputed organization.

What I Do ?

I have been working as a Security Engineer since 1998. I have lots of experience on secure remote access solution design and deployment.

  • VPN Remote Access
  • Firewalling
  • Network Design
  • Open Source
  • Access Security
  • Montoring
  • PKI
  • OTP Token Access
  • KeyCloak, Authentic, PocketID
  • Wazuh - Security Monitoring
  • Threat Detection
  • Integrity Monitoring
  • Incident Response and Compliance
  • Cloud Hosting
  • Open Source eMail
  • Open Source IAM
  • Open Source VPN
  • Open Source Firewall
  • Open Source PKI
  • RSA Secure ID
  • Cisco Secure ACS, Cisco ISE
  • Cisco ASA, Cisco SSL VPN
  • DKIM, DMARC, SPF, DNSSEC
  • Openvpn, Wireguard
  • Strongswan, Tinc, Wireguard
  • OPNSense, PFSense
  • PowerDNS, Apache, Nginx
  • Kibana, Elasticsearch
  • Logstash, Filebeat
  • Nagios, CheckMK, PRTG
  • Debian, Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu
  • Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Alpine
  • Windows Server, Windows 11
  • Docker, Docker Compose
  • Treafik, Caddy
  • Linux Server Management
  • Linux Server Monitoring
  • Linux Server Configuration
  • Linux Server Deployment
  • Linux Terminal Server Development
  • Linux Server Administration
  • Linux Network Administration
  • Linux Security Administration

37

Years of Experience

+ 200

Projects Done

Resume

Education

  • 1983-1989

    Mechanical Engineering

    HTL Allgemeiner Maschinenbau, Eisenstadt, Burgenland, AUSTRIA

    I have completed Mechnical Engineering school with diploma qualifying for university admission or matriculation.

    School Website Department Info

Experience

  • 1989-1994

    Mechanical Project Engineer Construction and Production

    Monsberger GmbH., Maria Enzersdorf, Austria

    Airline baggage conveyors and sorting system
    Conveyors, conveying systems and equipment
    Dosing hoppers and systems
    Filling apparatus and requisites for carboys, barrels and kegs
    Palletisers for drums, barrels and casks

  • 1994-1995

    Projekt Engineer Construction Stream Power Plants

    Elin Energieversorgung GmbH., Vienna, Austria

    Completely provide access to seamless manufactured products before functionalized synergy.

  • 1994-1995

    Projekt Engineer Construction Stream Power Plants

    Elin Energieversorgung GmbH., Vienna, Austria

    Completely provide access to seamless manufactured products before functionalized synergy.

  • 1995-1998

    Freelancer – Mechanical Engineering

    Self-employed (Freelance)
    Austria

    Conveyors, conveying systems and equipment – Paper Industrie
    Steelwork Plant Buildings - OMV
    Prototype Truck Trailer - IFE
    Shoe manufacturing Maschine – Kopitarna Sevnica
    Containex / LKW Walter Austria – AutoCAD LT. Modular Container construction and calculation Tool

    Technologies:
    AutoCAD LTMechanical EngineeringConveyor Systems
  • 1998-2013

    Senior Administrator & Service Delivery Manager Secure Remote Access Networking

    Atos SIS / Siemens AG (Freelance)
    Vienna, Austria

    Lotus Notes & Domino Administrator (MaxMobil)
    Citrix Netscaler SSL VPN System Administrator
    RSA SecurID Authentication Manager Administration
    SMS Passcode System Engineer and Integrator
    Linux Server Administrator (RedHat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu)
    Cisco ASA/PIX VPN Gateway & Firewall Administrator
    Cisco Secure ACS Server Administrator
    Cisco Router & Switch Administrator
    FreeRadius Administrator
    Windows 2003, 2008 Server Administrator (Remote Access Networks)
    Cisco IPSEC VPN Client Support
    RSA SecurID Client Support
    RSA Authentication Manager System Customer Support
    Cisco Secure ACS Customer Support
    VMware vSphere & Citrix Xen Server (Remote Access Infrastructure)

    Technologies:
    Lotus Notes/DominoCitrix NetscalerRSA SecurIDLinux (RedHat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu)Cisco ASA/PIXCisco Secure ACSFreeRadiusWindows ServerVMware vSphereCitrix Xen Server
  • 2013-2017

    Owner & IT Consultant

    Cyber Computer Technology, Inc. (Self-employed)
    Cape Coral, FL, USA

    IT Consulting
    eMail Security Appliance Development
    Windows 2012 Server Administration
    OpenSource VOIP System Service and Addon Development
    Citrix Xen Center and VmWare System Administration
    Windows 7 Enterprise Rollout
    Twitter Bootstrap
    MySQL and PHP Development
    Routing, WLAN Firewalling & VPN
    Cisco ASA, PF-Sense & OpnSense Firewalling
    Amazon AWS & other Cloud based Services

    Technologies:
    Windows ServerCitrix Xen CenterVMwareBootstrapMySQLPHPCisco ASApfSenseOPNsenseAWS
  • 2016-2017

    Subcontractor

    Dimension Data Germany / Airbus Defence and Space (Contract)
    Taufkirchen, Germany

    Cisco AnyConnect VPN (Cisco ASA Cluster)
    Remote Access Service Divisional Network Access
    NCP Secure VPN Govnet Box
    HID Active Identity PKI, Token
    Check MK RAW Edition, Nagios Monitoring VPN and Authentication Infrastructure
    Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) - Cluster
    Project documentation and coordination

    Technologies:
    Cisco AnyConnectCisco ASANCP Secure VPNHID Active IdentityCheck MKNagiosCisco ISE
  • 2017-2018

    Service Delivery Support Engineer (L2)

    Dimension Data Germany / Airbus Defence and Space (Employed)
    Taufkirchen, Germany

    Cisco AnyConnect VPN (Cisco ASA Cluster)
    Remote Access Service Divisional Network Access
    NCP Secure VPN Govnet Box
    HID Active Identity PKI, Token
    Check MK RAW Edition, Nagios Monitoring VPN and Authentication Infrastructure
    Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) - Cluster
    Project documentation and coordination

    Technologies:
    Cisco AnyConnectCisco ASANCP Secure VPNHID Active IdentityCheck MKNagiosCisco ISE
  • 2018-2019

    Application Engineer

    ITSDONE (Employed)
    Vienna, Austria

    Nagios XI
    IT Cockpit
    OTRS Ticket System and CMDB
    i-doit Migration
    Nagios XI to Wotan Migration
    Perl, Bash and Python scripting
    PHP 5.x to PHP 7.x Migration
    and more daily challenges

    Technologies:
    Nagios XIOTRSi-doitPerlBashPythonPHP
  • 2019

    DevOps Engineer

    Fluidtime (Employed)
    Vienna, Austria

    Nagios Monitoring
    Office 365 Administration Tasks
    Working with Jenkins, Docker, Jira, Confluence, Git-Lab and Mattermost
    MacOS Server LDAP User Administration
    Windows 10 and MacOS Client Services
    Planning Oracle Java to Open Source Java Migration
    Ubuntu 14.x LTS to 16.x LTS Server Migration
    PF-Sense Firewalling
    DNS Maintenance

    Technologies:
    NagiosOffice 365JenkinsDockerJiraConfluenceGitLabMattermostLDAPpfSenseDNS
  • 2019-2020

    Subcontractor

    Dimension Data Germany / Airbus Defence and Space (Contract (itXworks GmbH))
    Taufkirchen, Germany

    Cisco AnyConnect VPN (Cisco ASA Cluster)
    Remote Access Service Divisional Network Access
    OneLogin Protect
    Check MK RAW Edition, Nagios Monitoring VPN and Authentication Infrastructure
    Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) - Cluster
    Project documentation and coordination

    Technologies:
    Cisco AnyConnectCisco ASAOneLoginCheck MKNagiosCisco ISE
  • 01/2021-06/2021

    Systems Engineer

    next layer Telekommunikationsdienstleistungs- und Beratungs GmbH (Employed)
    Vienna, Austria

    Docker & Kubernetes
    Linux & Windows Server
    Proxmox & ESXi
    Hosted Exchange
    Halon & MailCow Mailserver
    Ansible
    iptables FW & Strongswan IPSEC Site to Site
    OpenVPN
    pfSense

    Technologies:
    DockerKubernetesLinuxWindows ServerProxmoxESXiHosted ExchangeHalonMailCowAnsibleiptablesStrongswanOpenVPNpfSense
  • 07/2021 - 09/2025

    Linux Systems Engineer

    MTH Retail Services GmbH (Employed)
    Guntramsdorf, Austria

    Linux Server Infrastructure management for ~300 hosts. Migration from Windows Terminal Server to Linux. Development of Linux branch terminal client GUI based on Debian 11/12. Porting of Windows desktop applications to Wine. Operation of complete Linux infrastructure in a corporate environment.

    Technologies:
    Linux (Debian, CentOS)PythonLaravelPHPFlaskMySQLxrdpWineDNATVMware vSphereVeeamFortiweb WAFPRTGIntranetMail ServerProxy Server

Get in touch

2491 Neufeld a.d. Leitha, AUSTRIA

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