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Francis Begyn

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ICT engineer with a problem-solving mindset. Likes being challenged on both personal and technical aspects and not afraid to challenge others. I love to analyze systems to find out how they work and how we can improve them, even more enthusiastic when communication is involved.

Skills:

  • Programming:
    Go, Python, C and other languages
  • Frameworks:
    Kubernetes, Django, Google cloud
  • OS:
    Debian, Ubuntu, Nixos, Arch Linux
  • Software:
    Linux networking, Git, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana, Ansible, Nginx
  • Languages:
    • Dutch - native
    • English - professional
    • French - intermediate (oral)/novice (written)
    • German - novice

Experience:

  • professional:
    • Solutions engineer (sept 2022 - current)
      Inuits - o11y

      Provide support for Prometheus installations at customers and drive forward the observability ecosystem within the company.

    • Project engineer (march 2022 - sept 2022)
      Flemmish government - AWV

      Manage installation of trajectory speed control systems in East- and West-Flanders, data management and analysis. Temporary management of the renewal of several WIM sites throughout Flanders.

    • RF & Network engineer (jan 2022 - feb 2022)
      Excentis

      DOCSIS test execution and automation for consumer and operator side of RF networks.

    • Backend developer (feb 2021 - dec 2021)
      Vectera

      Backend development in Django. Improve observability and automatization. Develop tooling for colleagues. DevOps enthusiast.

    • DevOps engineer (sept 2019 - dec 2020)
      Robovision

      Design CI/CD systems and offer internal support for an ML platform running on Kubernetes. Maintain GPU Kubernetes clusters and critical infrastructure.

  • student:
    • System engineer (2019)
      Axians

      Internship for designing and implementing intrusion detection systems based on aggregated logging. Tested and deployed EFK and ELK stacks in a high traffic environment.

    • Assistant theatre technician (2013 - 2017)
      GC De Kluize

      Assist with load-in and load-out of theatre shows and performances. Sound and lighting board operation with an emphasis on lighting design.

  • volunteering:
    • Board of directors (2021 - current)
      Student Kick-Off

      Oversee and help set the strategical goals of the organization. Help construct policies related to information, training and security. Provide legal support.

      • team lead Site&Safety - 2018/2019
      • electricity coordinator - 2017
      • crew lead Site&Safety - 2016
    • crew member - network (2016 - current)
      Frag-o-matic

      Set up and maintain the network of one of Belgium's largest LAN parties. Configuration of switches and routers. Development of software to improve the observability and management of network components.

Education:

  • Engineering technology: electronics/ICT at Ghent University
    • Msc 2018-2020
      master dissertation: interference detection in sub-GHz networks with machine learning. Development of a set of tools for the collection and processing of QI samples from an SDR. Research into ML model for the identification of sub-GHz technology.
    • Bsc 2013-2019
      bachelor paper: online with LoRaWAN: development of CO2 sensor with LoRaWAN technology. Development of a Go application to collect and expose sensor data.

Free time:

  • Developing open source software
  • Discovering the world and new technologies
  • Connecting people with sensors and software
  • Creating software and experiences
  • Playing games and music
  • Getting lost in books

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