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Gabriel Rodríguez Rodríguez

Technical Support Engineer
Heredia

Summary

Technical Support Engineer with experience in System Administration, Tech Support and Networking. Red Hat Certified System Administrator(RHCSA) focused on solving problems. Certified Entry Level Python Programmer(PCEP) with knowledge in shell scripting. Splunk Core Certified Power User.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
10
10
Certifications

Work History

QRadar SIEM Administrator

IBM Business Transformation Center
04.2021 - 03.2024

Responsibilities:

  • Adding, removing and troubleshooting Linux Services for QRadar (SMTP, NTP, Network Services, DNS, Docker, etc.).
  • Monitoring and troubleshooting performance, capacity and connectivity issues.
  • Custom scripts and reports scheduled in cron.
  • Managing and troubleshooting QRadar Apps.
  • Troubleshooting hardware issues like disk usage, memory and CPU utilization.
  • Software and Firmware Upgrades.
  • Log Source (addition, removal, edition and troubleshooting).
  • Troubleshooting issues with reports (not accumulating data or not sending email to recipient).
  • Configuring, managing and troubleshooting routing rules and forwarding destinations.
  • Handled more than1200 tickets per year.

Threat Analyst Tier 1

IBM Business Transformation Center
12.2019 - 04.2021

Responsibilities:

  • We were the first who reacted to potential cybersecurity threats and validate their potential impact to customer´s environments
  • Maintained database systems to track and analyze operational data.
  • Enhancing the service provided to Customer through service improvement projects.
  • Suggesting appropriate tuning to rules to clean Customer consoles of everything except real threats.
  • Working in a team to decrease pickup time for handling alerts.
  • Working along with a coworker created a video about Linux concepts and commands.

Technical Support Engineer Tier 2

Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group Inc.
04.2018 - 11.2019

Responsibilities:

  • Offering break/fix technical support to Ruckus L3 Switches and Access Points.
  • Troubleshooting Layer 2/3 issues with protocols like DHCP, STP, SSH, OSPF, RIP, BGP, SNMP, ACLs, VLANs, Multicast, IPSEC and VRRP.
  • Troubleshooting Authentication issues with RADIUS.
  • Troubleshooting Hardware issues.
  • Collaborating with other team members to provide high quality support.
  • Ensured constant self-development though day to day work, web-based training, and any other available tools.

Technical Support Agent 2

Foundever Costa Rica Sociedad Anónima.
10.2016 - 04.2018

Responsibilities:

  • Offering technical support to Cisco users of video collaboration solutions for Cisco ROS account.
  • Troubleshooting connectivity and hardware issues for Telepresence solutions.
  • Troubleshooting issues with Jabber and Spark.
  • Following up on customer’s issue by maintaining periodic timely updates, setting up appointments until issues were solved.
  • Keeping and updating pertinent paperwork and records through data entry.
  • Communicating with SME, team members and other teams regarding problems, solutions.

Customer Service Representative

Foundever Costa Rica Sociedad Anónima.
12.2014 - 10.2016

Responsibilities:

  • Handling disputes for Capital One Bank credit card holders.
  • Making conference calls with Customers and merchants to try to get a resolution for both without filing a dispute.
  • Handling escalated calls finding satisfactory resolutions for both customers and the company.
  • Taking payments, managing Customer information.
  • Following up with Customers providing and requesting required documentation and evidence until dispute is resolved.
  • Handled more than 70 Customer calls per day.

Customer Service Representative(Spanish)

SITEL SAL
04.2007 - 11.2010

Responsibilities:

  • Providing Customer with information from the Kölbi Customer phone book.
  • This service was delivered in Spanish.
  • The Customer provided details like company name, type of service provided by company or the location in which they needed a specific service and I provided contact information.
  • Giving additional information to Customers about different companies offering a specific service to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Handled more than 800 calls per day.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Pure Biology

University of Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
05.2001 -

Skills

Technical Support

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Certification

Splunk Core Certified Power User

Timeline

Splunk Core Certified Power User

04-2024

RHCSA

03-2024

PCEP

12-2023

IBM Certified Administrator Professional

05-2023

IBM Certified Deployment Professional

12-2022

QRadar SIEM Administrator

IBM Business Transformation Center
04.2021 - 03.2024

CompTIA Linux+

11-2020

CompTIA CySA+ ce Certification

07-2020

CompTIA Security Analytics Professional (CASP)

07-2020

Threat Analyst Tier 1

IBM Business Transformation Center
12.2019 - 04.2021

CompTIA Security+

10-2019

Technical Support Engineer Tier 2

Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group Inc.
04.2018 - 11.2019

CCNA Routing & Switching

01-2018

Technical Support Agent 2

Foundever Costa Rica Sociedad Anónima.
10.2016 - 04.2018

Customer Service Representative

Foundever Costa Rica Sociedad Anónima.
12.2014 - 10.2016

Customer Service Representative(Spanish)

SITEL SAL
04.2007 - 11.2010

Bachelor of Science - Pure Biology

University of Costa Rica
05.2001 -
Gabriel Rodríguez Rodríguez Technical Support Engineer