Jan Faix
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
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Professional Profile
Infrastructure architect with 24 years of experience designing and leading enterprise infrastructure transformations in banking and financial services. Expertise spans virtualization, storage systems, networking architecture, and team leadership. Proven track record managing complex system migrations, disaster recovery strategies, and infrastructure budget planning at scale. Proficient in Linux administration, cloud services, and enterprise security implementations. Demonstrates strategic capability in translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions while leading and developing technical teams.
Work Experience
01/2023 – Present: Národní agentura pro komunikační a informační technologie, s. p., Prague, Czech Republic
Infrastructure Architect
Architecture & Technical Strategy:
- Designed and sized infrastructure solutions for critical state-level public sector projects
- Led technical specification processes for major public procurement initiatives
- Standardized virtualization platforms and security baselines across key infrastructure projects
- Collaborated with 30+ architects and technical specialists from vendor and internal teams on complex infrastructure deliverables spanning diverse technology domains
Procurement & Compliance:
- Prepared technical requirements documentation for infrastructure acquisitions, with particular focus on risk identification and mitigation of legacy infrastructure obsolescence
- Managed technical evaluation and vendor qualification processes for government contracts
- Ensured compliance with government IT security standards and procurement regulations
Technical Leadership:
- Provided infrastructure consulting on complex enterprise projects requiring 24/7 availability
- Guided modernization initiatives for legacy infrastructure in public sector organizations
03/2015 – 12/2022: Equa bank a.s., Prague, Czech Republic
IT Infrastructure Team Leader
Team & Leadership:
- Managed team of 5 infrastructure professionals, including hiring, technical mentorship, and professional development
- Coordinated infrastructure operations spanning multiple departments and cross-functional initiatives
- Supervised delegation of infrastructure projects from planning through successful delivery
Strategic Architecture & Planning:
- Designed and planned enterprise infrastructure architecture for servers, storage systems, networking (switches, firewalls), backup solutions, ISP services, and hosting infrastructure
- Managed total infrastructure budgets of approximately 10–20 million CZK annually across all capital and operational expenditures
- Conducted 5-year infrastructure roadmap planning and budget forecasting
Procurement & Vendor Management:
- Prepared technical specifications and tenders for all major infrastructure acquisitions
- Managed vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and legal coordination with procurement and financial departments
Major Projects:
- Secondary data center analysis, sizing, and commissioning; coordinated migration of critical systems to stretched active/passive clusters
- Storage system replacement and migration to stretched all-flash array (IBM) with synchronous replication
- Data center firewall architecture redesign: migrated from Check Point to Palo Alto Networks HA cluster configuration
- Core and leaf network replacement to 10 Gbps optical datacenter switches (Cisco Nexus infrastructure)
- Disaster Recovery program: established recurring business continuity validation, achieving recovery objectives and improved RTO/RPO metrics for critical systems
- Enterprise Linux migration: coordinated transition across multiple Linux distributions to standardized Red Hat Enterprise Linux infrastructure
- Windows Server platform upgrade: managed migration from Windows 2008 to 2016, including Active Directory and PKI infrastructure modernization
- Backup infrastructure transformation: planned and executed migration from EMC/Avamar to Commvault platform
09/2013 – 01/2015: Salsita Software, s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic
IT Administrator – Local Systems and Cloud Services
- Migrated on-premises server infrastructure and internal services from VMware to Amazon Web Services cloud platform
- Designed and deployed containerized application infrastructure on Amazon EC2 with persistent AWS S3 storage
- Implemented comprehensive backup solution (CrashPlan) across enterprise infrastructure
- Planned and executed continuous integration migration from on-premises Jenkins infrastructure to cloud platforms (Heroku, CircleCI)
- Designed and deployed enterprise wireless infrastructure utilizing Ubiquiti Unifi for seamless roaming
- Provided technical support to JavaScript development teams across Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms
08/2007 – 07/2013: Leasing České Spořitelny → s Autoleasing, a.s., Prague, Czech Republic
IT Senior Administrator of Local Systems (08/2007–07/2013)
IT Specialist of Local Systems (07/2004–07/2007)
- Architected and administered high-availability Linux, Windows, and Exchange email systems
- Designed and implemented replication infrastructure in secondary data center for Disaster Recovery planning (VMware environment)
- Led IT security baseline implementation (CIS standards) for Windows and Linux enterprise deployments
- Designed and implemented IT process documentation, management frameworks, and procedural standards
- Architected HelpDesk ticketing system, IT Knowledge Base, and SAM/HAM inventory management systems
- Coordinated Microsoft Windows platform migrations (2000→2008, XP→7) across enterprise
- Provided frontline internal IT support and on-call infrastructure support during non-business hours
08/2001 – 07/2004: ING Bank N.V., Prague Branch, Czech Republic
IT Administrator of Local Systems (07/2003–07/2004)
Electronic Banking Specialist & Corporate Customer Support (08/2001–07/2003)
- Designed and implemented Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory enterprise infrastructure
- Administered public key infrastructure (PKI) cryptography systems for secure communication with Czech National Bank (ČNB) via BankSecure protocol
- Led migration from legacy Novell NetWare 4 to Windows Active Directory infrastructure
- Provided technical administration and customer support for MultiCash electronic banking platform and corporate banking clients
Core Competencies
- Infrastructure architecture design, planning, and technical sizing
- Team leadership: hiring, mentoring, delegating infrastructure projects, advisory decision-making
- Cross-functional collaboration with procurement, finance, legal, and business stakeholders
- Infrastructure project lifecycle management from conception through production delivery
- Long-term capacity planning and 5-year budget forecasting
- Vendor management, contract negotiation, and technical procurement
- Process development, documentation, and continuous improvement
Technical Competencies
Virtualization & Hypervisors:
VMware ESX/vSphere, vRealize Operations, Hyper-V
Operating Systems & Linux Distributions:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Enterprise Server, Debian Linux, Microsoft Windows Server (Active Directory, DFS, DNS)
Messaging & Collaboration:
Microsoft Exchange Server, Citrix Terminal Services
Storage Systems & Architecture:
IBM Storwize, IBM Flash System, HP EVA, Dell Compellent, SAN storage administration, ZFS
Backup & Disaster Recovery:
Commvault, EMC Legato, Data Domain, CrashPlan, backup architecture and business continuity planning
Networking:
Ethernet/IP architecture design, Cisco Nexus switches, network infrastructure planning, firewall systems (Palo Alto Networks, Check Point), Ubiquiti Unifi wireless infrastructure, software-defined networking concepts
Cloud & Container Technologies:
Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3), Docker containers, cloud service orchestration, continuous integration platforms (Jenkins, CircleCI, Heroku)
Security & Compliance:
IT security baselines (CIS standards) for networking, services, and operating systems, BeyondTrust Privileged Account Management (PAM/PIM), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) systems, Certification Authority (CA/PKI) administration (Microsoft, PGP)
Monitoring & Observability:
Nagios, systems monitoring infrastructure configuration
Infrastructure Automation:
Software patch management (Red Hat Satellite, Microsoft WSUS), Infrastructure as Code concepts
Project Management & Planning:
Infrastructure architecture design and sizing, capacity planning, budget forecasting, vendor management, technical procurement specification
Language Skill
- Czech: Native
- English: Fluent (professional correspondence, documentation, technical communication)
Interests & Activities
Technology: Open source software ecosystems, Linux infrastructure, enterprise systems architecture.
Professional Community: Engagement with technical infrastructure and systems administration communities.
Travel & Cultural Interests: Extensive travel throughout Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam); interest in regional cultures, history, and culinary traditions.
Reading & History: Interest in ancient history, military history, and strategic historical analysis across various civilizations and time periods.
Education
09/1997 – 06/1998
Private School of Computer Technology (VŠMIEP), Prague
Certificate: Electronics of Computers
09/1993 – 06/1997
Euroschool in the Czech Republic, Prague
Branch: Economics and Accounting
A-Level Qualification
