# Roelof Mol — IT Engineer
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## Overview
- **Name:** Roelof Mol
- **Title:** IT Engineer
- **Current Location:** Singapore 🇸🇬
- **Former Location:** The Netherlands 🇳🇱
- **Availability:** Open for Full-Time IT & Systems Engineering Roles starting **February 2027**
- **Primary Website:** https://molcloud.net
- **Email:** roelof@molcloud.net
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/roelof-m-520931100
- **Credly:** https://www.credly.com/users/roelof-mol/badges
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/roely15mol

## Executive Summary
Roelof Mol is an IT Engineer with over 4 years of enterprise track record across IT infrastructure, systems engineering, disaster recovery, cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure & AWS), and networking security. Currently serving in Singapore on a full-time voluntary IT engineering sabbatical mission concluding in February 2027. Actively open for full-time paid opportunities starting February / Q1 2027 in Singapore, the Netherlands, or remote.

## Professional Certifications
- **Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals** — Issued by Microsoft (Credly ID: `db3ec8ce-1e38-4ecd-8829-0eaa8515eea7`, Verification: https://www.credly.com/badges/db3ec8ce-1e38-4ecd-8829-0eaa8515eea7)
- **AWS Academy Graduate - Cloud Foundations** — Issued by Amazon Web Services Training and Certification (Credly ID: `74d3b72d-83cc-45d3-a480-673ac234ae3b`, Verification: https://www.credly.com/badges/74d3b72d-83cc-45d3-a480-673ac234ae3b)

## Core Technical Competencies
- **IT Systems & Enterprise Operations:** Disaster Recovery (DR) Planning, Windows Administration & Systems, M365 Cloud Backup & Recovery, Legacy System Decommissioning & Legal Hold Retention, SAP Systems Operations, IT Infrastructure Management & Support.
- **Network & Infrastructure Security:** Fortinet Firewalls & Security Appliances, Enterprise Networking (LAN / WAN / VLAN / VPN), Zero-Trust Architecture & IAM, ISO 27001, SOC 1 & SOC 2 Compliance.
- **Cloud & Virtualization Platforms:** Microsoft Azure (AZ-900 Certified), Amazon Web Services (AWS Certified), Private Cloud Infrastructure, Docker & Containerization, Kubernetes, Linux Systems Administration.
- **Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD:** Terraform, Ansible Playbooks & Automation, GitLab CI / GitHub Actions, Bash & Shell Scripting.
- **Scripting, Telemetry & Observability:** Python (Tooling, Automation & Scripts), SQL & Database Queries, System Monitoring & Metric Dashboards, REST APIs & Webhooks.

## Work Experience
1. **IT Engineer (Voluntary Sabbatical Mission)** | *Non-Profit Organization (Singapore)* | *July 2026 – Feb 2027 (Current)*
   - Leading Disaster Recovery (DR) planning, business continuity strategies, and M365 enterprise backup solutions.
   - Managing and hardening network infrastructure and firewall policies using Fortinet security appliances and secure VPNs.
   - Directing the decommissioning and phase-out of legacy systems, preserving immutable data backups for compliance and legal hold discovery cases.
   - Administering Windows environments, SAP operations, M365 cloud services, and handling daily IT operations and support escalation.

2. **Cloud Engineer (incl. Security & Compliance Manager)** | *Solvinity (Netherlands)* | *September 2022 – July 2026 (4 Years Commercial)*
   - Designed and operated private cloud customer infrastructure, container platforms, and automated CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI.
   - Provisioned full-stack infrastructure using Ansible and Terraform, eliminating configuration drift.
   - Concurrently served as Security & Compliance Manager (Feb 2025 – Aug 2025) directing security posture, vulnerability scans, and audit compliance for SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 certifications.
   - Developed custom Python and Bash tools for health monitoring, backups, and log telemetry.

## Education
- **Bachelor of Science in Cyber Security and Cloud** | Hogeschool Utrecht (2021 – 2026)
  - Specialization: Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems & Enterprise Network Security.
  - Dual work-study programme combining academic research with 4 years of enterprise engineering.
- **VWO Diploma (Pre-University Education)** | Jacobus Fruytier Scholengemeenschap (2014 – 2020)
  - Nature & Technology / Nature & Health profiles.

## Featured Systems
- **MolCloud Platform:** Self-hosted resilient cloud portfolio platform with automated rollback pipelines, hardened CSP, and complete AEO/SEO metadata. (Website: https://molcloud.net)

## Full Details
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