Arlon, Belgium · Open to Luxembourg

Philbert Karangwa

Systems & Networks Administrator, 7 years in IT operations, 4+ in ISP and network engineering, now working toward Microsoft Hybrid Cloud & Cybersecurity Architect.

Open to Systems Administrator, Cloud Administrator and Hybrid Infrastructure Administrator roles.

Azure Cloud Shell · rg-vestlux-lab

Real commands and output from my Azure lab: the same resource group, read through the CLI and through PowerShell.

Experience and evidence

What I have done, and what I am building

Field experience

ISP and network engineering

Led a Cambium wireless rollout onto a single cnMaestro monitoring system, and handled failover, load balancing and firewalls for corporate clients as High Level Support Engineer at Screamer Telecoms (2018 to 2021). Later led a project connecting 109 primary and secondary schools (2022).

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Hybrid build

Technobel final project

Windows Server 2022 and Active Directory, Hyper-V protected by Veeam Backup, Fortinet and Check Point firewalls, and PRTG monitoring. Belgium, 2025 to 2026.

See the background

In progress

Project Polaris

Azure identity, governance and resilience, built in a real tenant and documented as it happens. Latest: read-only access with RBAC, proved with a real authorization failure.

Read the Day 2 notes

Microsoft certification path

Honest progress, not a trophy case

AZ-104Azure Administrator Associate
In progress
SC-300Identity and Access Administrator
Planned
SC-500Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate
Planned
AZ-305Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Planned
SC-100Cybersecurity Architect Expert
Planned

Earlier vendor certifications (MikroTik MTCNA and MTCRE, Cambium cnPilot and ePMP, Yeastar) were earned in 2018 and 2019 and are past their validity periods. See the details.