Antonio (Martin) Q.

Freelance IT Consultant & Content Creator

Madrid, Spain

Experience

Apr 2022 - Present
3 years 5 months
Hamburg, Germany
Remote

Freelance IT Consultant & Content Creator

Virtualizando | Blog & IT Services

  • Provide specialized freelance services in virtualization (VMware, Proxmox, Hyper-V), secure remote infrastructure, system administration, and support for enterprise environments.
  • Work with international clients in banking, telecom, and SME sectors, delivering scalable IT solutions with a focus on continuity, automation, and performance.
  • Coordinate vulnerability remediation, server optimization, and hybrid infrastructure projects, including remote team collaboration.
  • Support offered in Spanish, English, and German.
Jan 2020 - Present
5 years 8 months
Remote

Founder & Technical Content Creator

Virtualizandoando.com

  • Maintain a technical blog focused on virtualization, system security, remote support, and open-source infrastructure tools.
  • Create and publish tutorials, guides, and opinion pieces, reaching a community of over 3,000 followers across platforms.
  • Contribute to knowledge sharing in Spanish-speaking IT communities, promoting practical insights into real-world IT infrastructure scenarios.
Sep 2019 - Sep 2025
6 years 1 month
Hamburg, Germany

Vulnerability Analyst

Barclays Bank PLC

  • During my tenure, I was responsible for the comprehensive prevention, auditing, and management of system-level vulnerabilities within the infrastructure of the German division. I oversaw operating systems such as Windows Server, Linux, and databases, planning migrations ahead of lifecycle or support expiration, and strategically coordinating upgrades to prevent obsolescence and ensure uninterrupted services. I also provided monthly vulnerability status presentations to management with improvement proposals, conducted rigorous security audits, and ensured infrastructure device compliance with company standards.

  • As a key achievement, I designed and implemented strategies to analyze and enhance system vulnerabilities, creating a comprehensive workflow for remediation, patching, and future planning, which significantly reduced vulnerabilities through a structured patching process.

  • I managed technical debt by ensuring operating systems, databases, and middleware applications stayed updated per compliance policies, mitigating risks of unsupported software. Additionally, I audited hardware using Cormant’s CableSolve for accurate data center inventories and software assets via ServiceNow, improving record precision and implementing preventive corrections.

  • Lastly, I served as the subject matter expert (SME) for the primion time-tracking system, handling its implementation, maintenance, and migration during a domain switch, while managing budgets, vendor negotiations, and collaboration with HR for seamless operations. I also held technical responsibility for monitoring working hours applications and presented monthly vulnerability updates to management with actionable insights.

Jan 2017 - Apr 2019
2 years 4 months
Madrid, Spain

Systems Virtualization Specialist Administrator

Sopra Steria

  • IT specialist 3rd level engineer platforms on VMware (ESXi, Horizon), Hyper-V, Citrix, providing administration support to Norway, Denmark and Spain clients.
  • Hardware monitoring and troubleshooting support administration in Cisco UCS, Dell iDRAC and HPE OneView onboard iLO administrator.
  • Patching, security updates and upgrades of physical servers and operating systems with IVANTI, WSUS, IBM Endpoint Manager Console or PowerShell scripts.
  • Follow and solve incidents, system changes, migrations, disaster recovery tests and plans, request items on ServiceNow, and other related tickets on CMDB, workflow, and projects tracking platforms.
  • Write troubleshooting documentation and other related content on internal wiki Atlassian Confluence.
Oct 2015 - Jan 2017
1 year 4 months
Madrid, Spain

IT Support and Virtualization Specialist Administrator

IBM

  • 3rd level specialist for platforms based on Windows 7 under Citrix (XenDesktop, XenApp) and VMware (ESXi, Horizon, vSphere, Mirage).
  • Wintel server task implementation under Windows 2008/2012 server environment.
  • System tasks scheduling tools installation, maintenance, repair and optimization (Domain controllers, Active Directory, Group Policy Management, DNS, DHCP, PowerShell, Power Query reports).
Sep 2014 - Oct 2015
1 year 2 months
Madrid, Spain

IT Servers Support Systems Specialist

Azken Muga

  • Final client’s workstation, server, and virtualization graphics systems engineer.
  • Servers hardware and software installation based on big data computing with Nvidia graphic cards (K2, Tesla, Geforce and Quadro), Intel Phi to be used for render farms scientific and mathematics computation clustering.
  • Virtual machines for architecture and 3D modeling render powered by GPU and high-performance needs based on Citrix (XenApp, XenDesktop) or VMware (ESXi, vCenter Server, Horizon, Hyper-V, Mirage).
  • Software environment under Windows 2008/2012 R2, Linux CentOS and Fedora.
  • System tasks installation, maintenance, repair and optimization (Domain controllers, Active Directory, Group Policy Management, DNS, DHCP, PowerShell).
Sep 2014 - Oct 2015
1 year 2 months
Madrid, Spain

IT Support and VMware Specialist

Team Training Solutions

  • TTS support application and maintenance under VMware ESXi and vCenter Server with Windows 7 and 2008 Server.
  • External client’s system support for TTS Knowledge Studio software.
Jan 2012 - Feb 2013
1 year 2 months
Spain

Database Administrator

GFI Informática

  • Software Siemens Selene Medical database system implementation and maintenance.
  • Web bases in Java language under SQL and Oracle database languages.
  • Provide users support on new version upgrade with preset query.
  • Daily maintenance for present and future errors.
Dec 2006 - Dec 2010
4 years 1 month
Caracas, Venezuela
On-site

IT Support

IBM

  • Technical updating solutions, network maintenance, user on-site and remote support.
  • One year on banking projects with Alitalia, Banco Santander, Bancaribe and Banco Mercantil on-site offices.
  • Support in printers, check readers, handhelds, desktops and laptops for Alitalia Caracas Project (2 years).
  • IT support in Caracas headquarters and at the airport.
  • Support in hardware, desktops, laptops, BlackBerry phones and Windows XP, Windows 2000/2003 Server, Active Directory, Wi-Fi and cordless networks.
Oct 2005 - Dec 2006
1 year 3 months
Caracas, Venezuela

IT Support

Alfatech C.A.

  • HP & IBM channel services hardware, software, servers, storage technologies, plotters, printer installation and configuration support.
  • Desktop and laptop installation on-site and remote support services.

Summary

I offer personalized IT services including server administration, network security, system audits, and temporary technical support to ensure operational continuity during staff transitions or project peaks.

Over the past six years, I’ve specialized in vulnerability analysis for enterprise environments, while also sharing insights as a content creator on virtualizandoando.com, YouTube, and Instagram, reaching an engaged community of over 3,000 followers.

Whether optimizing remote infrastructure, securing systems, or virtualizing platforms, I provide efficient and scalable solutions tailored to modern IT needs.

Languages

English
Native
Spanish
Native
German
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2005 - Jun 2009

Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Antonio Jose de Sucre

Computer Technical Engineer · Caracas, Venezuela

Certifications & licenses

Vmware Certified Professional 6.5 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV)

Vmware

CISCO CCNA Networking (1st. level)

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