Virgil Scripcaru - Linux administrator

Q: Where is Virgil based?

Virgil is based in Bucharest, Romania .

Q: What languages does Virgil speak?

Virgil speaks the following languages: Romanian (Native), English (Advanced), French (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Virgil have?

Virgil has at least 27 years of experience. During this time, Virgil has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 7 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 4 years and 10 months . Note that Virgil may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Virgil's latest experience?

Virgil's most recent position is Linux administrator at Be Shaping the Future .

Q: What companies has Virgil worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Virgil has worked for Be Shaping the Future , Orange Services Romania , Ericsson Romania , and ECTA 74 Software SRL .

Q: Which industries is Virgil most experienced in?

Virgil is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Education , and Telecommunication .

Q: Which business areas is Virgil most experienced in?

Virgil is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Operations , and Human Resources (HR) . Virgil also has some experience in Logistics , Product Development , and Quality Assurance (QA) .

Q: Which industries has Virgil worked in recently?

Virgil has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunication .

Q: Which business areas has Virgil worked in recently?

Virgil has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) and Operations .

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Bucharest, Romania

Experience

Jan 2022 - Present

4 years 2 months

Bucharest, Romania

Linux administrator

Be Shaping the Future

Participating in elaborating infosec policies, documents and procedures in IT security within internal organization of customer
Managing the back-up policy of all the data from internal server’s center of customer
Installed, configured and administered the company's internal networks servers, using RedHat OS distro versions
Installing and maintaining the computers network
Administering the branch servers of customer

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

1 year

Bucharest, Romania

CACTI Skill Center Technical Expert

Orange Services Romania

Data collection around CACTI infrastructures already deployed, installed on the RedHat OS distributions
Development of industrialized and standardized CACTI packages
Maintenance and support of CACTI packages
Design and update of a generic Technical Architecture Folder of the Cacti normalized solution
Support for L1 French teams that will deploy and use the CACTI normalized solution
Support for CACTI users
Document writing

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

2 years

Bucharest, Romania

Technical Authority Expert (Video System Engineer)

Ericsson Romania

2nd line support engineer for broadcast and video platforms working in partnership with Liberty Global company
End to end operation for all types of video platforms in a Linux OS environment
Resolving single or multiple customer complaints by troubleshooting or reproducing issues across Ireland, UK, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium
Collaborating with CRM, 3rd line support, Development, DataOps and CDN teams for incident resolution
Providing solutions and advice to enhance the monitoring system based on Nagios, Seyren, Prometheus, Grafana and ELK
Verifying the integrity and availability of server resources and systems, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs
Supporting on-call teams for operational issues and performance degradation
Improving and maintaining optimal network and server host performance through capacity assessment and traffic analysis using Kibana (ELK), Grafana, Dynatrace, Extrahop, Icinga and in-house Python/Bash scripts
Troubleshooting and fixing issues related to streaming protocols (HLS, HSS, VOD, RTSP) and transcoder hosts
Working with Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket platforms
Troubleshooting micro-services on Kubernetes hosts and Kibana, using Postman for API testing
Working with digital security vendors like Irdeto and Nagra

Jan 2013 - Dec 2021

9 years

Bucharest, Romania

AIX/Linux specialist

ECTA 74 Software SRL

Member of AIX/Linux infrastructure team for IBM Romania, ensuring maintenance and development of network infrastructure based on Power systems using AIX, RedHat and Suse
Member of IGEL, AS400 and Ro Monitoring teams
Event, incident and problem management including alert and log analysis and root cause analysis
Installing and supporting IBM Power 5 to Power 9 servers, PowerVM and firmware upgrades
Installing and supporting server operating systems, system management software and utilities including upgrades
Performance and availability analysis
Promoting and maintaining server patch management practices and performing security updates
Ensuring compliance with security guidelines
Troubleshooting performance issues, OS configuration and hardware failures and applying fixes
Creating and implementing change requests for incidents and problems
Access management in Linux environment and provisioning new LPARs and VIOS
Performing periodical maintenance and support on IBM customer infrastructure according to project specifications
Monitoring client infrastructure using Nagios and Icinga
Performing daily checks according to procedures and client agreements and escalating issues as needed
Offering on-site support for ECuRep project customers
Solving and documenting incidents, requests and changes in ticketing and monitoring systems

Jan 2010 - Dec 2013

4 years

Bucharest, Romania

IT Administrator

Economic College "Virgil Madgearu"

Acting as network administrator and computer teacher
Listing and defining groups of users and establishing organizational units
Allocating local network IP addresses and determining naming formats for servers, workstations and other network equipment
Installing Windows Server 2003 R2 and configuring DNS, Active Directory, DHCP, group policies and domains
Defining and configuring backup jobs
Adding stations and renaming fields according to defined formats and migrating local user profiles to domain users
Creating shared resources and allocating rights to user groups
Ensuring network and computer security, data recovery and backup

Jan 2005 - Dec 2006

2 years

Bucharest, Romania

IT Specialist

TiCris Software Company

Member of packaging team performing software capturing, package editing, custom actions creation with Visual Basic scripts, MSI compilation, validation against Microsoft Windows application specifications, conflict management and final unit testing
Software programmer on HR Access team working with HR Access 5.1 and 3c, analyzing and adapting tasks, creating populations, generating registers and modifying layouts using DB2/UNIX at IBM La Défense headquarters in Paris, France
COBOL developer in I-series environment using CL, DDS, SEU, SDA, RLU, PDM, SQL, SQL Query Manager and DB2 for a mainframe to AS400 migration project
Member of CRIS team analyzing and converting COBOL programs, performing manual and automatic conversions, unit testing, integration testing and pattern identification

Jan 1991 - Dec 1999

9 years

Bucharest, Romania

Teacher of Computer Science

General School No. 3 “N. Titulescu”

Teaching computer science classes
Establishing and developing IT lab
Ensuring technical, logistic, human resource and financial support

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Information Technology (15 years), Education (13 years), and Telecommunication (2 years).

Information Technology

Education

Telecommunication

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Information Technology (27 years), Operations (10 years), Human Resources (9 years), Logistics (9 years), Product Development (2 years), and Quality Assurance (2 years).

Information Technology

Operations

Human Resources

Logistics

Product Development

Quality Assurance

Skills

Linux Administration And Debugging – Mainly Redhat 5 To 9
Aix Knowledge
Programming Languages
Windows Knowledge
Network Knowledge
Databases Knowledge
Technical Support
Professional Abilities

Languages

Romanian

Native

English

Advanced

French

Advanced

Education

Oct 2010 - Jun 2012

Technical University of Civil Engineering

Postgraduate Specialization in Informatics · Informatics · Bucharest, Romania

Oct 2008 - Jun 2010

Faculty of Economics Sciences, University of Pitesti

Postuniversitary degree, Management and business administration · Management and business administration · Pitești, Romania

Oct 1995 - Jun 1999

Faculty of Commerce and Tourism Management, University “Dimitrie Cantemir”

Licence in Tourism Management · Tourism Management · Bucharest, Romania

Certifications & licenses

CCNA 3 - Routing & Switching

CCNA 1, 2 - Routing & Switching

DB2 9.7 Academic Workshop

IBM Romania

Linux Essentials certification

Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

ITIL Foundation

Cisco instructor course - IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software module

Computer Network Administrator Course

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Created

November 2025

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Virgil based?

Virgil is based in Bucharest, Romania.

What languages does Virgil speak?

Virgil speaks the following languages: Romanian (Native), English (Advanced), French (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Virgil have?

Virgil has at least 27 years of experience. During this time, Virgil has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 4 years and 10 months. Note that Virgil may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Virgil be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Virgil would be well-suited for roles such as: Linux administrator, CACTI Skill Center Technical Expert, Technical Authority Expert (Video System Engineer).

What is Virgil's latest experience?

Virgil's most recent position is Linux administrator at Be Shaping the Future.

What companies has Virgil worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Virgil has worked for Be Shaping the Future, Orange Services Romania, Ericsson Romania, and ECTA 74 Software SRL.

Which industries is Virgil most experienced in?

Virgil is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Education, and Telecommunication.

Which business areas is Virgil most experienced in?

Virgil is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Operations, and Human Resources (HR). Virgil also has some experience in Logistics, Product Development, and Quality Assurance (QA).

Which industries has Virgil worked in recently?

Virgil has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT) and Telecommunication.

Which business areas has Virgil worked in recently?

Virgil has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) and Operations.

What is Virgil's education?

Virgil holds a Bachelor in Informatics from Technical University of Civil Engineering and a Bachelor in Tourism Management from Faculty of Commerce and Tourism Management, University “Dimitrie Cantemir”.

Does Virgil have any certificates?

Virgil has 8 certificates. Among them, these include: CCNA 3 - Routing & Switching, CCNA 1, 2 - Routing & Switching, and DB2 9.7 Academic Workshop.

What is the availability of Virgil?

Virgil is immediately available for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Virgil?

Virgil's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.