Remko Lodder

I am an experienced engineer, with expertise in Coaching, Unix, Networking, Security, Automation and Virtualisation. I live in Barendrecht, the Netherlands.

Currently I spend my days as Chapter Lead (HR Manager) in the Virtualisation and Storage team within ING, where I am supported by a team of strong Virtualisation experts. I support the team with an Engineer position for the automation of the Virtualisation Platform.

Characteristics

  • Teamplayer - Stable - Self assured - Stress resistant - Curious - Inventive - Thoughtful - Result driven - Organised

Certifications

  • GSEC - LPI1 - LPI2 - Itil - Checkpoint CCSA, CCSE+ - BSDA - JNCIA-JunOS - NSE1, NSE2 (Fortigate) - CISSP - CCNA - CCNP - RHCSA - RHCE8 (Ansible) - Oplossingsgericht Coachen - VCP2024 (in progress)

Specialties

  • Coaching, Security, Networking, Unix, Open Source, Automation, CI/CD, Management

Professional Experience

09-2021 - Present

ING Bank NV, Rotterdam/Amsterdam

Chapter Lead Virtualization and Storage
Focus: Various virtualization solutions (VMware, vRealize Suite, HP Oneview, Dell Openmanage), Powershell, Ansible, Azure DevOps, Agile, Coaching, HR

At ING, I have a dual task.

  1. I am the HR Manager for my team. I am responsible for all people related activities from hiring, performance management, coaching, periodic talks, member of the GTDCN MT. I challenge my team members where possible and help them to develop themselves to find their ’next extended version’ of themselves. I have a keen eye for individual needs and can use my experience and coaching skills to get through the point of how and why someone wants to develop and stimulate that the best I can, either by challenging this or facilitating the requirements. I also represent our tribe within ING and beyond on the topic of manegerial items and engineering related activities. Using my network background I try to bridge between the various groups, departments and business units to make work better for everyone I am in contact with.

  2. I am also an Engineer for the Virtualisation team. I am responsible for the automated deployment of our VMware stack using Ansible. We automated a full deployment stack from our vendors (think OOB) to the final deployment of all VMware components that we use in our private cloud. I am member of the Security and Risk team within our tribe, and I manage the Disaster Recovery tests and take part in one of the DR’s periodically. I write documentation, use automation like pipelines within Azure DevOps to automate our mentioned deployments and beyond. I share my knowledge to everyone who takes interest in the topics we handle by giving presentations, assisting/supporting colleagues by helping them getting further, but also challenge them where applicable. Together with my peers (either Chapterleads and/or technical peers), we challenge each other most often and proceed with the best knowledge moving forward. I need to be creative where possible, since we as ING most often exceed the usage of a product beyond to what is documented, we need to find our own way in using products to the best capability.

10-2006 - 08-2021

Sue B.V. (Formerly Snow B.V.), Geldermalsen

Technical Field Manager, Unix/Network/Security Consultant
Focus: Field Management, Coaching, Networking, Security, Unix

Within Sue I did a lot of various consultancy assignments, ranging from top ISP’s, financial institutes, healthcare industry and government bodies and more. My main specialties included here are: Coaching, Consultancy, Designing, Team Leading, (Technical) Projectleading, Engineering and building solutions for the customer(s). I touched a lot of various products, like Aruba, Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Alcatel. Wrote a lot of parsers (shell scripts, python). I am able to speak with colleague’s, management, director level people, I can write advises and able to parse information back from management to fellow colleague’s.

Jobs included:

  • Healthcare: 2021 (Technical Specialist)
  • Consultancy company: 2019-2021 (HR Coach)
  • Government body: 2017-2019 (Sr. Unix/Network Administrator/Designer)
  • Consultancy company: 2016-2017 (Sr. Unix/Network Administrator)
  • Oil and Gas Company: 2016 (Sr. Network Administrator)
  • Large Cable ISP: 2011-2016 (Sr. Network and Security Administrator)
  • Large ISP: 2008-2011 (Sr. Network and Security Administrator)
  • Financial Institute: 2006-2008 (Sr. Network and Security Administrator)

2001-2006

ING Bank NV

Firewall, Unix and Security Engineer
Focus: Projects, Security administrator, Networking, Risk Management

Hobbies/Interests

Whenever I am not at work, busy for work or studying for work, I like to spend time with my wife & kids. I like to go out for a walk with my dog, bike, swim. I periodically get together with friends, and we chat about current life events, play a game, have a good time together, or visit the theater/concerts. I like to listen to various music flavours but mainly rock music. I like to pretend that I can drive as fast as any F1-driver in my F1 simulator, and I like to play the guitar or learn for my guitar lessons. For that I use one of my two Epiphone Les Paul Standards combined with a NUX Loop pedal, driven by a Boss Katana 50 MK2 amplifier.

I read on a daily basis, sometimes about coaching, management related books, or just a fantasy book to just relax when I can. Book suggestions are always welcome!