Kirill Balabaev
@kirillbalabaev
Senior IT support engineer specializing in identity, MDM, and remote troubleshooting.
What I'm looking for
I’m an IT engineer and IT Support Engineer focused on fast, accurate 2nd/3rd level troubleshooting across Windows®, Mac OS®, Linux®, iOS®, and Android®. Since Aug 2016 in Stuttgart Area, Germany, I’ve supported customers via Freshdesk tickets and escalated issues to development teams using Jira/Confluence.
My strengths include administering Intune/Azure AD and MDM solutions (IBM MaaS360, BlackBerry, MobileIron, VMware AirWatch), handling SSO, MFA, conditional access, and SCIM provisioning, and automating workflows with Bash and PowerShell. I also work with API/integrations, malware removal tools, antiviruses, firewalls, and remote case reconstruction with VM-ware to reach durable resolutions.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
- Advance knowledge of OS families: Windows®, Mac OS®, Linux®, iOS®, Android®.
- Experience in administering Intune/Azure AD and various MDM solutions (IBM MaaS360, BlackBerry, MobileIron, VMware AirWatch and others).
- Familiarity with basic office network troubleshooting (WiFi, LAN, VPN, Video Conferencing hardware).
- Experience with SSO, application deployment to Windows, Mac OS and Android, U
Senior IT Engineer at LUKOIL Mid-East Ltd., Dubai, UAE. VIP, VCS and Multimedia
Jun 2012 - Jan 2016 (3 years 7 months)
Responsibilities:
- Technical Support of VIP users.
- Video conferences and multimedia support (maintaining and administering equipment for Cisco Video Conferencing systems).
- Technical support of corporate events. Multimedia and simultaneous translation equipment (Beyerdynamic, Bosch).
- Technical support and maintenance of multimedia systems. Multimedia equipment installation (Crestron, Extron
Senior IT Engineer
LUKOIL Mid-East Ltd.
Jun 2012 - Jan 2016 (3 years 7 months)
Supported VIP users and corporate multimedia/video conferencing setups, including administration of Cisco video conferencing equipment and meeting room multimedia systems. Managed employee lifecycle and corporate IT administration tasks including OS/software installation and Active Directory user account management.
Responsibilities:
- Client second level technical support by phone.
- Taking calls from customers experiencing technical difficulties with their communication devices and Internet access related apps.
- Troubleshooting connectivity issues on physical, data, network and application level.
- Configuring customers network equipment (WI-Fi routers, access points).
Technical Support Engineer
ER-Telecom Holding
Sep 2011 - Jun 2012 (9 months)
Handled client second-level technical support by phone, diagnosing connectivity issues across physical, data, network, and application layers. Configured customer network equipment including Wi-Fi routers and access points.
Distant translator from English to Russian of technical documentation (IT, TELECOM)
- Translation of technical proposals for leading mobile operators like Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") - the leading telecommunications group in Russia and the CIS. Localization of mobile social network, user guides, manuals, equipment specifications.
- Experience with computer aided translation (CAT) tools and sy
Responsibilities:
- Assisting customers with their billing and technical related issues over the phone and via e-mail, answering questions about the game.
- Providing customers with information on their account status, transactions, and billing issues they may have.
- Communicating closely via e-mail and phone with other branches of Electronic Arts: with developers and customer support supervisor
Responsibilities:
- Testing the big enterprise information system.
- Designing and executing test scenarios, test cases & test scripts (both manual and automated).
- Analyzing test results, creating bug reports, recommending corrective actions to the development department.
- Experience using IBM Rational® software (ClearQuest® and Functional Testing products).
- Experience working in internation
Electronic Engineer
Aug 2004 - Oct 2007 (3 years 2 months)
Responsibilities:
- Installation and configuration of OS and Software (Windows Family, Linux (RedHat, Mandriva, Suse, LinuxXP), support of computers and programs working ability, Microsoft Server and Novell Netware administration.
- Administering the network, consisting of about 300 computers based on MS Active Directory, Novell eDirectory and workgroups.
- Data protection and security: (Kaspersk
Electronic Engineer
State Traffic Safety Inspection (Perm)
Aug 2004 - Oct 2007 (3 years 2 months)
Installed and configured OS/software and administered a network of ~300 computers using MS Active Directory and Novell eDirectory. Managed security tooling, maintained LAN functionality, coordinated system administrators, and supported IT projects and corporate portal administration.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Unicorn University
System Engineering and Information Technologies
2007 - 2008
Perm State University (PSU)
Master’s Degree, Russian Language and Literature Department
1999 - 2004
Perm State University
Master’s Degree, Russian Language and Literature
1999 - 2004
Earned a master’s degree at Perm State University in the Russian Language and Literature Department from 1999 to 2004.
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