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Kenneth Clauwaert

IT Support Engineer at De Stroomlijn (Fluvius) with hands-on enterprise Active Directory experience. I self-host Linux infrastructure, run Docker services, and build production Laravel applications. Targeting backend engineering, systems, and automation roles.

email
[email protected]
phone
+32 479 23 84 20
location
Wingene, Belgium
links
github.com/KennethCLA · LinkedIn
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kenneth@vps~/resumecat experience.log

01 / experience

IT Support Engineer — De Stroomlijn (Fluvius) Oct 2024 – present
  • Incident analysis across hardware, software, and network layers in an enterprise environment
  • Active Directory administration — users, groups, permissions, access management
  • Root cause analysis and escalation handling
  • Structured incident management via Jira
  • High-availability environment with a focus on uptime and stability
Full-stack Developer Program — VDAB Mar 2023 – Mar 2024
  • Intensive modern web development program — graduated with distinction (bachelor-level)
  • PHP, Laravel, MySQL, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Agile collaboration
CNC Operator / Quality Inspector — Niko NV Aug 2017 – Sep 2022
  • CAD/CAM programming, precision measurement, quality control, and process documentation in a high-standard industrial environment

kenneth@vps~/resumels projects/

02 / projects

Self-hosted Linux VPS Ubuntu · Nginx · Docker · Cloudflare · B2
  • Ubuntu 22.04 on Hetzner — SSH hardening, UFW firewall, Fail2ban, user management, automated security updates
  • Nginx reverse proxy with SSL termination (Certbot / Let's Encrypt) across multiple domains; Cloudflare for DNS, WAF, and CDN
  • PHP-FPM pool isolation per application; systemd-managed Laravel queue workers and scheduler
  • Bash uptime monitoring with Discord webhook alerting; automated nightly mysqldump backups to Backblaze B2

Full write-up →

CollectorWWII — Laravel application Laravel 11 · PHP 8.2 · MySQL · B2
  • Production Laravel app managing 8 WWII collection types — polymorphic media model, dynamic filtering, transactional B2 uploads with rollback
  • Per-type Policies, rate limiting, ISBN pre-fill via Google Books API, soft deletes, feature flags
  • Open source — full codebase publicly available on GitHub

Live site ↗ · GitHub ↗ · Case study →

kenneth@vps~/resumecat education.log

03 / education

Full-stack Developer — VDAB certified program 2023 – 2024

Graduated with distinction.

Plastics Forming Technology — Edugo 2012 – 2013
Applied Computer Science / Electromechanics (1st year) — HoGent 2011 – 2012
Electromechanics — K.T.A. Lokeren 2007 – 2011