Thabani Nkiwane

ICT & Telecoms Specialist

Innovative technologist passionate about

business solutions engineering and problem

solving by use of 21st century technologies in minimizing organizational costs and improving operational efficiency.

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Harare, Zimbabwe

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Group Systems Administrator

Tiger Wheel & Tyre Zimbabwe

05/2023 - Present, Harare, Zimbabwe

Premium tyre sales and distributor

Systems & Network Administration and Support

Contact : Leon Davies - Head of ICT -

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Computer Systems Specialist/Engineer

The Grain Marketing Board (GMB -HQ)

06/2021 - Present, Harare, Zimbabwe

It is the Nation's leading grain trade and depository for maize prducers.

Administration and Support of Network and Computers Systems Nationwide - Over 90 branches including the Head Office.

Contact : Section Head:- Networks and Hardware: Hlupo Taurai - adzqjd@r.postjobfree.com; 071*******

Network Operations Support Engineer

Dandemutande (Pvt) Ltd

11/2019 - 05/2021, Harare, Zimbabwe

Third biggest telecommunications Internet Access Provider In Zimbabwe.

Networks: Maintained 99.99% uptime of Base Stations Networks, (WiMax Technology, Fibre, LTE, VSats),

Monitoring and Management, Network commissioning,

Network Security, Sophos Firewall.

Contact : NOC Support Team Lead: Eric Marijeni -

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EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree, Telecommunications

Engineering

Midlands State University

02/2013 - 11/2016, Gweru, Zimbabwe

Antenna Engineering Data Communication

Wireless Communication

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Associate

Oracle University

08/2020 - 08/2022, Pass

SKILLS TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES

Ubiquiti WiMax & LTE Technology SpamTitan

CISCO Routing and Switching: Basics Office 365

DNS Propagation Wireless Communication

SOPHOS RF Optimization Linux VoIP IPBX

Cloud Services IT Infrastructure Oracle

Helpdesk Support Grandstream Aruba

ENGAGED PROJECTS

Farmer Payment Systems Integrations

(07/2021 - 09/2021)

Part of the team that integrated the GMB farmer database server with the sponsor bank payment systems to process farmer payments.

Cell on Wheels (Mobile Base Station)

(09/2018 - 01/2019)

Team member in designing a base station on wheels that was to be used in remote areas or special conferences, using microwave links and VSat technology.

Portable Pirate Radio Station (02/2015 - 08/2015)

Designed a pirate radio station that could broadcast any audio input to a set frequency within the FM band

ACHIEVEMENTS

Smart Automation Africa Attendee (Automation

Anywhere) - Certification of attendance.

(04/2020 - 04/2020)

Presentations in Robotic Process Automation, advantages of automation during the COVID-19 era and post COVID-19 era

LANGUAGES

Ndebele

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

Shona

Full Professional Proficiency

English

Full Professional Proficiency

INTERESTS

Research and Development in 21st technologies;

advanced communications methods and 5G Networks

Innovation Engineering and Systems Automation

Wireless Communication Systems

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