DALIBOR FILIPOVIKJ
Ethical Hacker/Penetration Tester
Skopje
Summary
With 7+ years of experience as a Senior Technical Support Specialist at DP Blog Team, a leading provider of technical support and maintenance, remote assistance, and network security solutions for WordPress and e-commerce platforms. Consistently delivering high-quality service and ensuring customer satisfaction. Actively pursuing opportunities to enhance skills and knowledge in ethical hacking, penetration testing, vulnerability analysis, and security toolkits. Holding relevant certifications such as CEH, ICCA, eJPT, and the Google Cybersecurity Certificate. Recently attended a multi-cloud training bootcamp and successfully completed various CTF challenges, achieving top 1% ranking on the TryHackMe platform.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
System Administrator
WikiTeq, Inc
08.2024 - Current
- Reduced downtime by proactively identifying and resolving potential issues through thorough system monitoring.
- Installed important security and functionality patches to maintain optimal protections against intrusion and system reliability.
- Configured web servers and performed server package updates
- Conducted system security checks and utilized Puppet to manage server infrastructure.
- Deployed Docker stack using Docker Compose for application functioning and optimized server performance.
- Optimizing and fine-tuning server performance (db, web, varnish, redis, custom app tuning).
- Collaborating on GitHub repositories, configuring, updating, including various updates and fixes.
- Improved security measures by conducting vulnerability assessments and applying necessary patches.
- Enhanced system performance by optimizing server configurations and implementing regular updates.
Owner / Senior Technical Support Specialist
DP Blog Team
2 2016 - 3 2023
- Setting up hosting servers, installation of WordPress, e-commerce integration on WordPress, optimizing and maintaining WordPress platform for better user experience and faster load times, connecting and setup of cloudflare account, opcache, pre-production testing on wamp or lamp, team viewer support, migrating of existing web-pages to other hosting service etc
- Installation and managing cPanel and Plesk environment for web hosting packages
- Manual migration of cPanel with 30 websites, setting hosting platform in cloud environment and Hestia cpanel
- 20+ websites developed on WordPress and optimization for best user experience and speed optimization, aworldofweightloss.com, theweightlossbible.casa, makersmood.com and many others
- Vulnerability scanning and testing of websites and applications, OWASP methodology
- Network security, virtual environment testing, Wireshark analyzing
- Monitoring cyberattacks and remediation, WAF and logs, remediation in remote user creation on WordPress.
- Managed day-to-day business operations
Owner / Business Development Manager
DMMD Dooel
06.2013 - 08.2022
- Managed day-to-day business operations
- Develop business strategy and lead new product development
- Preparing offers for clients and negotiating terms of cooperation, payment and delivery of finished goods and services
- Plans and supports production process and preparing technical documentation, material lists, cost estimation etc
- Utilization of strong analytical abilities and professional office experience
- Very skillful and agile in organizing production plant and assessment of tasks for certain operations, hundreds of satisfied clients
- Managing employees, assigning tasks, planning activities, supervising production and general overview of company production process.
- Increased revenue by establishing new collaborations and secure public bidding.
- Negotiated contracts with suppliers for better pricing and terms, reducing overall costs for the business
- Oversaw daily operations, ensuring all tasks were completed accurately and efficiently by team members
Service Desk Specialist, Senior - Operations Coordinator
Fluor International - FGG - Afghanistan, LOGCAP
09.2011 - 03.2013
- Operates and maintains work order service desk and work order tracking
- Performs increasingly complex maintenance and technical work assisting
- Work order system to track and assign work
- Orders for repairing building systems, electrical systems, small machines, equipment, and grounds
- Fulfilling daily task, informing trades about their work orders and notifying if dead end is approaching
- Communicate with O&M and other trades so we keep track of ongoing jobs and projects
- Satisfying needs of customers and helping them to make the right way for filling SOR
- Creating LOTD, Costumer Project Work Request, Event Training of staff etc
- Facility management according PWS and MSOW (Master Schedule of Work)
- IBM Maximo coordinator, creating routes, PM, inventories, item master, adding assets, creating locations, report queries and automation, resolving technical issues etc
- Working with US Military troops in Afghanistan pass background check, FOB Bagram and FOB Sharana, under strict military and company regulations, General Order Number 1
- Document data management, checking all paper work and archiving according company polices, uploading into electronic data management system, etc
- Exceptional customer support with 98 % satisfaction and military award for exceptional service.
Education
Computer Networking and Cybersecurity -
NewMan's Business Accelerator - Professional Education Diploma
Skopje 02.2016 - 11.2016
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of "St. Cyril And Methody" - Skopje, Macedonia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Skopje 01.2004 - 12.2012
Skills
Excellent task management, parallel projects simultaneously
Kali Linux, Metasploit, Burp Suite, Nessus, ZAP
Linux CLI, SQL, Python
AWS, GCP, Azure
Proficient in translating information from technical to executive/management terminology
SIEM Tools, Splunk, Chronicle
Wireshark, tcpdump
Linux - Ubuntu, Debian,Parrot, Kali, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, Windows 8, 10,11
Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem solving skills
A fast learner, able to understand new ideas and concepts quickly
A team player and leader, capable of integrating with and developing effective work-groups
Excellent verbal & written communication skills
Ability to produce technical reports
Good interpersonal skills, self-motivated
Intelligent, creative, innovative, sharp minded
Experience in large organization with multiple Independent Business Units
Proven work experience in remote and challenging locations, LOGCAP project
System monitoring, Network Troubleshooting
Virtualization, Docker, K8s
JIRA, GitHub collaboration
Certification
Certified Ethical Hacker, CEH, ECC5701934682
Training and diploma
- Offensive Pentesting - TryHackMe Path - THM-SXWBBRTWRF
- Jr Penetration Tester - TryHackMe Path - THM-CEMRICRN2B
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP 2019) - AC-2157-26620273
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
Serbian
Proficient
C2
German
Beginner
A1
Macedonian
Proficient
C2
Personal Information
Driving License: B category - Light vehicle
Timeline
System Administrator
WikiTeq, Inc
08.2024 - Current
Computer Networking and Cybersecurity -
NewMan's Business Accelerator - Professional Education Diploma
02.2016 - 11.2016
Owner / Business Development Manager
DMMD Dooel
06.2013 - 08.2022
Service Desk Specialist, Senior - Operations Coordinator
Fluor International - FGG - Afghanistan, LOGCAP
09.2011 - 03.2013
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of "St. Cyril And Methody" - Skopje, Macedonia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
01.2004 - 12.2012
Owner / Senior Technical Support Specialist
DP Blog Team
2 2016 - 3 2023