Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Language Skills
Timeline
Training
Disclaimer
Interests
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Somkienda KAFANDO

Houston,TX

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Service Engineering Contract, ATM Maintenance

COGITECH
Burkina Faso
08.2024 - 07.2025
  • Monitoring, maintenance, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting Diebold/Nixdorf ATMs (Opteva and CINEO models) for banks such as United Bank for Africa (UBA), Société Générale du Burkina Faso (SGBF), Bank Of Africa (BOA), and Banque Atlantique du Burkina Faso (BABF) across Burkina Faso.

Network and Computer Systems Engineer

Global Business System & Solutions (GBS&S)
07.2019 - 07.2024
  • Maintenance of Coris Bank and UBA ATMs (Diebold/Nixdorf, Wincor/Nixdorf)
  • Installation of Diebold/Nixdorf ATMs (models 2050, 8050, 2550, CS 2560) for Coris Bank Burkina and Coris Bank Benin
  • Monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Diebold/Nixdorf ATMs for Coris Bank International (CBI) and UBA in Burkina Faso and the subregion
  • June 6 - June 14, 2021: ATM installation mission (Diebold Nixdorf 2550) for Coris Bank Benin
  • September 26 - October 11, 2021: Continued installation mission in northern Benin (Nikki)
  • March 17 - March 23, 2022: ATM migration (Diebold/Nixdorf) at CORIS BANK Senegal (Diamniadio)

Education

Master of Science - Cybersecurity, Network Security Option

Virtual University of Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou

Bachelor of Science - Network and Computer Systems Technology

Université Aube Nouvelle
Ouagadougou
07-2018

Skills

  • Telephone Networks
  • Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Advanced Routing Concepts
  • IT Maintenance
  • Computer Networking
  • Virtual server management (VMware, VirtualBox)
  • Installing/Configuration IT Infrastructure
  • Cisco Packet Tracer
  • Maintenance: Assembly/Disassembly, Windows OS and utility software installation
  • Software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access

Certification

  • [Area of expertise] License - [Timeframe]

Language Skills

French: Written - Good, Spoken - Good, Reading - Good
English: Written - Level 3, Spoken - Level 3, Reading - Level 3

Timeline

Service Engineering Contract, ATM Maintenance

COGITECH
08.2024 - 07.2025

Network and Computer Systems Engineer

Global Business System & Solutions (GBS&S)
07.2019 - 07.2024

Master of Science - Cybersecurity, Network Security Option

Virtual University of Burkina Faso

Bachelor of Science - Network and Computer Systems Technology

Université Aube Nouvelle

Training

  • January 22nd, 2026: Computer Hardware Basics: Per Scholas Tech Prep Work Computer Hardware Basics, Cisco Networking Academy
  • October 14, 2025: Computer Networking-Digital Network Security, Alison Certificate
  • September, 2025: Network Server Security _ Protecting the server and Client Computer, Alison Certificate
  • April 9 - June 5, 2019: Online training, Introduction to Cybersecurity, Cisco Networking Academy
  • August 6 - August 28, 2019: Intensive English course, Level 2B, American Language Center (ALC)
  • September 1, 2019 - September 18, 2020: Online training, Cyber Security Essentials, Cisco Networking Academy

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that all the information provided is true and verifiable. Houston, January 22, 2026

Interests

Soccer (Player at Aube Nouvelle, 2013 - 2016; Assistant coach, 2016 - 2018; D2 Championship 2016 - 2017), Reading, music
Somkienda KAFANDO