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Senior System Engineer | Contractor | Freelancer

Zürich, Switzerland
Worldwide
Zürich, Switzerland
Worldwide

Profile attachments

Microsoft Certified - Azure Fundamentals.pdf
Dejan Foro - Microsoft Certified - Identity and Access Administrator Associate.pdf
PowerDmarc - Email Authentication Fundamentals certificate.pdf
PowerDmarc - Email Authentication Advanced certificate.pdf
Dejan_Foro_CV_DE_31_August_2026.pdf
Dejan_Foro_CV_EN_31_August_2026.pdf

About me

Senior System Engineer and 12x Microsoft MVP with over 25 years of enterprise IT experience across Switzerland's leading financial, telecommunications, and healthcare sectors. Recognized authority in Microsoft Exchange, M365, Azure, Entra ID (Azure AD), Active Directory, and PowerShell automation.

Active DirectoryDomainkeys Identified MailDomain-Based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance (DMARC)VMware ESX ServersMicrosoft Exchange ServerHyper-VIdentity ManagementSystem Center Operations ManagementMicrosoft Operating SystemsWindows ServersWindows PowerShellAzure Active DirectoryVMware VSphereBackup and RestoreSSL Certificate ManagementOffice365Sender Policy Framework (SPF)Server MigrationCloud MigrationVMware
Microsoft 365 / Office 365
  • Exchange on-premise to Exchange Online migrations
  • Management and support of Exchange Hybrid organizations
  • Entra ID, ADFS

Exchange/Outlook messaging and collaboration systems
  • Design, installation, maintenance and troubleshooting on 9 generations of Microsoft Exchange (Exchange SE, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003, 2000, 5.5)
  • Exchange PowerShell
  • Complex & large-scale migrations:
  • Exchange to Exchange
  • Exchange on-premise to Exchange online (Microsoft 365)
  • All Outlook client generations 2024/2021/2019/2016/2013/2010/2007/2003/XP/2000/98/97

Security / deliverability technologies and mechanisms
  • SPF, DKIM, DMARC, ARC, BIMI, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, DNSSEC, DANE, CAC

Active Directory / Windows Servers
  • Hands-on experience with all Windows server generations: Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012 R2/2008 R2 /2008/2003/2000/NT4.0
  • Complex Active Directory migrations, multiple domains, multiple AD forests, large international projects
  • Experience in using both Microsoft and non-Microsoft migration tools (ADMT, Quest Migrator, etc.)
  • AD, DNS, WINS, DHCP, RRAS, VPN, Group Policy…

PowerShell
  • Knowledge of advanced editors and tools like Visual Studio Code, Sapien PowerShell Studio, Sapien CIM Explorer
  • Management of PowerShell scripts with source controls systems like GitLab (including CI/CD) and GitHub.

PKI / digital certificates
  • Digital certificate solutions (Digicert Partner)

Automated solutions for generating IT documentation:
  • Centrel Solutions – XIA Configuration

Security gateways
  • Clearswift Secure E-mail Gateway (SEG)

Encryption gateways
  • Totemo,
  • HIN – Health Information Network

Archiving
  • Enterprise Vault

Virtualization
  • VMware Workstation 25H2,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3
  • VMware vSphere / ESX 6.0, 5.5, 5.1, 5.0, 4.0, 3.5
  • Microsoft Hyper-V

Corporate antiviral protection solutions
  • Microsoft Defender
  • Symantec,
  • Trend Micro
  • McAfee

Backup/Disaster recovery
  • Backup Exec 7.x, 8.x and 9, 2012
  • Disaster recovery of Exchange and Active Directory

Other skills and applications
  • Microsoft Project (project management) ,
  • Microsoft Visio (technical documentation)

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2013

Languages

DeutschFluentEnglischFluentKroatischNative speaker

Project history

DevOps Engineer IV

Swisscom

Telecommunications

>10.000 team member

Microsoft Exchange Specialist

Bank Julius Bär

Banking & Financial Services

5000-10.000 team member

Exchange Specialist

LGT Private Banking

Banking & Financial Services

5000-10.000 team member

Exchange specialist

Helsana

Insurance

1000-5000 team member

Senior System Engineer

RUAG

Other

5000-10.000 team member


Certificates

Identity and Access Administrator Associate

Microsoft

2026

Email Authentication Fundamentals

PowerDMARC

2026

Email Authentication Advanced

PowerDMARC

2026

Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft

2026


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