About Me

I'm Vadim Aland — a Senior IT Infrastructure & Network Specialist based in Narva, Estonia. I design, build and run the IT that businesses depend on, so they can focus on what they do best.

For 12+ years I've managed full IT infrastructure in demanding enterprise and industrial / manufacturing environments — where systems run 24/7 and downtime is not an option. My work spans multi-vendor networks, server virtualisation (Hyper-V), Windows/Linux administration, Active Directory, and hybrid Microsoft 365 / Azure (Entra ID) deployments, alongside backup, monitoring and the full IT asset lifecycle.

That same enterprise-grade experience goes into every project I take on — practical, resilient solutions without unnecessary complexity. I work in English, Estonian and Russian.

As the in-house lead engineer, I've designed, built and run the complete IT estate of a multi-site manufacturing enterprise — 5 sites · 600+ devices · 30+ VMs across 3 Hyper-V clusters · 800+ IP addresses · 20+ full-mesh IPsec tunnels. Leading a lean in-house team and coordinating external contractors for outsourced work, from core networking and firewalls to virtualisation, VoIP, CCTV, access control, an automated CMDB and centralised monitoring, logging and SIEM. See the full picture →

MSc — Business Information Technology
Data Analysis and Intelligent Systems
TalTech — Tallinn University of Technology, 2020–2025

Applied Higher Education — Information Technology
Computer Network Administration
Kohtla-Järve Polytechnic, 2002–2005

Networking: Fortinet, MikroTik, Ubiquiti UniFi, Zyxel — firewalls, VLANs, VPN, Wi-Fi (UniFi / CAPsMAN)

Servers & Virtualisation: Windows Server, Linux, Hyper-V, Active Directory, Group Policy, PowerShell

Cloud & Identity: Microsoft 365, Entra ID (Azure AD), Azure, Intune (MDM / endpoint management), Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, MFA

Continuity: backup & disaster recovery — Synology Active Backup for Business (30 VMs + 10 hosts) and Active Backup for Microsoft 365; QNAP; monitoring (Zabbix), UPS, PostgreSQL

Storage & NAS: Synology DSM administration — file-server (SMB shares, permissions, snapshots), RAID and storage pools

Low-voltage / physical security: IP video surveillance (Milestone, Mirasys, Hikvision), access control (Paradox, Protege, FoxSec), IP telephony (3CX), structured cabling

Procurement & lifecycle: company-wide IT procurement (laptops, workstations, servers, networking, peripherals, phones), software licence & subscription management (purchasing, renewals, monitoring), full hardware asset lifecycle across two refresh cycles — commissioning to decommissioning, disposal or resale; GDPR compliance

Azure administration (AZ-104) training · GDPR · Infotehnoloogia spetsialist · Apple Product Professional

Digidoktor OÜ (reg. 14847504)
Founded: November 2019
Activity: Computer facilities management & IT consulting
Location: Narva, Ida-Viru County, Estonia

My primary commitment is my full-time IT role, and it comes first. Outside working hours I take on independent projects in my own time, so they never overlap with my day-to-day responsibilities at work.

I'm also open to a quiet conversation about the right long-term opportunity. Get in touch at [email protected].