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Juho Mäkitalo
Student interested in Cybersecurity

About

Hi, I'm Juho studying at Tampere university of applied sciences. My goal is to learn something new everyday and help others with their struggles in this amazing IT world. Currently self-studying pentesting and other various models of cyberthreats in the real world. I have pass experience in IT doing network configuration for switches, firewalls and routers. Gained more experience in maintaining Linux & Windows servers while i was attending my mandatory military service at Armoured Brigade. Also as a hobby I'm running 70+ different dockerized services top of vmware based hypervisor platform running on my homelab .

Work Experience

May 2021 – August 2021
Networking Specialist
Configuring swithes,router etc. Network monitoring and maintenance. Customer service calls. Project testing with IoT-devices.
January 2020 – September 2020
Virtual training assistant | Military service
Maintenance and development of Windows and Linux server environments as a sysadmin. Senior of his class and leader for 47 other serviceman nationwide | Docker, GCP, Firecracker, Hyper-V, Gitlab CI/CD, Node.js, FOG Project, Networking, Leadership
May 2019 – December 2019
Information and Communications Technician
Installing network connection for homes and business. Configuring and Installing CATV headend equipment. | FTTH/FTTB, VDSL, ADSL, FIBER, CATV.
April 2018 – September 2018
Maintenance Electrician
Maintaining backup power for cell phone towers, Basic electrical work.
July 2016 – January 2018
Electrician
Process automation electrical work.

Awards

  • January 2018

    Suomen Partiolaiset - Finlands Scouter ry

    SP Mannerheim-solki II

Contact

Finland
FI
juhomakitalo1@gmail.com
LinkedIn
juho-makitalo

Education

  • 2021 2025

    Tampere University of Applied Sciences

    Bachelor of Engineering - BE

    Computer Science

  • 2019 2019

    SASKY koulutuskuntayhtymä

    Information and communication technologies technician

    Communications Technology

  • 2016 2019

    SASKY koulutuskuntayhtymä

    Electrical and automation installation

    Electrical and Automation Technology

Skills

Linux
Linux System Administration Kali Docker Products
Networking
Network Administration Cisco Systems Product Fiber Optics Wireless
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Scripting/Coding
Bash Node.js Python
Virtualization
VMware vSphere & Esxi Hyper-V
Network Security
Firewalls CTF Pentest
Git
Gitlab CI/CD

Interests

3D-printing
3D-Modeling
Electronics
Cybersecurity
Pentest CTF
Networking/Servers
Homelab

References

Juho Mäkitalo has performed the tasks assigned to him commendably and has shown activity and initiative

Lance Corporal Juho Matias Mäkitalo has shown commendable diligence, professional skills and know-how in the Finnish Defence Forces. I highly recommend him in networking and software development.