Gertjan Bijl

Gertjan Bijl has extensive work experience in the field of IT. Gertjan currently holds the position of Principal Architect at Keylane, a role they have been in since January 2024. Prior to this, they worked as a Cloud Solution Architect and Manager Core-IT at Keylane from October 2019 to December 2023. Before joining Keylane, Gertjan worked as a Servicebeheerder at CRI Service, where they were responsible for the administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers. Gertjan also worked as a Linux Consultant (RHCA) at CRI Service from September 2015 to November 2017. Gertjan has experience working as a Linux Beheerder at ProRail, where they were responsible for administering a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server environment. Gertjan co-founded Stichting 4uss Productions, where they worked as a Sound Engineer, Penningmeester, and Secretaris. Gertjan has also held positions at Vodafone, Glasoperator/Vodafone Bodegraven, SPING B.V., and Poppodium Bibelot.

Gertjan Bijl completed a Bachelor's degree in Technische Informatica from De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences from 2003 to 2008. Prior to that, they obtained a Havo degree with a focus on natural sciences and technology from Insula College from 1998 to 2003. Gertjan Bijl also holds various certifications, including Red Hat Certified Specialist in Identity Management, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Linux Diagnostics and Troubleshooting, Red Hat Certified Specialist in High Availability Clustering, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Deployment and Systems Management, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Configuration Management, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Linux Performance Tuning, Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat Openstack, Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Ansible Automation, Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Server Hardening, Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Hybrid Cloud Storage, Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Deployment and Systems Management, Red Hat Certified System Administrator, Red Hat Certified System Engineer, VMware Certified Professional 6, and Commvault Core Fundamentals Certification Exam.