Mario Michel

Senior Network & Security Engineer @ allcore

Network Security Fortinet Vulnerability Management Cryptography
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System Status

ssh admin@mariomichel.com - 80x24
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Facts & Background

  • RoleSenior Network & Security Engineer @ allcore
  • Based inVienna, Austria
  • Age-
  • Born11 Aug 1999 - the day of a total solar eclipse
  • FocusFortinet (FortiGate / FortiManager), vulnerability management, network security
  • InterestsCryptography, cryptocurrencies, cardistry, bash scripting
Mario Michel
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Experience

Work

Aug 2026 - present

allcore

Senior Network & Security Engineer

Feb 2024 - Aug 2026

techbold secure IT

Cyber Security Engineer

  • Designed and built a vulnerability-management product based on OpenVAS and DefectDojo.
  • Sized, planned, implemented and operated a FortiManager managing 300+ FortiGates, 270+ FortiAPs and 120+ FortiSwitches.
  • Owner of all OpenVAS and vPenTester topics.
  • Product owner and main contact for Fortinet.
Sep 2022 - Jan 2024

CONVOTIS

Network & Security Team

Continued in the Network & Security team after ITSDONE became CONVOTIS.

Mar 2019 - Aug 2022

ITSDONE

Network & Security Team

Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

ITSDONE

Trainee, Network & Security Team

Full-time over the summer, then four days a week alongside school.

Aug 2017

ÖBB Business Competence Center

Intern

Learned about railway operations and built my first websites - including the first version of this site.

Aug 2016 · Aug 2015

Ruefa (Österreichisches Verkehrsbüro)

IT Intern, headquarters

Two summer internships in the IT team, responsible for the company's hardware; first projects with a Raspberry Pi.

Education

Sep 2015 - Mar 2019

HTL Ottakring (HTL Wien West)

Information Technology (Fachschule)

Project: proof-of-concept vending machine accepting Bitcoin via the Lightning Network.

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Certifications

Fortinet

FCA - Associate in Cybersecurity

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Fortinet

FCF - Fundamentals in Cybersecurity

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Microsoft

AZ-500 - Azure Security Engineer Associate

ITSDONE
Fortinet · previous program

NSE 1 · NSE 2 · NSE 3

ITSDONE
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Programs & Applications

Proxmox

Proxmox VE

Hypervisor for my homelab - the VMs and LXC containers behind everything I self-host.

Debian

Debian

My go-to Linux - on servers, and as a WSL subsystem for text processing and quick tests.

Nextcloud

Nextcloud

Self-hosted personal cloud and file exchange for family and friends.

Tor

Tor

Using and supporting it since 2016 - a censorship-resistant, anonymous network anyone can help run.

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

Editor for scripts, GitHub projects and this website.

Telegram

Telegram

Encrypted messaging, plus a few groups I manage.

GIMP

GIMP

Image editing - card designs and other personal projects.

// since dec 2015

More Than

00years
00days

of experience with cryptocurrencies

crypto timeline

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Contact

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