Renel Jay Quirit
Performance-driven Security & IT Operations Leader and Ph.D. graduate
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Performance-driven Security & IT Operations Leader and Ph.D. graduate with over 15 years of technical experience, including 10+ years leading cross-functional technical teams, administering complex data systems, and managing enterprise digital infrastructure. Expert in Python/SQL-driven data analytics, code reviews, system reliability, and vulnerability mitigation.
Certified Secure Computer
User (CSCU) and Mikrotik Certified Network Engineer with demonstrated success maintaining 99.9% system uptime and orchestrating automated quality and defect resolution workflows across large-scale operations.
Experience
Regional Information Technology Officer at Department of Education-Regional Office 10 (2022-06 – Present)
- Managed a team of 16 regional technical personnel and division leads, overseeing workload distribution, performance evaluations, and operational readiness.
- Engineered high-availability server infrastructure (NginX, Docker, LAMP), sustaining 99.9% uptime for enterprise platforms serving tens of thousands of regional end-users.
- Executed advanced SQL and Python-driven analyses on large transactional datasets to examine performance trends and optimize database queries across multi-tier applications.
- Monitored operational SLAs and system reliability metrics, serving as primary escalation point for system vulnerabilities, cybersecurity risks, and infrastructure failures.
Division Information Technology Officer at Department of Education-Gingoog City Division (2015-06 – 2022-05)
- Architected and maintained multi-tenant web applications and relational databases (PHP/Laravel, MySQL), writing clean, modular code to implement business logic and automated data workflows.
- Authored data-driven research and parsing algorithms for automated data collection engines, improving data quality assurance and operational reporting speed.
- Implemented failover solutions, database query optimizations, and backup protocols, ensuring continuous data accessibility and zero critical data loss across localized server networks.
IT Program Department Head at St. Rita’s College of Balingasag (2013-04 – 2015-05)
- Directed technical department operations and development workflows, establishing coding standards, system testing guidelines, and security protocols for institutional systems.
- Coached and mentored technical staff and faculty, managing performance evaluations and project delivery schedules.
Contract DevOps & Systems Engineer at ATL Global Imports, Inc.; Excel Training Institute (2010 – 2017)
- ATL Global Imports, Inc. (Atlanta, USA): Managed Turnkey Linux Nginx web server instances; configured remote MySQL database replication and deployed web-based inventory monitoring systems.
- Excel Training Institute (Canada): Configured web servers, database instances, and API backends for cross-platform mobile application environments.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Technology Management (PhDTM) – Cebu Technological University (2015 – 2022)
Master’s in information technology (MIT) – University of Science and Technology in Southern Philippines (2011 – 2013)
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) – Central Mindanao University (2007 – 2011)
