Emilia Świadek

Technical IT Project Manager | Open to New Opportunities | Ready to Grow & Deliver

Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Poland

About

I’m a Technical Project Manager with 10+ years of experience in IT. Over the years, I’ve managed diverse projects, supported client infrastructures, and built disaster recovery solutions. My role usually began where stardom/acting and flawless communication were no longer enough. I’m open to new challenges and opportunities in Project Management roles. I’m good at: - finding information, bugs… and occasionally features no one knew existed, - figuring out how to get things done (especially when there’s “no way”), - getting access everyone else has been waiting for for weeks, - politely pointing out what everyone missed, - rescuing “problematic” projects and tasks, - taking on work nobody wants but everybody needs, - stepping into critical roles when things get interesting, - bringing structure, clarity, and calm to fast-paced environments, - asking the uncomfortable but necessary: “Did anyone actually test this?”, - turning “this is complicated” into “it’s done.” My biggest achievements: - Helped Sophie (a person with learning disabilities) find her voice, - Co-created “l’équipe de trois grâces”, a team remembered as one of Cana’s strongest in 20 years (L’Arche), - Convinced a Hilton Housekeeping Manager to move me and a colleague into restaurant roles, - Restarted a frozen ESX host running ~70 VMs without issues, - Took ownership of the market build process and delivered it end-to-end, - Completed a full year of backup-restore tests in four months, - At Codewave, I was often mistaken for a DevOps Engineer or Developer. Areas for improvement / challenges: - I am introverted, - My spoken English/French is less fluent than I use daily, - I avoid misrepresenting facts, - I challenge the status quo and drive change. Examples of led projects: - decommissioning 40+ web apps (Magento/WordPress, MySQL), 64 VMs, and legacy infrastructure, - migration of MySQL databases to DBaaS, - infrastructure build supporting 15+ new markets, - patching campaigns via Radia Client Automation for ~20,000 servers, - Active Directory implementation for 2,000+ supermarkets, - PoC for AD forest recovery using Semperis, - disaster recovery exercises and implementations, - network bubble for backup-restore testing, - installation of various tools.

Experience

  • Gap year at Career Break
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Over the past few months, I have been on a sabbatical. What started as a necessary break after a particularly difficult period in my personal life and a prolonged experience of professional burnout has become an opportunity for reflection, learning, and growth. During this time, I have been: • Working through a long list of tasks and projects that I never had the time or energy to tackle before, • Focusing on my mental well-being, • Re-evaluating my professional goals and priorities, • Discovering what truly brings me satisfaction and a sense of purpose. Stepping away from full-time work was not an easy decision, but it was the best decision I could have made.

  • Technical Project Manager at CodeWave - Scalable Web Solutions
    Feb 2023 - Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    - Led DevOps team and coordinated projects, - Delivered infrastructure and software implementation projects, - Optimized and rationalized client IT infrastructure, - Created and updated technical and project documentation, - Administered Jira, Confluence, and ConnectALL, including workflow automation, - Resolved and mitigated technical and non technical issues, Projects - decommissioning of over 40 web applications (Magento and WordPress, MySQL), 64 virtual machines (VMs), and other obsolete infrastructure, - migration over 30 DNS domains to Cloudflare, - migration of MySQL databases from VM-hosted environments to a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform, - Flotiq migration from VM hosted environment to Kubernetes, - development of few new functionalities using Flotiq - Actions on Flotiq sides, - Legacy Brands team organization - accesses + crosskilling + documentation - Jira and ITSP automations for legacy brands team, - ISDS team preparation - handover WP US to market,

  • Technical Project Manager for Disaster Recovery activities at Kyndryl
    Aug 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

    - Developed and implemented disaster recovery (DR) plans in collaboration with solution architects, - Led failover and DR scenario testing and transition to operational readiness, - Enhanced DR capabilities based on risk assessments and evolving requirements, - Created and updated Disaster Recovery documentation, - Introduced new team members into their daily duties, - Resolved technical and non technical issues, Projects - disaster recovery exercises - 6 times + 1 one was rescheduled - implementation of disaster recovery solutions - implementation of PoC to validate the efficacy of AD forest restoration using Semperis. - Bakup- Restore tests - 30-40 tests - deployment of a network bubble

  • IBM (9 yrs 4 mos)
    • Technical Project Manager
      Jun 2018 - Aug 2021 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      - Managed diverse IT projects, including large-scale and senior-level initiatives, - Specialized in build of new stores infrastructure, - Was responsible for 3 ATLAS programs, - Created project plans, tracked progress, and maintained all required documentation, - Provided technical training and created training materials, - Resolved technical and procedural issues related to projects managed by team, Projects - build of infrastructure to support at least 15 new markets. - patching and application installation campaigns using Radia Client Automation for a client managing nearly 20,000 servers. - implementation of Active Directory (AD) for over 2,000 supermarkets. - installation of various tools. - implementation of CyberArk DMZ infrastructure. - server builds / rebuilds, - servers decommissions, - transition my colleagues from role of PM to TPM, Programs: - modernisation of SRVT servers, - implementation of new AD domain for supermarkets, - servers and tolling standardization for distribution servers

    • Windows Systems Administrator
      Feb 2016 - Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      - Administered Windows servers (AD, hardware/software installation, configuration, monitoring, backups, recovery) - Troubleshot infrastructure issues and optimized client's environments - Improved team communication and created documentation for knowledge sharing Projects - tooling, - patching campaigns, - VMware / AD/ Windows support for project teams, - servers decommission / builds - Wintel tasks and orchestration of all other teams tasks (including Move out of Prod/Move to Prod process)

    • Dispatcher in a WINTEL Team
      Oct 2014 - Jan 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

      - Dispatched tickets, service requests and changes, - Prepared and presented diverse reports, - Leaded daily huddle, - Managed internal wiki, - Resolved simply technical issues, - Maintained AD and local accounts, - Basic troubleshooting,

  • Contact Center Consultant at 4everNET
    Mar 2012 - May 2012 · 3 mos

    - handling customer queries,