Youssef Zerkani

Senior Application Specialist at QPR Software Plc

Helsinki Metropolitan Area

About

I'm excited to share more about my role as Senior Application Specialist at QPR Software, where I'm part of the Technology & Operations - Customer Care & Technical Services team. What I Do? In my multifaceted role, I focus on three key areas: 1. Application Specialist - Resolving customer support tickets within agreed SLAs - Identifying and reporting product defects to development teams - Managing QPR Product activation codes and serving as Incident Manager 2. Cloud Operator - Managing QPR Cloud infrastructure and responding to monitoring alerts - Creating and optimizing cloud environments on AWS - Performing advanced cloud operations and resource management 3. Technical Consultant - Delivering QPR Technical Services, including installation services - Contributing to customer projects in a technical consulting capacity What Drives Me? I'm particularly passionate about: - Customer Care: Troubleshooting complex issues and delivering effective solutions - Cloud Excellence with AWS: Currently learning the basics. - AI Innovation: Implementing AI solutions for Customer Care and customers (including development work) - DevOps: Working with Ansible, automation tools, and Kubernetes (starting soon) Recent Growth & Achievements ? Over the current period, I've expanded my expertise in: - DevOps practices and automation with Python and Ansible - Environment creation and migration projects - Snowflake administration (accounts, users, key-pair configuration) - Server investigations and QPR services optimization Looking Ahead ? I'm excited to continue: - Exploring AI applications to benefit QPR Software and our customers - Contributing to upcoming Middle East projects -Deepening my knowledge of Kubernetes and DevOps tools - Sharing my knowledge in cloud operations, customer care, and technical implementations I'm grateful for the positive feedback from customers and partners, and I remain highly motivated to drive excellence in everything I do.

Experience

  • QPR Software Plc (Full-time · 4 yrs 2 mos)
    • Senior Application Specialist at QPR Software Plc
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

      I'm excited to share more about my role as Senior Application Specialist at QPR Software, where I'm part of the Technology & Operations - Customer Care & Technical Services team. What I Do? In my multifaceted role, I focus on three key areas: 1. Application Specialist - Resolving customer support tickets within agreed SLAs - Identifying and reporting product defects to development teams - Managing QPR Product activation codes and serving as Incident Manager 2. Cloud Operator - Managing QPR Cloud infrastructure and responding to monitoring alerts - Creating and optimizing cloud environments on AWS - Performing advanced cloud operations and resource management 3. Technical Consultant - Delivering QPR Technical Services, including installation services - Contributing to customer projects in a technical consulting capacity What Drives Me? I'm particularly passionate about: - Customer Care: Troubleshooting complex issues and delivering effective solutions - Cloud Excellence with AWS: Currently learning the basics. - AI Innovation: Implementing AI solutions for Customer Care and customers (including development work) - DevOps: Working with Ansible, automation tools, and Kubernetes (starting soon) Recent Growth & Achievements ? Over the current period, I've expanded my expertise in: - DevOps practices and automation with Python and Ansible - Environment creation and migration projects - Snowflake administration (accounts, users, key-pair configuration) - Server investigations and QPR services optimization Looking Ahead ? I'm excited to continue: - Exploring AI applications to benefit QPR Software and our customers - Contributing to upcoming Middle East projects -Deepening my knowledge of Kubernetes and DevOps tools - Sharing my knowledge in cloud operations, customer care, and technical implementations I'm grateful for the positive feedback from customers and partners, and I remain highly motivated to drive excellence in everything I do.

    • Application Specialist, Incident Manager
      May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Consultant at QPR Software Plc
    Sep 2018 - Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    I am working as a Consultant for QPR Software since September 2018. My task is to develop and test [ Manual testing ] new implemented Dashboards for our Performance Management Delivery team. Using our Backend tool so called Metrics Enterprise Architecture to build Models & to visualize it through our QPR User Interface using different technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Bootstrap and QPR query languages. I am responsible for building solutions to our clients that are located in the Middle East and Europe. This is a great opportunity for me as an individual to develop my skills in term of technologies / Business vision and also to bring my knowledge in the field of Software Development into practice for the benefit of our company & clients.

  • Web Application Developer & IT Advisor at Globuzzer
    Sep 2016 - Apr 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

    I started working for Globuzzer since October 2016 as a Web Application Developer trainee. Using technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and javascript to build different services and applications. Within 6 months I became a team leader for the IT department. My task was divided into 2 parts. Assisting my team when needed and also helping them with the coding whenever possible. Communication was the key to succeed in all projects we worked on, and I consider it one of my strengths. Speaking different languages is an asset for me to follow the progress of each team member. Besides, I worked as a project manager trainee, where I had a chance to go through all phases of SDLC ( software development life cycle). Participating in all phases of SDLC, such as gathering requirements, design, implementation, deployment and testing has given me clear idea of the whole process of building a software from scratch. Additionally, I was in charge of the company server. For example making new releases and organizing the content.

  • Software Developer at Bookndo
    Feb 2016 - Jul 2016 · 6 mos

    traineeship he participated at the following tasks: 1) Front-end Tasks: - Fixing bugs on views - Creating new views for new features according to given layout instructions - Developing the CSS - Ensuring the mobile-friendliness of the front end code using the Bootstrap framework 2) Other tasks: - Server Management - Updating the database using PostgresSql - Assigning development tasks to team members and monitoring their progress and assisting as needed. - Managing translations and localizations using OneSkyApp - Replying customer service calls on Skype

  • Back Office Agent at Phone assistance
    Jun 2006 - May 2007 · 1 yr

    updating the database & customer service.