Welcome to Altostrat Jurgen van Vuuren

Jurgen van Vuuren joins Altostrat as our AWS infrastructure engineer. He brings a wealth of knowledge in AWS infrastructure and cloud platform maintenance to the team. His role involves maintaining cloud platform infrastructure and assisting clients with support. Jurgen van Vuuren is passionate about cloud services, networking and solving challenging problems.

More about Jurgen

How did you first get into your field?

I was given the opportunity when I worked with Hannes at a previous company, and since then, I've never looked back. My background is mainly networking and VoIP. Cloud infrastructure is broader space to work in and transitions better across different services and client needs.

What motivated you to join Altostrat?

The opportunities that the company provides. We are constantly challenged with new and interesting ideas to see how we can offer services to meet our clients' needs.

Where do you find inspiration?

I most often like to use some people as a "sound board" or go and watch how other people handled the same situations or problems I did, and then I try and figure out how I can make use of their knowledge. A lot of my inspiration comes from different places and people; sometimes I try and sit and figure it out myself.

If you weren't in your current role/field, what alternative career path might you have pursued?

If I were not in the IT field, I think I would have liked to do something like psychology or in the medical field, like a doctor.

What's one of your favorite productivity tools or apps right now, and why?

I think tools or websites like Udemy are VERY powerful, as you can learn a lot from the videos, with very, very low investment.

Do you have a favorite keyboard shortcut? What is it?

Yes, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V

What's a favorite place you've visited or dream of visiting?

I would like to go to Europe and do one of the train rides, across Europe in a train for a few days.

What's one piece of advice you'd give to someone ambitious in your field?

It will take time to learn everything, especially if you want to write your exams, but take your time, and make sure you understand what you are busy with.