IT Operations & Infrastructure keeping business-critical systems running

I’m Daniel K. Ekrika, an IT operations and infrastructure professional with 8+ years of experience in enterprise support, networking and technical leadership. I’ve led a 26-person team delivering IT services across fourteen (14) offshore and five (5) onshore locations in the energy sector, with earlier experience in financial services. Based in Milton, Ontario, I’m now focused on IT opportunities in Canada.

Work Experience

ABL Employment

Material Handling Equipment Operator

PRESENT

Assignment at Princess Auto

Transport skids using double walkie pallet trucks and electric pallet jacks, delivering loads to designated areas for put-away by reach truck operators while recording stock movements in the Warehouse Management System (WMS) and processing work orders for skid transfers. Handling and processing domestic and imported products, using radio-frequency (RF) scanners to identify items, verify storage locations and track inventory movements.

Seplat Energy Plc

IT Operations / Team Lead

JAN 2026 - AUG 2026

Engagement via WDCL

Led a 26-person team delivering IT services across fourteen (14) offshore and five (5) onshore locations. Coordinated hardware refresh programs and system-triggered preventive maintenance, conducted monthly SLA reviews and managed process controls, contract planning, requisitions, vendors and IT assets.

Seplat Energy Plc

IT Team Lead

JUN 2025 - DEC 2025

Engagement via DAGBS Nigeria Limited

Led an 18-member IT service delivery and telecommunications team. Coordinated hardware refreshes and Windows upgrades alongside network expansion and upgrade projects. Developed service workflows, managed vendors and mentored team members.

Seplat Energy Plc

Senior IT Analyst

DEC 2024 - MAY 2025

Engagement via DAGBS Nigeria Limited

Coordinated technical escalations, infrastructure upgrades and vendor activities. Maintained network dashboards and uptime reports and coordinated incident, problem and change management.

ExxonMobil

IT Infrastructure Analyst

MAY 2021 - DEC 2024

Engagement via DAGBS Nigeria Limited

Delivered infrastructure services across multi-vendor networks, storage and telecommunications. Coordinated network upgrades to maintain reliable operations across fourteen (14) offshore platforms.

Trustfund Pensions Limited

Regional IT Support

JAN 2018 - APR 2021

Delivered regional Tier 2 IT services across eight geographically dispersed branch offices. Coordinated enterprise and native application services, network troubleshooting, data backup and recovery, and end-user training.