CV, Emil Larsson 👨💻
Working from home since early 2020.
Main interests 🧙
Above are a click-able list of my main interests, each link will take you to a site that describes it better then I can.
I’ve been working with IAM & automation for most of my career, and I always view security as first priority in my technical work. Personal development for myself and my team members is something I value highly.
Skills 🤹🏽
This is a list of skills that I possess besides general deep IT knowledge and understanding. The list is in order high knowledge to medium knowledge
- PowerShell, mainly module authoring and tool-making
- Active Directory, AD DS, AD CS, AD FS
- Azure Active Directory, Automation, Functions
- Windows Server
- Group Policy Management
- AD Connect, Conditional Access, Log Analytics
- WinRM & SSH
- APIs & Webhooks
- DHCP & DNS
- SSO, SAML / OAuth Authentication
- NTLM, Kerberos, LDAP(S) understanding, troubleshooting, setting up
- Git
- GitHub, GitLab (CI/CD, GitHub Actions mainly)
- TCP / IP
- Linux
- Software & Web Development
Experience & Accomplishments
2018-2023 - Veoneer in Linköping, IAM Engineer / Architect
At Veoneer, I started working as a consultant and was later hired directly. My main role was to design, implement and support identity topics for the IT organization.
I was promoted to a more senior role where I was designing more solutions, and having internal knowledge transfers within IT.
Day-to-Day:
- Maintaining AD DS, AD CS, AD FS, Azure AD / Entra ID, AD Connect
- Configuring new logical AD Sites, Group Policy design and maintain
- Supporting ServiceNow development team on automation using Azure Automation / Functions
- Continuous improvement of AD Security posture
- Owner of a large IT teams Gitlab repository
Projects:
- Implemented and designed role based access in Active Directory
- Extended existing AD forest with segregated domain
- Implemented backend automation process for the company
- Carve out projects, where my role was mainly implementer
- Designed a new process for, and migrated existing script based automation from scattered scheduled tasks to Azure Automation
- Passed multiple AD audits (SOX, TISAX), where I was control owner of Active Directory and Azure AD.
2014-2018 - Saab in Linköping, Systems Engineer
At Saab, I was a consultant hired by DXC Technology working 100% with Saab in Linköping. I was working with 3rd level support and later on focusing on Active Directory.
Day-to-Day:
- Maintaining AD DS and AD CS
- Continuous improvement of AD Security posture
- Supporting projects with bulk updates in AD, DNS and DHCP using PowerShell
- PowerShell toolmaking for the support departments
- Technical documentation writing for the IT organization
- Problem-ticket troubleshooting and solving
Projects:
- AD migration and expanding
- AD Schema extension
- Technical documentation migration and formatting
2013-2014 - Siemens SIT in Finspång, IT Technician
Day-to-Day:
- Windows client troubleshooting
- PC hardware troubleshooting / replacing
- SCCM configurations
- User support
- Active Directory operations
Projects:
- Windows XP -> 7 migration projects for 1000+ clients
Outside of professional work
- Frequent and top contributer to the PowerShell Docs on Microsoft Learn
- Run my own blog where I write about security and automation
Goals 🥅
Continuous improvements on all my areas and specifically focus more on Secure IAM, a combination of both IAM & Security, from an engineering aspect.
Contacts ☎️
+46 0723061454, emil.t.larsson@outlook.com
Personal 🏡
- A father of two and engaged
- I’ve had dogs my whole life and currently have a Finnish Lapphund
- Owns a house in Sweden
- I love both hardware and software
- I love nature and have been fishing for as long as I can remember
- I’ve competed in Strongman events and I’ve been doing strength training since 2015
- I’m a (mostly retro) gamer
- I’m a hobby Software developer (C#, Python)
- I love to read books
- I enjoy self improvement
- I am currently employed