NETWORK ENGINEER · KIGALI, RWANDA

Hi, I'm Kelly — I keep networks running the way they're supposed to.

I'm currently working as a Network Engineer at ERI-Rwanda Ltd, while finishing my final year in Networks and Communication Systems at AUCA. Most of my time goes into the layer people never think about until it breaks: routing, switching, and keeping the wrong traffic out.

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About

I currently work as a Network Engineer at ERI-Rwanda Ltd, and I'm in my final year of Networks and Communication Systems at AUCA — so most weeks are split between doing the job and finishing the degree for it. Both feed each other more than people expect.

What I actually enjoy is the hands-on side: building a lab from scratch, watching a VLAN misconfiguration finally click into place, or tightening a firewall rule until it does exactly what it should and nothing more. I've spent real hours in GNS3 building multi-tier topologies with inter-VLAN routing and HSRP, and I'm just as comfortable on enterprise firewalls as I am racking a TP-Link switch on-site.

Kelly Shema
LOCATION
Kigali, Rwanda
FOCUS
Routing, switching, network security
EMAIL
shema.kelly@yahoo.com
PHONE
+250 789 479 759
GITHUB
kelly077777
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Skills

ROUTING & SWITCHING

  • VLANs & inter-VLAN routing
  • HSRP (first-hop redundancy)
  • Subnetting & IP addressing
  • NAT

SECURITY & ACCESS

  • ACLs
  • VPN configuration
  • QoS policy
  • FortiGate & pfSense firewalls

SYSTEMS & TOOLS

  • GNS3 lab design
  • TP-Link switch hardware
  • Active Directory & IIS
  • Docker & Traefik
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Experience

Network Engineer — currently working here
ERI-Rwanda Ltd
This is my day job right now. I look after network infrastructure and internal systems, and I supervise a small team handling the ongoing technical work.
Networking Intern
AUCA IT Department
Got my first real hands-on networking experience here, supporting the university's IT infrastructure. Outside of that I was building my own three-tier GNS3 labs at home, working through VLANs, routing, and HSRP until they made sense in practice, not just on paper.
Founder
Tech Trust Global Ltd
My own company, alongside the day job. We handle Starlink installations, solar solutions, and general IT services.
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Education

Networks and Communication Systems

Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA), Kigali

FINAL YEAR

Let's talk networks.

I'm currently working full-time at ERI-Rwanda, but I take on freelance networking and infrastructure projects on the side — feel free to reach out.

shema.kelly@yahoo.com ↗ linkedin.com/in/kelly-shema ↗ github.com/kelly077777 ↗