Architect

Architect with experience in the position since 2018. However, he has been in the IT field for more than 9 years. In his current position, he started as a junior architect where he was inventing new services to offer to customers and presentations through APIs. Later he created documentation for auditing needs. For example, he was part of both ISO and internal audits. Currently he is providing the life-cycle of the whole platform. He determines when things will be uploaded and when maintanance will take place. He also created guidelines for colleagues. He has extensive experience with VMware and public cloud. At home, he has his own Kubernetes cluster although he uses Docker more. He knows how Openstack, AD, loadbalancing, networking works. However, he has not worked with Kafka and databases. At work he uses from agile methodologies Scrum and Kanban boards. He communicates fluently in English. He is also proficient in basic communication in German.

Senior service architect, 09/2018 - Present:

• Leading the development of a VMware private cloud IaaS
• Developing customer-facing features and infrastructure automation scripts
• Streamlining infrastructure and operations to achieve 30% cost savings annually
• Co-designing the migration method from NSX-V to NSX-T
• Designing a vSAN-based HCI offering for the IaaS service

3rd level VMware specialist, 01/2016 - 08/2018:

• Acting as a VMware subject matter expert for multiple customers
• Member of the global incident response team for VMware platforms
• Deploying, optimizing, and troubleshooting customer environments
• Providing technical review for new virtualization environments
• Redesigning and implementing a Veeam backup solution for a shared customer platform

Windows server administrator, 08/2013 - 12/2015:

• Administering MS Windows servers and large cluster deployments
• Managing VMware and HyperV virtualization infrastructure
• Ensuring OS patching, AV compliance, and server configuration
• Creating and implementing a web application for monitoring alert management
• Responsible for backup job runs and server security compliance

Certifications:

VMware Certified Professional 2022 - Data Center Virtualization (10/2022)

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (02/2021