Experienced Cloud Engineer and VMware Senior Consultant with more than 20 years of professional experience, since 2014 including in the Vodafone Telco Cloud project. Specialized in building, operating, and optimizing mission-critical VMware and Linux infrastructures.
Focus areas: VMware TCI, NFV VNF, vCloud Director, vSphere, NSX, vRealize, Linux administration, automation, and troubleshooting.
Core Competencies
- Telco Cloud Infrastructure: VMware TCI, NFV and VNF
- VMware Cloud: vCloud Director, vSphere, vRealize/Aria
- VMware vRealize/Aria Log Insight, Operations, Automation
- Linux System Administration (Debian, RHEL, SLES)
- Automation & Scripting (PowerShell, Bash)
- Backup & Monitoring (Avamar, Log Insight, Nagios)
- Escalation Management & Troubleshooting
- Project Management & Customer Communication
Professional Experience
07/2014 – 2025 Evoila GmbH / Vodafone
VMware Senior PSO Consultant
- Built and operated Europe’s largest VMware vCloud Director instance
- Responsible for the entire Vodafone Telco Cloud infrastructure
- Implemented and managed VMware NFV 3.2.1, upgraded to TCI 2.2
- Linux system administration (server operations, backup, networking, lifecycle management)
- Troubleshooting & escalation management during critical incidents
- Developed custom automation and backup solutions
- Collaborated with technology providers (EMC, HPE, Dell)
08/2013 – 07/2014 Maxviva Technologies AG, Aschaffenburg
Linux System Administrator
- Managed web hosting and virtualization platforms (Debian, Ubuntu, Proxmox, KVM)
- Administered Apache, Tomcat, Nginx, HA-Proxy, Puppet
- Monitoring with Nagios/Icinga
01/2013 – 07/2013 top itservices AG / IT-NRW, Düsseldorf
Linux and VMware Consultant
- Consulting on virtualization, performance, and energy efficiency
- Maintenance and further development of a complex high-availability environment
- Focus on storage concepts, data availability, and documentation
- VMware vSphere, ESXi, NetApp, SLES, Debian
2008 – 2012 top itservices AG / ZIVIT, Frankfurt
Linux and VMware Administrator
- Supported Linux/VMware operations team for 4 years
- Administered SLES, Debian, and Ubuntu
- Virtualization administration: VMware ESX 3i–5i, vSphere 5, vCenter
- Troubleshooting, change management, package management, upgrade management
- Introduced and operated initial VMware products in the federal agency
- Focus on high availability and secure platforms for government systems
09/2008 – top itservices AG / Lufthansa Systems /
Unix Administration
- Supported the Solaris team at Lufthansa Systems Infratec
- Junior Unix Administrator (Solaris 8–10)
- Package and patch management, filesystem extensions, user administration
2008 – 08/2008 K+P Computer
Unix / Storage Administration
- Package and patch management, filesystem extensions, user administration
- IBM AIX and storage administration
- Installation and operation of IBM P-Series, RS6000, DS3000–DS6000, IBM ESS
2007 – ZDF, Mainz
Administrative Assistant – Service & Support Division
- Project: Windows XP migration & rollout
- Service technician / second-level support, incident management
- Coordinated technician assignments
2004 – 2007 ZDF, Mainz
IT Specialist for System Integration (Apprenticeship, graduated top of class)
- Project: Solaris OS upgrade including virtualization with Solaris Zones
- Project: SAP migration to new Sun Fire V240/V890 hardware
- Project: HA cluster (Veritas) replacing SUN E10K
- Introduced VMware products at ZDF – first hands-on experience (GSX 2.5)
- Developed a Linux-based VDR video infrastructure
Education
2004 – 2007 ZDF Mainz
IT Specialist for System Integration (IHK certified, graduated top of class)
Technical Skills
- VMware TCI, NFV, VNF, vSphere, vCloud Director, NSX, vRealize/Aria
- Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SLES)
- Automation: PowerShell, Bash, Python
- Monitoring: Log Insight, Nagios, Icinga
- Backup: Avamar, vSphere Replication
- Networking & Troubleshooting (TCP/IP, routing, packet capture, pktcap-uw)
Languages
- German (native)
- English (fluent, near-native)