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Letztes Update: 21.11.2022

Server Ninja

Firma: SkyLime GmbH
Abschluss: Bachelor of Science
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Sprachkenntnisse: deutsch (Muttersprache) | englisch (verhandlungssicher)

Dateianlagen

merkel_devops_cv_20200225.pdf

Skills

Server Ninja with 15+ years industry experience specialising in Unix and Linux cloud-based environments. IT Consultant and automation expert with business analyst know-how to optimise processes.

Projekthistorie

01/2019 - bis jetzt
DevOps Linux & Cloud Architect
Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG (Internet und Informationstechnologie, 500-1000 Mitarbeiter)

As part of marketing operations the main focus of the project is to provide a robust platform for the website and content management system in a cloud environment. This includes all infrastructure architecture aspects and future development.
  • Implementation of an development, testing, acceptance and production workflow for container deployment in Amazon Web Services
  • Infrastructure automation development with Docker, Terraform and Ansible
  • Migration of on-premise content management system to the new platform
  • Development of advanced A/B-group testing system to route customer traffic to specified websites
  • Connecting application and infrastructure monitoring with Datadog, New Relic and AWS Cloudwatch
  • Performance optimisation for the PHP based Content Management System including integration of S3 asset storage and additional CDN provider
  • Operation of the AWS cloud infrastructure and development life cycle
Technologies:
Ansible, AWS, Cloudflare, Datadog, Docker, JavaScript, New Relic, PHP, Python,  Shell, Terraform, Ubuntu

01/2016 - bis jetzt
Cloud Architect & Operator
ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH (Telekommunikation, 250-500 Mitarbeiter)

Architecture design and installation of private cloud based on SmartOS and Project-Fifo to run low-latency realtime VoIP services.
  • SmartOS cloud setup and operations with Project-Fifo cloud orchestration
  • Setup and maintenance of highly available, distributed, eventually consistent object store based on LeoFS.
  • Implementation of hardware health and service quality monitoring
Technologies:
LeoFS, LX-branded Zones, Munin, Project-Fifo, SmartOS, Ubuntu, Zones, ZFS

05/2009 - bis jetzt
Co-Founder, Partner & Server Ninja
SkyLime GmbH (Internet und Informationstechnologie, < 10 Mitarbeiter)

SkyLime is a dynamic team of computer scientists to provide infrastructure and knowledge to rock the world. The team offers Unix and Linux consultancy services including project analysis and management.
  • Infrastructure, operations and development
  • Consulting and mentorship
  • SmartOS cloud provider with managed services like DNS, email, databases and application hosting
  • Providing networking services like VPN gateways and IPv6 routing
  • Robust software application development and scripting in Node.JS, Python, Shell and C/C++

11/2010 - 01/2019
Cloud Specialist
Veit & Beck Technology GmbH (Telekommunikation, 10-50 Mitarbeiter)

Development and management of the SmartOS cloud infrastructure to run virtual machines with VoIP services.  Implementation of Ubuntu package management for self-developed telephone software which provide easier deployment.
  • SmartOS Cloud setup and operations with Project FiFo Cloud Orchestration
  • Concept, implementation and operation of an high availability libVirt cluster
  • Development of a backup and restore system via the scripting language bash
  • IPSec VPN implementation and administration
  • Administration of Ubuntu and CentOS virtual machines
  • Advanced linux and network support
Technologies:
Ansible, CentOS, IPSec, KVM, Munin, OpenVPN, SmartOS, Ubuntu, Zones, ZFS

02/2010 - 12/2018
IT systems engineer
Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG (Internet und Informationstechnologie, 500-1000 Mitarbeiter)

Focus on system operation and continuous delivery in cloud based environments. Development and implementation of automation workflows in cooperation with operation and development teams.
  • Linux automation with Puppet and SaltStack with focus on system operation
  • Service migration from datacenter servers to AWS cloud based environment
  • Operations of Atlassian toolstack (Confluence, Jira, BitBucket, Bamboo and HipChat)
  • Conception and administration of PHP, Percona Galera web cluster in AWS
  • Security concept for Linux in cloud based environments
  • Implementation of Nagios monitoring solution for the worldwide infrastructure
  • Automated backup solution to S3 via AWS Lambda
  • Keygenerator development in Java and continued operations
  • PKI Solution based on OpenSSL / HSM development and administration
Technologies:
Ansible, Atlassian toolstack, AWS, AWS Lambda, CloudStack, Forman, Gentoo, GlusterFS, icinga, iptables, Java, Nagios, OpenSSL, Packer, Pagerduty, Percona, PHP, PKI, Postfix, ProFTPd, Puppet, Python, SaltStack, Slack, Ubuntu

Reisebereitschaft

Verfügbar in den Ländern Deutschland, Österreich und Schweiz
Relocation and travel:
  • Berlin and surroundings
  • Remote always welcome
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