Profiles
Summary

I’m a human who values three essentials for happiness: Health, Social, and Work.
In my work as an IT engineer 🧑🏻‍💻, my current focus is on:

  • AI Agents: Developing and optimizing AI agents, such as OpenClaw.

  • DevOps & GitOps: Promoting "Everything-as-Code" principles.

  • Cloud-Native Infrastructure: Highly available and automated, including bare metal.

  • Open Source: Leveraging free software to increase business value.

  • Hands-On Mentality: Applying my mechanical engineering roots.

  • Unified ERP Software: Consolidating and simplifying IT into a single system.

  • Self-Improvement: Committing to challenges for continuous growth in all areas of life.

Skills
Containerization
Virtualization
Infrastructure as Code
Cloud
CI/CD
Programming Languages
Databases
Networking
Storage
Backup
Security
Engineering
Experience
Wealthpilot GmbH
  • End-to-end IT infrastructure management

  • Orchestrating Kubernetes clusters

  • Implementing IaC and GitOps best practices

  • Driving AI-powered development process automation

Skills used:

Deutsche Bank AG
  • Responsible for IT testing Environments for Deutsche Bank's Foreign Exchange Trading Platform Autobahn (https://autobahn.db.com/)

  • Migrating Environments to Hybrid Cloud based on Google Anthos

  • Working simultaneously in two teams: DevOps and SL3

Leitz GmbH & Co. KG
  • System administration of all 75 Linux servers (Ubuntu, Suse, Red Hat, ...)

  • Responsible for multiple virtualization environments (Linux and Windows) using XEN (Citrix Hypervisor, XCP-ng, Xen Orchestra) with a total of about 300 VMs.

  • In charge of the main storage system (NetApp) and additional storage systems (TrueNAS)

  • Solely introducing and managing the new backup solution (Commvault)

  • Management of critical database servers (Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL)

  • Administration of on-premises and cloud (Azure) infrastructure

  • Programming & Implementation of highly important Services, like a Password Manager Service (Bitwarden)

  • Right to have a say in technical budgetary matters in the six-figure range

  • Point of contact for questions related to DevOps and automation (Git, Gitea)

  • Monitoring of all Services (Zabbix)

  • 3rd-level support in the above-mentioned areas

SP Süddeutsche Prüfanlagen GmbH
  • Support in all IT matters

  • Data management and data migration in CRM software

  • Configuration of universal testing machines

  • Execution of all measurements and evaluation of test results

  • Technical sales as a Key Account Manager

Sii Technologies GmbH
  • Implementation of projects in change management

  • Mainly in the field of medical device technology for Zeiss Meditec GmbH

  • Close collaboration and coordination of interdisciplinary teams

Early Experience
SHW Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH
  • Internship as a design engineer at SHW Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH in Aalen.

  • Practical application of engineering solutions

Stadt Aalen
  • Seasonal part-time job in some years at the City of Aalen

  • Tour guide at the Tiefer Stollen visitor mine.

  • Planning and conducting tours to provide visitors with an informative and captivating experience

Self
  • Technical upskilling, self-directed engineering research, and IT competency development

Education
Chemnitz University of Technology
  • Profile: Applied Mechanics and Thermodynamics

  • Courses:

  • Master thesis: Simulation and Optimization of Flow Transition from a Coaxial Connector to a Hydraulic Cylinder Considering Pressure Conditions. (07.08.2017 - 09.02.2018, 6 months).

  • Main Internship: Simulation of a centrifugal separator at Suvis GmbH in Chemnitz (21 weeks)

  • Additional General Studies: Numerical Mathematics, Heat Transfer, Emotional Psychology, Time Management

Chemnitz University of Technology
  • Started in Sports Engineering, then Dual Enrollment in Mechanical Engineering (from 01.10.2012)

  • Courses:

  • Additional Subjects: Technical Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Computer Science, and Fluid Mechanics

  • Bachelor thesis: "Strength calculations and optimization of a crank". At the Institute for Construction Design and Drive Technology (01.11.2013 - 14.04.2014, 5 months 2 weeks)

  • Internships at Mapal KG in Aalen and Funk Eisengießerei GmbH in Aalen

  • Profile: Computer Science

  • Courses: Foundations of Information Technology, Operating Systems, Databases, Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures and Data Analysis, Algorithms, Microprocessors, Hardware Programming

Driving Licenses
B (Car)
A (Bike)
BE (Trailer)
Languages
German
English
French
Spanish
Russian
Certifications
Professional Cloud Architect
  • Acquired skills to design, develop, and manage robust, secure, and scalable cloud solution architectures based on business requirements.

  • Completed alongside full-time employment in 12 weeks with additional 10 hours of additional learning a week. I did not take the final Google exam

Associate Cloud Engineer
  • Learned to deploy applications, monitor operations, and manage enterprise solutions by configuring infrastructure and network services.

  • Completed alongside full-time employment in 12 weeks with additional 10 hours of additional learning a week. I did not take the final Google exam

Netapp Training
  • Weekend Training on site around 31 Hours.

  • NetApp Fundamentals, VServer + Network Resources, NFS VServer, CIFS VServer, SAN VServer, Storage Efficiency, Statistics, Backup

Soft Skills Courses
  • Weekend Courses (each 10 hours): Rhetoric, Time Management, Memory Training

Fitness Trainer
  • B-License: 14 weeks with on-site courses and thesis, around 115 hours.

  • C-License: 12 weeks, around 75 hours.

  • Certified in building and verifying Ethernet networks using Cisco CLI commands, designing IP subnetting schemes, and analyzing protocols across the OSI model layers.

  • Completed concurrently with studies in around a few months, about 70 hours learning

Interests
Health
Calisthenics
Tech & Software Development
Challenges
Social Interactions
Investing
Volunteer
  • Private Support Member

  • Youth Leader in Chess

  • Youth Coach in Gymnastics

Party
  • Board Member of Directors

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