IT Infrastructure is where I belong...

I work with Windows and Linux systems, SQL Server, VMware, Veeam backup, disaster recovery, and PowerShell automation. This site shows the infrastructure work I know best and the production problems I can help solve.

20+Years in enterprise IT
7Infrastructure, virtualization, storage, AI tools, databases, backup, automation
24/7Experience with systems that have to keep running
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IT System Manager at Liebherr Werk Biberach

Germany

Available for consulting conversations and architecture reviews

Windows & Linux operations

Active Directory / DNS / DHCP

Virtualization operations

Storage operations

AI tools and reporting platforms

SQL Server administration

Veeam backup and restore

PowerShell automation

Profile

Infrastructure work across systems, databases, backup, and automation.

Enterprise IT. Practical infrastructure. Real production responsibility.

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Calm under pressure. Clean handovers. Less noise.

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Selected Work

A few areas where I spend most of my technical time.

Infrastructure Operations

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Windows and Linux server work for long-lived production systems

Worked across Windows and Linux server estates with a focus on stability, lifecycle discipline, and the operating routines behind core services.

This helped reduce drift, keep ownership clearer, and connect day-to-day server administration with the broader infrastructure platform.

Backup Architecture

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Immutable backup design for real restore pressure

Modernized backup storage with immutable object storage while keeping the daily Veeam handling understandable.

The useful result was not just immutability. It was a backup platform that was easier to explain, operate, and test.

SQL Server

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SQL Server work focused on availability and performance

Supported SQL Server environments with attention to indexing tradeoffs, workload behavior, failover, maintenance, and production support.

The value came from more predictable behavior and a tighter link between tuning decisions and the way the system is operated.

Virtualization

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VMware and storage operations for enterprise workloads

Worked across virtualization and storage layers with a focus on capacity, reliability, and decisions that support critical workloads.

This helped connect compute, storage, and monitoring decisions instead of treating them as separate problems.

Agentic Development

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AI Agent Coding

Use AI coding agents for focused codebase exploration, small implementation tasks, documentation work, and internal tooling while keeping changes reviewable and grounded in the existing system.

The value is faster iteration without losing engineering discipline: clear task boundaries, readable diffs, verification checks, and handovers that a team can still understand after the agent session ends.

Services

Services around the systems I know and operate.

The focus is practical work: understand the system, fix the weak spots, and leave something the team can keep running.

Full service detail
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Service Focus

Windows and Linux Infrastructure Operations

Support for stable platform ownership, cleaner day-to-day operations, and fewer avoidable disruptions across core systems.

Technical Focus

Core operating responsibilities across server estates, identity-linked services, lifecycle discipline, and the routines that keep production infrastructure stable.

  • Platform continuity
  • Windows and Linux estate care
  • HA readiness
  • Identity and network foundations
  • Patch and lifecycle planning
  • Monitoring routines
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Service Focus

Virtualization with VMware and Hyper-V

Virtualization support for production platforms where workload placement, lifecycle discipline, and recovery assumptions need to stay clear.

Technical Focus

Virtual platform operations across VMware and Hyper-V, including host lifecycle, cluster health, placement discipline, and recovery-aware design.

  • VMware operations
  • Hyper-V operations
  • Cluster health
  • Host lifecycle planning
  • Workload placement
  • Storage dependencies
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Service Focus

Storage with HPE and NetApp

Storage support for production platforms where capacity, performance, redundancy, and lifecycle decisions have to stay operationally clear.

Technical Focus

Storage operations across HPE and NetApp platforms, including array health, lifecycle planning, connectivity, volume layout, and workload-aware capacity.

  • HPE storage operations
  • NetApp storage operations
  • Array health
  • Firmware lifecycle
  • Volume layout
  • SAN and NAS connectivity
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Service Focus

AI Tools and Reporting Platforms

Internal tools and reporting platforms built around operational data, clear dashboards, and practical AI assistance for recurring work.

Technical Focus

Tool and reporting platform work across dashboards, operational data flows, automation outputs, and AI-assisted summaries that stay understandable to the team running them.

  • Internal tool building
  • Reporting platforms
  • AI-assisted summaries
  • Operational dashboards
  • Data flow cleanup
  • Automation reporting
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Service Focus

Veeam Backup and Recovery

Backup work built around restore confidence, operational clarity, and recovery paths that still hold up under pressure.

Technical Focus

Protection design centered on repository strategy, restore validation, immutable storage choices, and recovery workflows that stay credible under pressure.

  • Repository design
  • Restore validation
  • DR planning
  • Hybrid protection paths
  • Backup reporting
  • Cross-platform recovery
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Service Focus

SQL Server Operations

Operational SQL Server support aimed at steadier performance, stronger availability, and fewer surprises in production behaviour.

Technical Focus

Production database operations spanning availability, maintenance, workload stability, monitoring, and tuning decisions that fit real platform behaviour.

  • Availability operations
  • Workload tuning
  • Maintenance discipline
  • Capacity visibility
  • Service stability
  • Database monitoring
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Service Focus

PowerShell Automation

Automation support for repetitive administration, clearer operating routines, and less manual effort in recurring change work.

Technical Focus

Repeatable administration through reporting, health checks, provisioning, and scripted workflows that reduce manual effort without hiding operational intent.

  • Task orchestration
  • Provisioning flows
  • Health-check scripts
  • Repeatable change steps
  • Reusable functions
  • Lower manual overhead

Operating Model

How the work usually starts.

Start with what is already there, find the parts that create risk or repeat work, then make targeted changes.

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Step 01

Assess

Look at the current environment, recurring incidents, weak spots, and the work that consumes too much admin time.

Step 02

Prioritize

Separate urgent noise from the changes that will actually improve stability, recovery, or daily operations.

Step 03

Optimize

Make targeted changes, document the result, and leave the system easier to operate than before.

Experience

Recent roles and long-term infrastructure responsibility.

Long-term roles across manufacturing and enterprise customer environments.

IT System Manager

Liebherr Werk Biberach

Jun 2018 - Present

Responsible for enterprise infrastructure, virtualization, SQL Server, backup, and platform reliability in a manufacturing environment.

IT System Administrator

Liebherr IT Services GmbH

Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

Administered infrastructure services and enterprise systems with a focus on reliability, standardization, and repeatable operating routines.

IT Consultant

systema Deutschland GmbH

Jul 2011 - Jun 2016

Worked across healthcare software rollouts, system integration, and hands-on technical support.

Blog

Notes on infrastructure, databases, backup, and platform decisions.

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Security and Identity

AI Security Compresses the Patch Window

OpenAI Daybreak, Microsoft MDASH, and the 2026 Verizon DBIR point to the same operational problem: vulnerability discovery is accelerating faster than many patch and validation processes can absorb.

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Backup Architecture

Veeam v13.1 Makes Identity Recovery a Backup Topic

Veeam Data Platform v13.1 matters less as another feature release and more as a signal that recovery now has to include identity, security posture, and operational context.

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Contact

Talk about an infrastructure problem, review, or planned change.

Use the contact options below if you want to discuss infrastructure, virtualization, storage, AI tools and reporting platforms, SQL Server, backup, or automation work.