Andreas Kainz
DevOps Consultant
Experience
Jan 2023 - Jan 2025
2 years 1 monthDevOps Consultant
Automotive/freelancer
- Infrastructure automation with Ansible, AWX, Docker/DockerCompose/Kubernetes, GitLab, Bash, Python (Ubuntu)
- Infrastructure monitoring with Icinga2
- Software development in Python
- Qemu, KVM, libvirt
Apr 2022 - Present
3 years 10 monthsAutomation Consultant
freelancer
- Infrastructure automation with Ansible, AWX, Jenkins, Docker
- Test automation with Robot Framework
- Software development in Python
- Infrastructure monitoring with Icinga2
Oct 2019 - Mar 2022
2 years 6 monthsVienna, Austria
DevOps Engineer
Bacher Systems EDV GmbH
- Automation with Ansible, AWX, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Bitbucket, RPM Packaging
- Software development in Python
- Enhancing the monitoring stack OP5/Nagios; SNMP
Feb 2009 - Sep 2019
10 years 8 monthsVienna, Austria
Deputy Head of Operations
VisoTech Softwareentwicklungsges.m.b.H.
- Software development in Python, Django
- Established the operations department
- System administration of more than 100 Linux-Servers: RHEL/CentOS, MySQL, MongoDB, Nagios/Icinga2, virtualization, high availability, networking, firewalls, Jira, Confluence, Insight
- Automation with Ansible
Feb 2003 - Present
23 yearsLinux Consultant
freelancer
- Linux server administration: High availability, virtualization, webserver, mailserver, fileserver, groupware, Nagios, firewalls, SPAM Filter
- Compiling custom Linux distributions (based on Red Hat, Fedora, Debian)
- Software development in Python, Django
- Web sites in Plone, Apache; CSS, HTML, XML
- Web hosting, DNS administration, mail service
Jan 1998 - Jan 2003
5 years 1 monthVienna, Austria
Software developer, Linux operations
g.a.m.s. edv dienstleistungen gmbh / maxxio AG
- Software development under Linux in C, C++, Python, TCL, Perl
- Compiling a custom Linux distribution (based on Red Hat)
- Linux system administration
Nov 1996 - Dec 1997
1 year 2 monthsVienna, Austria
Software developer
Siemens AG
- System administration under HP-UX and Linux
- Software development in C++
- Software migrations under HP-UX and Reliant Unix
Sep 1995 - Oct 1996
1 year 2 monthsVienna, Austria
Software developer, System administrator
SAG-Schrack Anlagentechnik AG
- Project work SCADA
- HP-UX and network administration
- Software development in C, Motif; script programming
Oct 1994 - Aug 1995
11 monthsKorneuburg, Austria
Paramedic
Red Cross
Feb 1990 - Jun 1994
4 years 5 monthsVienna, Austria
Software developer, System administrator
ADES Echtzeitdatenverarbeitungssysteme GmbH
- UNIX system administration under Digital Ultrix
- Software development in C
- Project work SCADA
- SQL (Oracle)
Summary
My work emphasizes reproducible and efficient system deployment and configuration using Ansible roles and playbooks, following Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. This ensures consistent environments and supports the development of stable, scalable infrastructure.
Skills
Software Development: Python
Linux Systems Administration: Rhel, Rocky, Centos, Ubuntu
Infrastructure Monitoring: Nagios/icinga2, Including Check Scripts Development
Documentation: Restructured Text, Markdown
Tools And Technologies: Ansible Awx (Tower), Jenkins, Nexus Repository, Ldap, Keycloak, Pki, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Podman/docker/dockercompose, Qemu, Libvirt/kvm, Vagrant, Proxmox, Ceph
Linux: Excellent
Python: Excellent
Ansible: Excellent
Red Hat: Excellent
Shell Scripting: Excellent
Networking: Excellent
Open Source: Advanced
Virtualization: Advanced
Html/css/django: Advanced
High Availability: Advanced
Mysql, Postgresql: Advanced
C/c++: Advanced
Docker: Advanced
Kubernetes: Basic
Asterisk: Basic
Java: Basic
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedGreek
ElementarySpanish
ElementaryFrench
Elementary ...and 2 more
Education
Oct 1987 - Apr 1994
TU Vienna
MSc in Informatics, Systems Software · Informatics, Systems Software · Vienna, Austria
Sep 1980 - Jun 1987
Modern Language High School
High School Diploma · Stockerau, Austria
Certifications & licenses
ITIL Foundation
makeit information systems GmbH, Vienna
RHCE - Red Hat Certified Engineer
Global Knowledge, Vienna
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