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Christian Enderle

IT Consulting / IT Rebuild

Christian Enderle
Stadtallendorf, Germany

Experience

Jun 2022 - Apr 2024
1 year 11 months

IT Consulting / IT Rebuild

IT Rebuild (PF)

  • Analyzing requirements and the current state
  • Migrating an old domain structure and Tobit system to Exchange 2019 with connection to MS365
  • Evaluating implementation options and planning the protection of sensitive data
  • Planning according to BSI IT baseline protection, German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), and GDPR
  • IT governance and IT security backtests
  • Supporting ERP setup and securing mail transfer
  • Hyper-V 2016/2022, Microsoft Terminal Services Cluster, Microsoft Exchange 2019
  • Office 365, Microsoft 365, Azure AD, Teams, Salesforce
  • Cisco, Zyxel, and HP switches, Sophos firewalls/UTMs, SecurePoint
  • Microsoft IIS 2022, IPv4/IPv6, Veeam, Wortmann Online Backup, NextCloud
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, VoIP, group policies (GPO), SIEM, remote work, home office, high availability, failover, VLAN, PRTG
May 2022 - Apr 2023
1 year

2nd / 3rd Level Linux System Engineer / Consultant

IT/Linux Landscape Support (SIE)

  • Migrating native installations into virtual environments
  • Consulting and support for high-availability implementations and IT security (VPN/WLAN)
  • Testing procedures for evaluation and authentication consulting
  • Analytical identification of root causes (repair vs. rebuild)
  • Evaluating future viability and coordinating involved teams
  • Windows VDI, Proxmox Virtual Environment 7.x, pfSense firewall
  • VPN: IPSec with smart card authentication, WireGuard, load balancing
  • Office 365/Teams analysis on Linux, Citrix VDI, NetScaler
  • Azure/MS365 integration with Linux, Debian OS, Ubuntu, VMware, SIEM, 2FA, GitLab, Ansible, Kubernetes
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
1 year 3 months

2nd / 3rd Level Microsoft System Engineer / Consultant

Multinational Environment (ZE)

  • Analyzing and rebuilding terminal servers in a multi-hierarchical environment for 45,000 global users
  • Troubleshooting local and global incidents and escalation management
  • User training on responsive handling of systems and errors
  • Building a proof of concept as a technical benchmark
  • Windows Terminal Services / Remote Desktop Services (2008 to 2022), VMware ESXi, VMware vCenter
  • NetApp storage, TrueNAS/FreeNAS, Microsoft clustering features, SQL Server
  • Load balancing, Office 365, Teams, hybrid setup, email encryption
  • Citrix VDI, NetScaler, Symantec AV, Azure/AWS, FSLogix, 2FA, SIEM
  • System monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana and Zabbix
  • Services: VDI, Active Directory, LDAP, Doors, Integrity, BCM, group policies, Remedy
Feb 2021 - Mar 2021
2 months

IT Security Consultant

Hafnium Hack Incident Handling

  • Crisis management due to global attacks on Exchange servers at new clients in SMEs, healthcare, and local authorities
  • Investigating the hack, analyzing the attack methods, and isolating infected systems
  • Assessing attack vectors and checking for web shells
  • Correspondence with executive management for risk assessment from a system security and GDPR perspective
  • System hardening and implementation of security measures
  • Liaison with security departments of large corporations such as Siemens and Arvato Systems
  • Exchange 2013-2019, Office 365, Active Directory, LDAP, Sophos UTM, Fortigate, LanCom, SecurePoint
Dec 2020 - Apr 2024
3 years 5 months

IT Architecture Project Lead

ASP Structure Setup

  • Analyzing requirements and the current state
  • Evaluating implementation options and planning the approach
  • Preparing the protection of sensitive data according to BSI IT baseline protection, BDSG, and GDPR
  • Technical project management and building a system monitoring infrastructure
  • IT governance planning and IT security backtests
  • Implementing load balancing and high availability
  • Hyper-V 2016/2022, Microsoft Terminal Services Cluster, VMware, Proxmox PVE, Proxmox Backup Server
  • Citrix, Microsoft Exchange 2019, Windows, Office 365, Microsoft 365, Azure AD
  • Cisco, Zyxel, and HP switches, Kubernetes, Sophos firewalls/UTMs
  • Debian Linux, NextCloud, SeaFile, Microsoft IIS 2022, Nginx, MariaDB, MySQL, Varnish
  • IPv4/IPv6 networking, Zammad, Elasticsearch, Veeam
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, VoIP, Check_mk, PHP, SIEM, remote work, home office, failover, VLAN
Nov 2020 - Apr 2021
6 months

Managing System Engineer

Kommune (GS)

  • Analysis of requirements and the current situation for 150 employees
  • Planning a seamless upgrade path from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2019
  • Support in securing sensitive data and troubleshooting previous configurations
  • Consulting in regards to BSI IT baseline protection, German Federal Data Protection Act, and GDPR
  • Cleanup of IT legacy issues and technical project management
  • Hyper-V 2016/2019, VMware, Windows, Exchange 2010/2013/2019
  • Cisco switches, Fortigate firewalls, mail archiving, proxy, email encryption, Veeam backup
Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
4 months

Network Rebuild / IT Consultant

Medizinischer Verbund (MLOS)

  • Analysis of requirements and creation of a high-level concept for network routing and segmentation
  • Rollout of the network structure according to target definition at various sites
  • Troubleshooting a failed 1.5-year telecom rollout project within 1.5 months
  • Consulting on special medical requirements, BSI IT baseline protection, and GDPR
  • Planning of a high-availability network infrastructure for the data center
  • Network troubleshooting, VLAN, pfSense, FreeNAS, Proxmox virtualization
  • Debian, Ubuntu Linux, SIEM, Cisco, Ruckus switches, 3cx telephony system
Nov 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year 2 months

IT Restructurer / Renovator

Spezialelektronik (HS)

  • Assessment of the current situation and troubleshooting an unstable IT structure for 150 employees
  • Design and implementation of a new IT structure based on AD2019 and Exchange 2019
  • Definition of groups and IT security, network separation, and introduction of patch management/VLANs
  • Setup of Sage, Datev, and industry-specific software
  • HPE / IBM servers, Sophos SG firewall, Microsoft AD 2016/2019, Microsoft Exchange 2016/2019
  • VMware Hypervisor ESXi 5.5/6.x/7.x
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, IT security analysis, IT architecture
Oct 2019 - Jul 2020
10 months

IT Restructurer after Ransomware Attack

Sicherheitsdienst (WS)

  • Crisis management and isolation of IT traffic to prevent the spread of ransomware
  • Redeployment of the IT structure and consulting the company management for 1,250 employees
  • Implementation of a firewall with IDS/IPS and email scanning functionality
  • Reinstallation of the server infrastructure and implementation of separated networks (hardening)
  • Development of an access rights concept and setup of Sage, Datev, and industry software
  • White-hat hacking for source analysis and damage assessment
  • Dell / IBM servers, Sophos SG firewall, Windows Server 2019, Microsoft AD 2019
  • Microsoft Exchange 2019, O365 migration, hybrid setup, Azure, AWS
  • Hyper-V 2019, Microsoft Terminal Services, VMware Hypervisor 6.x/7.x
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, SIEM
Sep 2018 - Oct 2023
5 years 2 months

IT Consulting / IT Development

Managemententwickler (RY)

  • IT and IT security leadership role as a System Engineer
  • Fixing process issues and potentially critical GDPR vulnerabilities
  • Developing internal IT by combining on-premise and cloud solutions
  • Integrating CRM resources and developing work-everywhere concepts
  • Setting up a central data repository and securing the corporate network
  • Training and consulting on IT topics
  • Dell servers, Dell clients, Sophos SG, Cisco firewall and switches
  • Windows, Microsoft AD 2019, Eset Antivirus, Microsoft Exchange 2019, O365, Microsoft 365, Teams
  • Microsoft IIS 2019, Microsoft Hyper-V 2019, VMware, Veeam, load balancing
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, VoIP, SIEM, remote work, Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, PHP, MySQL, MariaDB, NextCloud
Jul 2018 - May 2020
1 year 11 months

System Rescue and Restoration

Retail (SD)

  • Took over and revamped an outdated, insecure website and web shop setup based on Docker
  • Analyzed system interdependencies and created documentation
  • Extracted data and reimplemented on current OS and module versions
  • Ongoing system maintenance
  • Ubuntu, Debian Linux, Apache, Nginx, Git, PHP, MySQL, MariaDB, Docker
  • WordPress, Odoo, e-commerce integrations, FOSS software
Jun 2018 - Apr 2024
5 years 11 months

Internal IT Support / IT Consulting

Special Machinery Manufacturing (RM)

  • Managing system engineer for network security issues, consulting and support
  • Planned and implemented VLAN structures and routing
  • Implemented a firewall solution and system hardening
  • Appointed as sole external IT administrator and took on an IT security leadership role
  • Built a new server infrastructure based on Windows Server 2016
  • Set up security policies according to BSI IT Baseline Protection and GDPR consulting
  • Migrated cloud services such as mail from O365/Azure to Exchange 2019
  • Supported in securing special machinery
  • Project management, external vendor coordination and sourcing
  • Dell servers, Dell clients, Sophos SG, HPE, Ruckus Networking, Cisco firewalls and switches
  • Microsoft AD 2008R2/2019, Microsoft Exchange 2010/2019, mail archiving, mail encryption
  • NextCloud, Datev, Microsoft IIS 2019, Microsoft Terminal Services cluster
  • VMware Hyper-Visor 6.x/7.x, Veeam, Microsoft SQL Server, DBA, Debian, Ubuntu
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, VoIP, Linux, PHP, MariaDB, MySQL, jQuery, SIEM, VLAN, Wi-Fi segmentation, SDSL, fiber optics
Dec 2015 - Apr 2024
8 years 5 months

External IT Management / IT Architect

Food Sector (P)

  • Took over the internal IT management and worked as shared CIO/CISO
  • Set up a complete IT infrastructure for 20 people within four working days
  • Implemented terminal server functions and an IT security policy
  • Implemented separate network segments and VLANs across two sites
  • Integrated a public guest network separated from the internal network
  • Planned based on BDSG, GDPR and BSI IT Baseline Protection
  • Unified the security infrastructure and hardened systems
  • Dell servers, Dell clients, Sophos SG firewall, HPE switches, Microsoft AD 2012R2
  • Microsoft Exchange 2016, Microsoft 365, Teams, mail archiving, mail encryption
  • Hyper-V, Microsoft IIS, SQL Server, Sage DMS, ERP, SuccessFactors
  • Microsoft Terminal Services cluster, Debian Linux, Ubuntu, VoIP PBX, Zammad, Elasticsearch
  • Backup: Veeam, system monitoring with Check_mk, SIEM, PHP, MariaDB, jQuery
May 2015 - Apr 2024
9 years

CEO / CIO / CISO

Webhosting / Application Service Provider / Managed Services

  • Full takeover of internal IT management
  • Assessed the current state and defined the target requirements
  • Implemented the central server infrastructure including procurement
  • Employed multi-layered intrusion prevention methods achieving A/A++ ratings
  • Interface functionality and sourcing
  • Defined goals and planned based on BDSG, GDPR and BSI IT Baseline Protection
  • Dell servers, Dell clients, Sophos SG, HPE, Cisco firewalls and switches
  • Microsoft AD 2016-2022, Microsoft Hyper-V 2012R2-2022, Exchange Server 2013-2019
  • Office 365, Microsoft 365, Teams, To Do, Lists, SharePoint, mail archiving
  • Debian Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Lync Server, Skype Server, Zammad, Elasticsearch, FreeNAS
  • Azure, AWS, Veeam, UrBackup, NextCloud, SeaFile, Microsoft Terminal Services
  • System monitoring based on the Check_mk stack, Postfix, Apache2, Nginx, PHP
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, VoIP, SIEM, VLAN, Wi-Fi segmentation
Sep 2013 - Aug 2017
4 years

External IT Management / IT Architect

Media Industry / Event Agency (MAH)

  • Assessed the current state and troubleshot an unstable IT structure
  • Developed a new IT structure and handled technical project management
  • Managed interface functionality and organized various technical projects
  • Conducted staff training and managed budgets
  • Applied multi-level intrusion prevention methods (digital and analog)
  • Dell servers, Dell clients, Sophos SG firewall, HPE switches, FreeNAS, ESET AV
  • Microsoft AD 2012R2, Microsoft Exchange 2013, Microsoft Hyper-V 2012R2, Debian, Ubuntu
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, IT security analysis
Sep 2013 - Nov 2013
3 months

IT Restructurer / Renovator

Fine-Dining and Hospitality (B)

  • Assessing the current situation and developing a target definition
  • Troubleshooting and fixing an inefficient IT structure
  • Developing a new IT structure including interface functionality
  • Conducting staff training and managing the budget
  • Implementing multi-layered intrusion prevention methods
  • HPE / IBM / Dell servers, Dell clients, Sophos SG firewall
  • Microsoft AD 2003/2008, Microsoft Terminal Services cluster, load balancing
  • Microsoft Exchange 2013, mail archiving, email encryption, Veeam backup
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, IT security analysis
Oct 2012 - Apr 2024
11 years 7 months

External IT Manager / IT Architect

Hotel Industry (KS)

  • Complete takeover of internal IT management as CIO, CISO, and System Engineer (2nd/3rd level)
  • Providing consulting and support via a ticketing system
  • Assessing the current situation and defining the desired state
  • Implementing the central server infrastructure including procurement
  • Implementing remote access solutions and an IT security policy
  • System hardening and implementing a new IT structure with separate network segments/VLANs
  • Separating the guest network from internal networks
  • Replacing the previous inter-site communication with high-performance WLAN radio link technology
  • Interface functionality and sourcing
  • Planning based on BDSG, GDPR, and BSI basic protection
  • Dell servers, Dell clients, Sophos SG, HPE, Cisco firewalls and switches
  • Microsoft AD 2008 R2/2019, Microsoft Exchange 2010/2019, Microsoft Hyper-V 2008-2019
  • Microsoft IIS 2010-2019, Debian Linux, FOSS evaluation, system monitoring (Checkmk)
  • Backup: UrBackup, Veeam, MariaDB, MySQL, InfluxDB, PHP, jQuery
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, VoIP, SIEM, WLAN, network segmentation
Aug 2010 - Apr 2024
13 years 9 months

External IT Manager / IT Architect

SME (MN)

  • Complete takeover of internal IT management with interface functionality, consulting, and support
  • Assessing the current situation and defining the target state
  • Analyzing, developing, and implementing the IT security policy
  • System hardening and implementing a new IT structure with separate network segments and VLANs
  • Separating the machinery network from the management and staff network
  • Using current multi-layered intrusion prevention methods
  • Successfully defending against malware attacks via USB sticks without negative impact on the company network
  • Project management and rescuing a failing software development project
  • HPE/Dell servers, HPE/Dell clients, Sophos SG, HPE, Cisco firewalls and switches
  • Microsoft AD 2003/2008 R2/2019, Microsoft Exchange 2010/2019, mail archiving
  • Microsoft IIS 2010-2019, Microsoft SQL Server, DBA, database administration
  • Microsoft Hyper-V 2008-2022, Debian Linux (v6 to current), UrBackup, Veeam
  • Rolling out Kaspersky and replacing it with ESET antivirus (client/server), VoIP PBX
  • Services: DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, subnetting, firewalling, routing, NextCloud, SIEM, VLAN, WLAN, network segmentation

Summary

First, I would like to thank you for taking the time to review my resume.

You are looking for a person:

  • with well over ten years of hands-on experience in the depth and breadth of IT implementation, combined with entrepreneurship? (privately even twice as much)
  • with planning, consulting, and implementation experience working across industries, without ignoring sector-specific elements
  • with practical knowledge in data protection and security, licensing & legal issues, who can and wants to bring this to the assessment of your environment? (not legal advice!)
  • consulting, planning, and implementing with Microsoft, SaaS, closed source, as well as open source familiarity
  • who brings practical know-how in dealing with employees, shareholders, and stakeholders of IT and business? Leading and supporting. Internally executing, externally executing. Internally leading, externally leading, externally advising.
  • with experience in SMEs, industry-neutral, with direct staff size: 5-1,000, indirectly (partial area) up to about 45,000
  • who, with personal enthusiasm, wants to implement projects in a way that benefits all involved in the long term?

If this is the case, you don't have to look any further. - As you will see from my resume below, I am happy to bring these skills broadly to short- or, preferably, long-term projects.

I look forward to our discussion on how I can apply my skills to your company's advantage.

I will definitely be in touch and look forward to the upcoming project and fruitful collaboration.

Best regards,

Christian Enderle

Skills

  • Deep And Broad Knowledge In Tcp/ip, Telecommunications/telephony, Networking, Firewalling, Various Open-source Software, Various Industry-specific Software, Sql, And A Wide Range Of Virtualization And Design Concept Knowledge.
  • Wide Range Of Hardware, Security Equipment And Firewall/utm Vendors, Antivirus Software, Troubleshooting (2nd And 3rd Level…).
  • Technical: E-commerce Systems, Learning Tools (E-learning), Crm, Cms, …
  • Analytical Skills: Go-to-market Analysis, Marketing Approaches, Intercultural Communication.
  • Social Skills: Presentations (De/en) Tailored To The Audience, Staff, Team And Project Leadership, Conflict Resolution (Technical/social), Mediation, Bringing Interest Groups Together.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2020 - Present

unknown

Business Law

Oct 2012 - Jul 2018

University of Applied Sciences Ulm/Neu-Ulm

Bachelor of Science · Business Informatics · Neu-Ulm, Germany

Oct 2010 - Jun 2013

Evening High School

General high school diploma

...and 1 more

Certifications & licenses

Project and Team Management Professional

PMC-Sattler

IT Service Management ITIL3 Foundation

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