Daniel Knirsch

Project planning and implementation of a 95 kWp PV system

Daniel Knirsch
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Experience

Mar 2025 - Present
11 months

Project planning and implementation of a 95 kWp PV system

Asset management company

  • Analyzing technical and economic feasibility
  • Developing a detailed project plan including time and resource management
  • Soliciting and evaluating offers, selecting components, and managing suppliers
  • Coordinating all involved trades (e.g., electricians, installation companies)
  • Monitoring construction and ensuring compliance with schedules, budgets, and quality standards
  • Approving and commissioning the PV system, including documentation
  • Post-project: optimizing monitoring and supporting grid connection
Jan 2025 - Present
1 year 1 month

Head of AI-driven workflow automation implementation with n8n

Corporate administration

  • Overall responsibility for project planning, resource management, and coordination with all relevant stakeholders
  • Identification and evaluation of manual workflows for automation potential, and advising the team on AI-driven solutions
  • Building, configuring, and continuously optimizing n8n and database server infrastructure
  • Managing and providing technical guidance for implementing and integrating AI-based workflows, including testing and phased go-live
  • Ensuring quality standards and supporting organizational change through targeted communication and training
Jan 2022 - Jun 2024
2 years 6 months

Group-wide consulting on Windows and Linux server security

A world-leading e-health company

  • Analyzing and testing servers
  • Upgrading Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019 and/or 2022
  • Administering servers
  • Rolling out Microsoft ARC and Defender
  • Analyzing, qualifying, monitoring, reporting, and troubleshooting vulnerabilities identified by Microsoft ARC and Defender
  • Optimizing and troubleshooting Matrix42 Asset and Security Management
Apr 2017 - Present
8 years 10 months

Management of MS Azure Cloud / plusserver Cloud operations

Online payment provider (subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom)

  • Ensuring production stability
  • Ensuring and optimizing service processes and operations
  • Managing outsourcing partners
  • Reporting to executive management
  • Operating Veeam Backup
Nov 2013 - Mar 2017
3 years 5 months

Interim Management, Head of IT Operations

Online payment provider (subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom)

  • Migration and decommissioning of the data center in Derby (UK)

  • Setting up the new data center in Manchester (UK) and migrating the online payment system there

  • Outsourcing IT operations and database department

  • PCI DSS certification

  • Migration to the Microsoft Azure German Cloud

  • Ensuring production stability

  • Ensuring and optimizing service processes and operations

  • Coordinating staff deployment

  • Managing outsourcing partners

  • Planning resources and budget

  • Reporting to executive management

  • Communication skills

  • Conflict management

  • Confident decision-making in critical, especially time-sensitive situations

  • Teamwork

  • Organizational skills

  • Assertiveness

  • Process-oriented working

  • Result-oriented

  • Ability to work under pressure

  • Reliability

  • Quick learner

  • High level of flexibility, initiative, and commitment

Jan 2007 - Dec 2011
5 years

Support for operation and administration of the server infrastructure

Personnel services company

  • Planning, project management, implementation, upgrade, migration, support for operation and administration
Jan 1996 - Present
30 years 1 month

Support for operation and administration of the server infrastructure

Europe-wide forwarding company with about 250 users

  • Consulting, planning, project management, implementation, upgrade, migration, support for operation and administration
Jan 1995 - Dec 2007
13 years

Support for operation and administration of the server infrastructure

Hospital with about 700 users

  • Planning, project management, implementation, upgrade, migration, support for operation and administration of Novell NetWare from 4.x to 5.1 including the respective NDS
Jan 1990 - Present
36 years 1 month

Support for operation and administration of the server infrastructure

IT company

  • Consulting, planning, project management, implementation, upgrade, migration, support for operation and administration

Skills

Hardware:

  • Pcs (Various Manufacturers)
  • Pc Peripherals (Various Manufacturers)
  • Intel Servers (Various Assemblers)
  • Compaq / Hp Servers / Dell
  • 3com Switches
  • Sonicwall Firewall
  • Gateprotect Firewall
  • Lancom Firewall / Router
  • Cisco Routers
  • Apc Ups
  • Mge Ups
  • Moxa Device Server
  • Lantronix Ubox
  • Netgear Access Points
  • Netgear Switches
  • Intel Nas
  • Longshine Nas
  • Trekstor Nas
  • Nokia Communicator
  • Palm Treo
  • Thin Clients Igel, Neoware And Thinner
  • Apple Iphone 3gs, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, X, 11
  • Apple Ipad Air 2 And Ipad Pro
  • Lantronix Securelinx Spider Duo
  • D-link Switches
  • Avm Fritz!box And Repeaters
  • Telekom Speedport

Operating Systems:

  • Ms Windows
  • Suse Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Red Hat Linux
  • Debian Linux
  • Novell Netware
  • Novell Linux Oes
  • Vmware Esx
  • Vmware Esxi
  • Open-e

Data Communication:

  • Tcp/ip
  • Ipx/spx
  • Internet, Intranet
  • Ethernet
  • Token Ring
  • Adsl
  • Isdn / S2m
  • Wireless / Hscsd / Gprs / Umts
  • Pop3 / Imap / Smtp
  • Rdp
  • Iscsi
  • Nfs
  • Dns
  • Dhcp
  • Vlan
  • Wan
  • Wlan

Products / Standards / Experience:

  • Ms Windows 3.x, 9.x, Me, Nt, 2000, Xp, Vista, 7, 8, 10
  • Ms Windows Server Nt 3.5, Nt 4.0, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022
  • Ms Sql Server 2000, 2005, 2008
  • Ms Exchange 2003 On Sbs 2003
  • Ms Windows Terminal Server
  • Ms Sus / Wsus
  • Ms Office
  • Ms Visio
  • Ms Outlook
  • Ms Project
  • Ms Project Server 2007 (Application)
  • Ms Activesync
  • Ms Defender For Cloud
  • Ms Azure
  • Ms Arc
  • Novell Netware 3.x / 4.x / 5.x / 6.0
  • Novell Linux Oes 1 / 2
  • Novell Sles 9 / 10 / 11 (Dns, Dhcp, Samba)
  • Novell Suse Linux 9.x / 10.x / 11.x (Dns, Dhcp, Samba)
  • Vmware Player, Workstation, Gsx Server
  • Vmware Server 1.x / 2.x
  • Vmware Esx Server 2.x, 3.0.x, 3.5.x, 4.x
  • Vmware Esxi 3.5
  • Vmware Vsphere Esxi 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x
  • Vmware Vcenter 1.x / 2.x, 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x
  • Vmware Vcenter Server Or Appliance 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, 7.x
  • Vmware Vcenter Converter 4.x
  • Vmware Vrni
  • Vizincore Vranger Pro 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
  • Vizincore Vreplicator 2.x, 3.x
  • Veeam Backup 3.x, 6.x, 8.x, 9.x
  • Veeam One Reporter
  • Veeam Wan Accelerator
  • Trilead Vm Explorer 3.x, 4.x
  • Citrix Metaframe
  • Arcserve On Windows And Netware
  • Syncsort Backup Express 2.x, 3.x (Enterprise Backup Solution)
  • Tobit Faxware On Netware
  • Gateprotect Software Firewall 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 11.x
  • Rohde & Schwarz Firewall
  • Lancom Firewall
  • Scalix Mail Server 10.x, 11.x
  • Sophos Antivirus
  • Mcafee Managed Virusscan / Total Protection For Small Business
  • Avira Antivir Workstation Windows / Linux
  • Avira Antivir Server
  • Avg Anti-virus
  • F-secure
  • Corel Draw
  • Staroffice / Openoffice
  • Lotus Notes Client (Application)
  • Lexware Financial Office Premium
  • Lexware Buchhalter Plus
  • Lexware Lohn + Gehalt Plus
  • C-entron (Erp System For System Integrators)
  • Sfirm
  • Sap R/3 (Application)
  • Nagios (Application)
  • Open-e
  • Vnc
  • Teamviewer
  • 3com Network Supervisor
  • Watchdirectory
  • Robocopy
  • Kemp Vlm
  • Nnt Change Tracker
  • Tripwire
  • Truechript
  • Veracrypt
  • Keepass
  • Paperport
  • 1password
  • Omnipage
  • Jira (Application)
  • Confluence (Application)
  • Snagit
  • Seafile (Application)
  • Acronis True Image
  • Filezilla
  • Putty
  • Winscp
  • Ddbac
  • Froxlor
  • Billbee
  • Gdata
  • Acronis
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Clockodo
  • Nutanix
  • Matrix42 (Application)
  • Racktables (Application)
  • Openstack (Application)
  • Openai Chatgpt
  • N8n Server
  • Polysun Spt
  • Mariadb

Competencies & Skills:

  • Communication Skills
  • Conflict Management
  • Confident Decision-making In Critical, Especially Time-sensitive Situations
  • Teamwork
  • Organizational Skills
  • Assertiveness
  • Process-oriented Working
  • Result-oriented
  • Ability To Work Under Pressure
  • Reliability
  • Quick Learner
  • High Level Of Flexibility, Initiative, And Commitment

Languages

German
Native
English
Intermediate

Certifications & licenses

Ultralight aircraft pilot training (UL license)

PCI DSS certification

Kemp Technologies System Engineer

gateProtect certified business reseller / certified vpn reseller

VMware VCP certification

SonicWall CSSA certification

Novell CNA / CNE 5 certification

Novell CNA / CNE 4 certification

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