Marco Fischer - System Engineer–Vmware, Veeam

Tutzing, Germany

Experience

Dec 2023 - Present

1 year 8 months

Operated and managed ca. 800 server VMs and lifecycle/asset management of ca. 40 Lenovo ESXi hosts
Upgraded all clusters to ESXi/VCSA 7.0U3 and 8, planned patch management for all hosts
Cleaned up Active Directory by consolidating multiple domains into the main environment; planned and executed migration
Reviewed and migrated Veeam configuration to newer virtual infrastructure to streamline performance
Performed VMware upgrades, updates, and general maintenance
Conducted Proxmox POC to evaluate as a VMware alternative
Documented Veeam, VMware, and storage environments
Implemented uniflow Cloud solution
Migrated NetApp storage to new system; maintained CIFS and administered SVMs

Feb 2023 - Oct 2023

9 months

Würzburg, Germany

Operated and managed ca. 500 server VMs and lifecycle/asset management of ca. 30 HPE/DELL ESXi hosts
Upgraded all clusters to ESXi/VCSA 7.0U3 and 8, planned patch management for all hosts
Adjusted NetApp volumes during migration from NFS to iSCSI
Converted VMware datastores from NFS to iSCSI
Integrated Veeam at various new sites and documented configuration

Aug 2022 - Feb 2023

7 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Administered and upgraded 200 server VMs in a global enterprise environment (~190,000 employees)
Managed 15 Dell ESXi hosts of various versions; upgraded all clusters to the latest version and planned patch management
Built and maintained NetApp clusters (AFF A220, various FAS, E-Series)
Operated and configured Commvault and SnapCenter
Performed vulnerability management
Modified NetApp StorageGrid setup across multiple sites, added storage nodes, and updated rule sets
Executed data center relocation

Sep 2021 - Jun 2022

10 months

Munich, Germany

Administered 600 server VMs and managed 50 HPE ESXi hosts; upgraded all clusters to the current version and planned lifecycle management
Maintained Active Directory, restructured OUs, automated processes, and integrated additional solutions
Integrated acquired companies’ ADs and documented changes
Built and maintained NetApp clusters (AFF A300 & A400)
Supported various backup solutions (Commvault, Veeam)

Feb 2019 - Aug 2021

2 years 7 months

Nuremberg, Germany

Led technical VMware upgrade project for 150 hosts and clusters to v6.7 with VCSA migration, followed by upgrade to v7 for Kubernetes support
Defined vSphere/ESXi role concepts
Cleaned up Active Directory GPOs and OUs
Upgraded and migrated MS Server landscape to 2016/2019; ongoing operation
Administered 120 Cisco UCS and Fujitsu ESXi hosts and 1,200 server VMs, plus ca. 3,000 Citrix VPC clients
Planned and implemented vCenter HA
Operated backup solutions (Veeam & Networker)
Created, applied, and documented new OU/GPO structures for AD DS
Performed continuous MS Server upgrades
Migrated Vsphere/ESXi from 5.5/6.0 to 6.7/7; migrated VCSA to 6.7 U2 and to 7 in 2021
Managed EMC, IBM, and Pure Storage
Set up ADFS
Implemented new VDI cluster (Cisco UCS & FC Pure Storage)