Peter B. - Senior IT Infrastructure Architect

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Sankt Augustin, Germany

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present

1 year 9 months

Senior IT Infrastructure Architect

IBM Germany

Provided advisory to internal teams and gematik on high availability, failover and geo-redundancy matters
Acted as member of the advisory & regulatory Design Authority team
Created simplified overview diagrams of complex setups
Created and updated documentation in Confluence

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024

2 years

Architect

Bechtle

Provided and discussed proposed high level design solutions with client Axpo
Acted as senior IT advisory to internal Bechtle teams and external client teams
Guaranteed storage solution continuity and fulfillment of SLAs
Facilitated strong intercommunication between involved teams
Performed quality assurance, documentation and technical governance of high level design
Utilized virtualization (VMWare), storage (NetApp) and general networking and backup concepts

Jan 2019 - Dec 2023

5 years

Zaventem, Belgium

Business Analyst / Solution Architect

Atos Belgium

Conducted feasibility studies and impact analyses followed by commercial proposals with high-level technical solutions
Negotiated with vendors and facilitated workshops with European institution client
Wrote high level designs, performed intensive review processes and produced technical documentation
Ensured business continuity of solutions and fulfillment of SLAs
Managed vendors and negotiated terms
Performed quality assurance, documentation and technical governance of proposals
Used Archi and Visio for solution architecture
Implemented virtualization (VMWare), containerization (OpenShift), physical server solutions (HPE), storage (3PAR), networking (Cisco, F5, Check Point, Forcepoint, Fortinet), high availability, redundancy, and backup solutions (Veeam, Data Protector)
Demonstrated strong communication skills on all levels

Jan 2014 - Dec 2019

6 years

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Service Design Manager / Business Analyst

Large International Financial Institution

Designed IT infrastructure services based on ITIL guidelines, handling incident, problem and change management processes
Communicated with teams, clients and vendors to gather requirements and manage solutions
Produced service and solution designs with full documentation
Performed quality assurance, vendor negotiation and technical governance of third-party proposals
Transitioned services into standard and cloud solutions (PaaS, IaaS, DaaS, SaaS)
Utilized virtualization (VMware), containerization (OpenShift), physical server solutions, storage (SAN, NAS), networking, high availability, redundancy, backup and archive concepts

Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

2 years

Darmstadt, Germany

Solution Architect / Business Analyst / Technical Lead / Technical Project Manager

T-Online (P & I, Telekom)

Acted as technical lead for multiple parallel projects and major changes in IPTV/Mobile TV Entertain application suite
Conducted rough evaluations, feasibility studies with risk management, high level and detailed design phases
Architected, designed and planned infrastructure solutions and provided technical project management
Managed Entertain product suite applications and supported application owners and system owners
Analyzed large projects as a business analyst and improved processes
Implemented virtualization/hypervisors (VMware, Hyper-V), load balancing, storage (SAN, NAS), networking, redundancy and backup concepts
Produced documentation including evaluations, studies, designs and communication matrices
Collected and understood requirements through internal communication across departments

Jan 2009 - Dec 2012

4 years

Düsseldorf, Germany

Technical Lead

Vodafone

Led technical aspects of a mobile telecom system replacement project and security trial project
Performed requirements analysis, specifications and vendor interactions
Planned and designed security product details, conducted testing and reported to management
Provided technical project management and maintained overview of large project
Architected and designed new and existing services and use cases
Managed vendor compliance (RFQ), risk management and service definitions
Produced technical documentation: feasibility studies, business cases, high level and detailed designs
Cooperated with Operations and Core Network teams
Set up capacity management, KPI, statistics, storage and reporting for SMSC environment
Supported load capacity management for testing purposes

Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

2 years

Bonn, Germany

Designer and Planner / Technical Project Manager

T-Mobile (Telekom)

Designed and planned a mobile telecom system replacement project and interoperability project between fixed line and mobile networks
Performed technical project management and acted as technical lead
Planned and designed load capacity management for test teams
Produced detailed designs, RFQs and implementation plans
Cooperated with Test, Operations and Core Network teams
Designed statistical counters, KPI, storage and reporting solutions
Created technical documentation and managed vendors

Jan 2006 - Dec 2008

3 years

Munich, Germany

Professional Designer & Planner

O2

Designed and planned messaging services (VAS), IN interfaces and Cisco ITP switches
Managed extension and upgrade projects of VAS and Cisco ITP routers
Performed technical project management and vendor management for SMS services and Cisco ITP matters
Produced technical documentation including rapid impact analyses, feasibility studies, risk management, compliance, RFI/RFQ, high level and detailed designs
Provided 4th level operational and testing support with implementation, upgrade and migration documentation
Conducted capacity planning, statistics reporting and basic Unix scripting for storage and backup concepts

Jan 2004 - Dec 2006

3 years

Singapore

Senior Unix Systems Manager

Agilent Technologies

Managed 800+ Unix servers (HP-UX, Solaris, Red Hat Linux) across three major data centres following the sun support principle

Jan 2003 - Dec 2004

2 years

Senior Mobile Telecoms Systems Manager

Empower (UK)

Jan 2001 - Dec 2002

2 years

Senior Systems Manager

Logica Mobile Networks

Jan 1998 - Dec 2001

4 years

Senior International Systems Manager

CMG Telecommunications

Jan 1996 - Dec 1998

3 years

Best, Netherlands

Junior Unix Administrator / Senior Tactical Unix Systems Manager / Team Manager

Origin (Atos)

Summary

Highly experienced in complex IT Infrastructure environments as an Architect and Consultant. Experience in most branches and industries.

Fields of experiences are architect, IT, vendor management, requirements engineering, presales, business analyst, (geo-) redundancy concepts including failover and high availability, virtualisation, containerisation, storage & backup, networking, server hardware, middleware, licences and support contracts, technical documentation including complicated diagrams like network overviews, etcetera.

To summarise this: actually everything that has to do with IT except software development.