Dennis Fratric

Projects

Selected projects

Enterprise and public-sector engagements in Linux operations, automation, monitoring, logging and observability.

Featured references

HSE24 (Home Shopping Europe)

SRE / Technical Project Lead Observability · 2018 – 2019

Prometheus
Grafana
Elasticsearch
Linux
Ansible

Consolidation and standardisation of an enterprise-wide observability platform. Designed and evolved monitoring, logging and dashboarding capabilities with Prometheus, Grafana and Elasticsearch, while coordinating technical stakeholders and platform requirements.

  • Consolidated and standardised enterprise-wide monitoring with Prometheus and Elasticsearch
  • Defined KPIs and built dashboards for transparent system health
  • Coordinated technical stakeholders and platform requirements across teams

MX1 Platform Services

SRE & Technical Project Lead Observability · 2016 – 2018

Linux
Ansible
Sensu
ELK
Graylog
Grafana
Graphite

Introduction and evolution of a central open-source monitoring and logging stack. Supported observability architecture, automated deployments, dashboards and alerting; co-managed an existing Graylog environment and connected additional log and data sources.

  • Introduced a central Sensu-based monitoring stack, deployed and standardised with Ansible
  • Time-series visualisation with Graphite and Grafana; log collection and analysis with ELK
  • Co-managed an existing Graylog environment and connected additional log sources

LGL Baden-Württemberg

Senior Linux & Middleware Engineer · 2022 – 2025

RHEL
Ansible
WildFly
JBoss
High Availability

Operation and automation of a highly available Linux and middleware environment for public-sector geospatial services. Standardised server configuration and WildFly/JBoss deployments with Ansible and maintained reliable production operations and technical documentation.

  • Operated a highly available RHEL and WildFly/JBoss environment for public geospatial services
  • Standardised server configuration and application deployments with Ansible
  • Ensured reliable production operations, structured handovers and technical documentation

Further relevant experience

Chefkoch.de

Site Reliability & DevOps Engineer · 2020 – 2021

Linux
Docker
Kubernetes
GitLab CI/CD
ELK
Ansible

Production SRE and DevOps work in a containerised environment, including Kubernetes-based workloads, GitLab CI/CD, Docker and a central ELK logging pipeline for proactive error analysis.

Payback

Monitoring Engineer (Migration Project) · 2015 – 2016

Icinga
Icinga2
ELK
Graphite
Grafana
Ansible

Enterprise monitoring and logging in a migration context: automated existing monitoring setups, migrated from Icinga to Icinga2 and extended the ELK and Graphite/Grafana stack — embedded in live production operations and troubleshooting.

Ludwig Beck

Head of IT / Systems Administrator · 2009 – 2014

Linux
Networking
Storage
Virtualisation
PKI
AlienVault

Broad infrastructure responsibility as head of IT: Linux systems, network, storage, virtualisation and PKI. Implemented and technically integrated an AlienVault SIEM platform and connected relevant infrastructure and security log sources.

Projektsued GmbH

Co-founder & CTO · 2021 – present

Linux
Proxmox
Docker
Ansible
Monitoring
Backups

Co-founder and CTO of an operating company, responsible for internal Linux infrastructure, Proxmox, Docker-based services, Ansible automation, monitoring, backups and selected API/integration workflows.

Ongoing entrepreneurial role — internal infrastructure responsibility, not an external client engagement.

Earlier stations

webeffects GmbH2017 – 2019

Site Reliability Engineering: web stack migration, cluster and infrastructure operations with Ansible and Icinga2.

monapi.io2018 – 2022

DevOps: built and operated a SaaS threat intelligence and geolocation API with Docker, Ansible and Linux.