Selected projects

2018 – 2019

HSE24 (Home Shopping Europe)

SRE / Technical Project Lead Observability

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

Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Linux, Ansible

2016 – 2018

MX1 Platform Services

SRE & Technical Project Lead Observability

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

Linux, Ansible, Sensu, ELK, Graylog, Grafana, Graphite

2022 – 2025

LGL Baden-Württemberg

Senior Linux & Middleware Engineer

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

RHEL, Ansible, WildFly, JBoss, High Availability

2020 – 2021

Chefkoch.de

Site Reliability & DevOps Engineer

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.

Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, ELK, Ansible

2015 – 2016

Payback

Monitoring Engineer (Migration Project)

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.

Icinga, Icinga2, ELK, Graphite, Grafana, Ansible

2009 – 2014

Ludwig Beck

Head of IT / Systems Administrator

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.

Linux, Networking, Storage, Virtualisation, PKI, AlienVault

2021 – present

Projektsued GmbH

Co-founder & CTO

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.

Linux, Proxmox, Docker, Ansible, Monitoring, Backups