Cloud Migration Architect
(Consumer goods and retail, >10.000 employees)
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Management Summary
Andreas is a highly skilled senior consultant with proven experience in both management and technical roles with a focus on Cloud Transformation & Architecture (Azure, GCP) and Automation (DevOps, IaC). He has a proven track record of successfully leading teams of up to 15 people in complex large-scale enterprise projects in various industries and played a crucial role in some of the largest hybrid cloud transformation projects worldwide. His technical expertise, combined with his strong leadership and project management skills, make him an invaluable asset to any organization. He has worked successfully for Deloitte and Accenture – most recently in the position as a “Cloud Transformation & Architecture Manager” prior to his freelancing career.
Professional Expertise
Strengths
Industry Experience (Excerpt)
References (Excerpt)
Certifications
Platforms & IT Infrastructure
Tools
Programming Languages & Frameworks
Databases
Operating Systems
Andreas is a highly skilled senior consultant with proven experience in both management and technical roles with a focus on Cloud Transformation & Architecture (Azure, GCP) and Automation (DevOps, IaC). He has a proven track record of successfully leading teams of up to 15 people in complex large-scale enterprise projects in various industries and played a crucial role in some of the largest hybrid cloud transformation projects worldwide. His technical expertise, combined with his strong leadership and project management skills, make him an invaluable asset to any organization. He has worked successfully for Deloitte and Accenture – most recently in the position as a “Cloud Transformation & Architecture Manager” prior to his freelancing career.
Professional Expertise
- Focus on Cloud Transformation & Architecture (Azure, Google)
- IT infrastructure solutions with Microservices and Infrastructure as Code
- Experience in complex hybrid cloud transformation projects
- Design and implementation of cloud application target architectures
- Design of high availability and disaster recovery solutions
- Hands-on mentality with a broad and deep technical expertise
- Leadership experience of teams up to 15 people
- Project and stakeholder management
Strengths
- Analytical and structured approach with a focus on results
- Strong communication skills and pronounced team orientation
- High resilience in crisis situations
Industry Experience (Excerpt)
- IT Services
- Software
- Mechanical Engeering
- Energy
- Insurance
References (Excerpt)
- Accenture
- Deloitte
Certifications
- Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
- Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Platforms & IT Infrastructure
- Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), OpenStack, VMware vSphere, AWS
- NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, NetApp Cloud Volumes Edge Cache
- Microsoft AD Domain Services, Azure AD, DFS Namespaces
- ServiceNow
Tools
- Terraform, Ansible, Chef
- Kubernetes, Docker, GKE
- Jenkins, Rundeck, Git, GitHub
- Jira, Confluence
Programming Languages & Frameworks
- Java, Jakarta EE, Spring Framework
- React, NextJS, HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Bootstrap, TailwindCSS
- Python, Shell, PowerShell, Ruby
Databases
- SAP HANA, SAP ASE, SAP MaxDB, MS SQL, MySQL
Operating Systems
- Windows Server, Linux (Ubuntu, SLES, RHEL)
Project history
05/2023
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09/2023
Assisted the client in a seamless transition to Microsoft Azure for a complex platform solution crucial for the client’s logistic processes. Leveraged an automation-centric approach. My responsibilities included:
- Architecture: Devised a holistic Azure architecture with a focus on operational excellence, security, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Automation: Established a robust automation environment to facilitate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles ensuring repeatability, scalability, and maintainability of the complete environment.
- Team enablement: Conducted extensive training sessions, uplifting the team's proficiency in Microsoft Azure and introducing them to the newly incorporated technologies.
03/2023
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03/2023
Cloud Migration Specialist
(Energy, water and environment, >10.000 employees)
Short-term assignment at an existing client to support an ongoing file server migration project with the goal of migrating multiple petabytes of data into a central cloud solution in GCP. My task was to provide technical orientation to the migration team to resolve technical issues and use quick win automation to reduce migration efforts and increase migration throughput.
Technologies: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO), PowerShell, Pester, Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services
Technologies: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO), PowerShell, Pester, Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services
06/2021
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12/2022
Cloud Migration Architect
(Internet and Information Technology, >10.000 employees)
As part of a large-scale global hybrid cloud transformation project of several globally distributed data centers into three target environments (Azure, GCP, private cloud based on OpenStack), I was responsible for:
- Design and implementation of target application architectures to fulfill technical, regulatory, and contractual requirements leading various small PoC teams of up to 5 people with a special focus on high availability, disaster recovery, performance, and cost optimization. Applications were based on various technologies including SAP HANA, SQL Server, MySQL, SAP MaxDB and SAP NetWeaver.
- Automating deployment process of systems following Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated Configuration Management (CM) approaches using Terraform, Ansible, and Chef to reduce manual efforts up to 90 %.
- Design and implement mass migration approaches based on storage replication, snapshot, and disk cloning technologies to reduce manual migration efforts up to 95 %.
- Resolved blockers for build and migration teams to safeguard the migration timeline and provided support during migrations
03/2021
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06/2021
Cloud Solution Architect
(Internet and Information Technology, 500-1000 employees)
Solution design for Microsoft Azure and SAP environments supporting the pre-sales team with a focus on medium-sized customers and public sector.
Technologies: Microsoft Azure, SAP
Technologies: Microsoft Azure, SAP
07/2019
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09/2020
Project Manager
(Industry and mechanical engineering, >10.000 employees)
Initiated and managed the first wave of a complex transformation project to drive the client’s Cloud First strategy. Overall project scope included a global rollout in more than 40 countries, 200 sites, and more than 15,000 users leading a team of 15 people and managed partner relationships with various partners and clients.
Technologies: Microsoft Azure, VMware vSphere, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Talon FAST, Dell PowerEdge, Windows Server, DFS Namespaces
08/2018
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06/2019
Cloud Architect
(Industry and mechanical engineering, >10.000 employees)
Architected and piloted a highly scalable, modern Cloud-based solution to manage over one petabyte of data. Organized and conducted workshops with various vendors and client stakeholders.
Technologies: Microsoft Azure, VMware vSphere, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Talon FAST, Dell PowerEdge, Windows Server, DFS Namespaces
04/2018
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05/2018
DMZ Migration Consultant
(Industry and mechanical engineering, >10.000 employees)
Preparation, plan, coordination and migration of security relevant critical workloads into an Azure-based DMZ environment.
Technologies: Microsoft Azure, FortiGate
11/2017
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03/2018
SAP Transformation & Migration Consultant
(Industry and mechanical engineering, >10.000 employees)
Coordinated the migration of 120 SAP systems into a Hybrid Cloud environment consisting of Microsoft Azure and VMware. The migration included various release versions ranging from 4.5B until ERP 6.0 EHP 8 with various databases including SAP HANA, SAP ASE, and SAP MaxDB.
Technologies: Microsoft Azure, SAP HANA, SAP ASE, SAP MaxDB, SAP ERP, SAP Solution Manager, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
06/2016
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10/2017
Backend Development Lead
(Internet and Information Technology, 5000-10.000 employees)
Backend development lead for an SAP HANA performance optimization and monitoring addon reducing the total cost of ownership by up to 60 %. Introduced performance boosts by an additional 20 % using bin packing algorithms and optimizing delta merge operations.
Technologies: SAP HANA, SAP HANA XSA, SAP HANA PAL, SAPUI5, Java, JavaScript
10/2016
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03/2017
Analytics Consultant
(Internet and Information Technology, 5000-10.000 employees)
Lead the development of an IoT facility management project for smart parking.
Technologies: SAP HANA, SAP HANA XSA, SAP HANA PAL, SAP HANA Modelling, SAPUI5, Java, JavaScript, Ionic, AngularJS
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