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Last update: 06.09.2023

IT Enterprise Architect

Graduation: Business Informatics
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Native or Bilingual) | English (Full Professional) | French (Full Professional) | Italian (Elementary)

Skills

Competencies:
> 20 years of enterprise IT experience
Expert in enterprise architectures
Expert in multi-vendor architectures, belongs to the Microsoft product stack
Expert in the manageability of IT architectures on prem, hybrid and cloud
Expert in enterprise architecture models from near- and offshore as well as follow-the-sun interactions (24x7)
Expert in high availability analyzes (HA) and architecture models for high availability
In-depth experience in the development of domain-specific architectural conventions and public key infrastructures
In-depth tools in the analysis and design of application landscapes
Deepened inability of IT governance
In-depth rights for IT conformity measures in connection with architectures, methods and correspondences with business continuity effects (e.g. KRITIS)
In-depth study of the design of integration architectures
Expert in requirements and business analysis
Very experienced with 'proven record' in customer relationship management
Very experienced in project management
Business evaluation of IT projects for hardware and software as well as service solutions (SaaS, IaaS, etc.)
Extensive experience in the automotive, manufacturing, banking, insurance, software manufacturer, public administration, trade, etc.

Key projects
  • Active Directory Redesign with Enterprise Trust Relationships and Security Assessment
  • Enterprise PKI architecture for client login scenarios
  • Enterprise Exchange / Messaging and Collaboration including preparation for cloud solutions on Microsoft 365
  • SharePoint Enterprise Architecture onPrem and Cloud
  • Skype for Business Enterprise Architectures
  • Microsoft 365 and Teams migration scenarios
  • Enterprise server client management with SCCM and Baramundi
  • Management and coordination of up to 260 ‘global consultants and architects in the automotive industry as Microsoft employees
  • Global responsibility as Technical Account Manager and Engagement Manager for dedicated customers in the automotive, manufacturing and software industries, achieving a very high level of customer satisfaction
with reporting to the CIO and fluently in German, English and French

Customer and industry know-how (extract)
Automotive: Daimler, Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, Seat, MAN, a.o.
Finance: Mercedes Benz Bank, LBBW, Fiducia, F-I-T-S, R + V, DB, private banks, a.o.
Software: Microsoft, Citrix, SAP, a.o.
Public transport: BPol, BKA, DWD, a.o.
Manu: CarlZeiss, Festo, Mann + Hummel, Trumpf, Kärcher, a.o.
Retail: Lidl, Kaufland, a.o.
others: HRS, Dachser, Schenker, a.o.

Technical skills
  • Coordination, development and support in the implementation of an IT strategy
  • Translation of corporate goals into IT
  • very good understanding of the needs of IT consulting vs IT support
  • Advice on project and line operation at enterprise level
  • Development of target architectures and roadmaps
  • Planning and control of transformation programs / large IT projects
  • Review of critical large-scale IT projects
  • Infrastructure and operations expert with a focus on Microsoft / Wintel technologies, cloud computing, digitization, team and project coordination and process optimization.

Methodical skills
Agile and waterfall methodology, project management according to PMP, Prince2 as well as SCRUM, ITIL, MOF

international experience
Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Romania, Serbia, India, Pakistan, USA, Singapore, Argentina
international projects: coordination of offshore teams in India, Pakistan, USA, Singapore, Argentina. Coordination of nearshore teams in Slovenia, Serbia and Romania.

Positions in companies (employment):
  • anonymized
  • Microsoft Germany 
  • Daimler 
  • smart 
  • IBM Germany 
Process and service management
ITIL process design and implementation
Transition management
Escalation management
Efficiency methodologies
Responsible service delivery manager for various major customers
IT process management and optimization (incident, request fulfillment, change and problem management)
Monitoring of KPIs and SLAs
Support service management in SLA design and customer acquisition
Responsible for around numerous customers from medium-sized to corporations
Standardization of IT solutions
Product and service cataloging
Board support

Organizational management
Restructuring (insourcing project of 20 employees)
Change management
Concept and project responsibility for the reorganization of the support and service operation area
Implementation of bottleneck strategies and methodologies
Implementation of modern leadership cultures (talent promotion, trust and error culture)
Establishment of 2nd and 3rd level support (IT operations)
Establishment and management of an outsourcing and outtasking organization (managed service)

Corporate governance
Support and motivation of employees
Strategic realignment of business areas with customers and suppliers, business development
Planning and realizing income, sales and budget targets
Creation of business plans
Development of new IT concepts, products and strategies (IT governance)
Strategic advice to customers and cooperation partners
Improve competitiveness
Development of strategic products and solutions
Recognition of synergies and optimization of the cooperation between business areas
Contract negotiations with suppliers, management of external service providers

Consulting
Coaching and consulting for IT employees, IT managers and IT departments up to CIO level
Acquisition, development and optimization of IT landscape construction (enterprise architecture)
Development of proposals for the homogenization of the IT landscape
Recording, mapping and implementation of the business core processes and
Support processes through suitable IT solutions in the areas of people, machines and processes
Development of the topics of unified communication, monitoring, software distribution, application and server virtualization, backup, virus protection, network and firewall technologies
Implementation of a virtual infrastructure platform (Citrix) as well as conception and implementation of a decentralized IT infrastructure solution
Conception and project management of hardware and software rollouts
Conception and implementation of security guidelines in medium-sized companies
Introduction of a patch management solution to distribute security-relevant updates
Conception and implementation of a virtual environment for server consolidation
Advice on fields of the GDPR
Implementation of license management and reporting

Technical skills

Microsoft solutions and products

SharePoint Server
Skype for Business
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Exchange
Microasoft Exchange Online
Team Foundation Server
Visual Studio Team Services
Internet information server
Microsoft365
Active Directory
HyperV
WSUS
Microsoft Project Server
Microsoft SQL Server
ADFS
Azure Virtual Machines
Azure App Services
Azure networking
Azure storage
Azure SQL
Azure AD
Microsoft TMG
Microsoft System Center Endpoint Manager (SCCM)

Network related skills
TCP / IP
Wireshark / TCPView packet analyzes
Fiddler HTTP analysis
Process Explorer
Process Monitor
DNS
DHCP
Firewalls
Audio codes VoIP gateways

Scripting
Windows Powershell
Poweshell Core
Powershell Desired State Configuration
Batch

Security
PKI
Windows CA
SSH

Operating Systems
Windows NT up to Server 2019

Others
Poly DMA
anynode, Ferrari, audio codes

Certifications:
gladly on request

passion
Automotive innovation projects with an IT background, international cooperation, New Zealand, culture, blue water sailing, golf, science and business

Project history

01/2000 - Present
upon request
upon request

upon request

Local Availability

Open to travel worldwide
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