Christian Pritschow - VMware Aria Automation Specialist

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Buchen, Germany

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Experience

Dec 2023 - May 2025

1 year 6 months

VMware Aria Specialist

public authority

Creating workflows for server orders with different conditions, requirements and specifications based on an external ordering portal (connecting Aria Automation via RestAPI to BMC ITSM Helix) for separate internal customers / teams / tenants
Mapping workflows for Day-2 Operations through the upstream portal (Snapshots, Resize, Disk Operations, Backup)
Creating test cases and automated tests to verify the code and stability of the complete ordering process
Documenting workflows in Confluence / Wiki / Jira
Creating and maintaining blueprints
Integrating Ansible Tower for further VM customization

Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

6 months

VMware vRealize Specialist

telecommunications company

Creating workflows for migrations from NSX-V -> NSX-T
Automating relevant operational tasks

Dec 2022 - Apr 2023

5 months

VMware vRealize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

BWI GmbH

Creating workflows and actions in vRO for the functionality of a self-service portal with vRA
Terraform for IaaS via GITLAB-Runner

Jun 2022 - Apr 2023

11 months

VMware vRealize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

EnBW

Planning, building and installing vRealize LCM 8 (vIDM and vRA / vRO)
Integrating vRealize Cloud Services
Creating vCenter templates for Linux and Windows
Integrating templates into blueprints
Integrating NSX into vRA and vCenter
Connecting infrastructure systems (CMDB, IPAM, Backup, DNS)
Creating workflows and actions in vRO to extend vRA functionality

Aug 2020 - Sep 2022

2 years 2 months

VMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

4Group

Planning and building a vRealize Automation 8.x environment; integration via vLCM into vCenter 6.x and 7
Creating vCenter templates for Linux and Microsoft OS
Integrating templates into blueprints
Integrating NSX into vRA and vCenter
Connecting infrastructure systems (CMDB, IPAM, Backup, DNS)
Creating workflows and actions in vRO to extend vRA functionality
Configuration management with Puppet (including fine-tuning Puppet Hiera configurations via a self-developed PHP API)
Automating follow-up tasks with Ansible
Validating the manufacturer's designs
On-prem cloud based on VxRail from DELL/EMC

Nov 2019 - Jun 2020

8 months

VMware and Linux Administration

PlusServer AG

Administration of VMware ESXi / vCenter 6.0 – 6.7
Upgrade of the infrastructure to VMware 6.5 / 6.7 (depending on the hardware)
Hardware maintenance (firmware upgrades)
Automation of upgrades (including hardware and software)
Automation of installations on 6.5 and 6.7 including adjustments

May 2018 - Sep 2019

1 year 5 months

VMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

MetroGroup

Automation of manual tasks for vRA administration (creating, renaming and deleting BusinessGroups, maintaining AD groups, setting and deleting CustomProperties)
Connection and integration of external components for maintaining CMDB data
Creation of 2-Day actions (Veeam Backup and CPU-Settings)
Bulk import of VMs into vRA (via vRO)

Dec 2017 - Jan 2018

2 months

VMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

Otto Group

Automation of creating and dismantling Customer / BusinessGroups
Automation of scanning and creating vIDM groups

Jul 2017 - Oct 2017

4 months

VMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

GFK SE

Support in merging several Data Center environments and migrating to a new one
Migration of workflows and workloads to a new vRealize Orchestrator
Upgrade of the vRO and vRA environment
Upgrade of the vSphere environment
Support in the operational area

Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

9 months

VMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

Vodafone

Connecting infrastructure systems to vRealize Orchestrator via application APIs (DNS, CMDB, Backup, Server Automation)
Supporting the external development company in implementing workflows for VM lifecycle management through vRealize Automation

Nov 2013 - Aug 2016

2 years 10 months

VMWare Consultant

Fujitsu TDS AG

Upgrade vSphere 4.* + 5.0 -> 6.0
Automation with VMware Orchestrator / vRealize Orchestrator
Server setup and shutdown
Technical installation of applications
Performing basic configurations
Internal delivery management
Customer interaction
Maintenance of IT systems and infrastructure solutions as well as troubleshooting system issues
Analysis of project-specific customer requirements

Jan 2013 - Oct 2013

10 months

VMware Consultant

SAP AG

Support with LabManager migrations to vCloudDirector
Support with planning, implementation, maintenance, and project documentation
Improvement of technical processes for virtualization products

Oct 2012 - Dec 2012

3 months

VMware Consultant

Fujitsu TDS AG

Creation of scripts for automation and analysis
Server setup
Technical installation of applications
Performing basic configurations
Internal delivery management
Creation of migration concepts
Customer interaction
Maintenance of IT systems and infrastructure solutions as well as troubleshooting system issues
Analysis of project-specific customer requirements

Oct 2011 - Sep 2012

1 year

Technical Project Manager

Fujitsu TDS AG

Creation of scripts with PowerShell (PowerCLI) for automated incident tracking for compliance checks, snapshot monitoring, and storage status
Creation of compliance and GxP documentation
Technical implementation and planning, including creating time estimates and identifying reusable elements
Configuration of server systems based on Windows 2003, 2008, SLES 11 SP1

May 2008 - Sep 2011

3 years 5 months

IT-Consultant / IT-Professional

Lidl Stiftung & Co KG

System administration of Linux servers (SLES10, SLES11, Ubuntu-Server, Debian, RHEL, CentOS, Fedora)
Standardization of Linux environments by migrating other distributions to SLES11
Connecting SLES servers to the corporate AD, including authorization using sudo
Setup and management of Novell SMT servers
Setup of a network installation based on AutoYast for the SLES servers
Creation of application RPMs and integration into a global Lidl repository
Migration of media servers (NetBackup 7.1) from MS2k8 to SLES11SP1
Administration of the production VMware farm
Setup and expansion of the Lidl TestCenter with VMware ESX
Setup of a VMware LabManager for the Lidl TestCenter
Creation of LabManager templates in fenced and unfenced environments
Creation and management of VMware templates
Configuration of Nagios monitoring for VMware servers
2nd and 3rd level support for Linux and VMware servers
Scripting of complex tasks to control vSphere / vCenter with vMA

Jul 2007 - Apr 2008

10 months

Linux System Administration

Lidl Stiftung & Co KG

Set up and expanded the Lidl TestCenter with VMware ESX
Administered the Lidl back-office servers with SuSE 7.3
Set up a terminal server for external companies to support Lidl BO systems
Expanded a terminal server for internationalization with multiple languages

Nov 2001 - Jun 2007

5 years 8 months

Linux System Administration

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

System administration of RHEL servers
Set up and expanded calculation and application clusters based on NetBoot, later expanded to NetInstall
Integrated the cluster configurations into a Sybase DB for management and modification
Administration of Tomcat, Jboss and Apache servers
Administration of Sybase, Oracle, Informix, MySQL and PostgreSQL servers
Created application RPM frameworks for simplified application updates under RHEL and Solaris
Set up and administered RHN-Satellite servers for RHEL updates and application upgrades
Set up NTP, LDAP, SendMail, NFS and DHCP servers
2nd and 3rd level support for Linux and VMware servers
OmniOrb and TibCo Rendezvous administration
Performance monitoring with Ganglia via multicast protocol

Oct 2001 - Oct 2001

1 month

Linux System Administration

Remote

Administration of Apache, Squid and mail servers
File server based on Samba for a small business network

Jul 2001 - Sep 2001

3 months

System Administration

KIMAG Nürnberg

Set up a W2K network installation
Administration of Apache web servers as cluster systems
Administration of DNS and DHCP servers
Administration of MySQL servers with replication mechanisms

Industry experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Retail, Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, Telecommunication, and Energy.

Information Technology

Retail

Banking and Finance

Government and Administration

Telecommunication

Energy

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Operations, and Project Management.

Information Technology

Quality Assurance

Operations

Project Management

Summary

Automation Engineer with many years of experience in virtualization, system administration, automation, architecture, cloud management, networking, technical support, project planning and execution. Experience with VMware and Linux-based operating systems, networking and TCP/IP. Quick to understand even extensive and complex infrastructures.

Skills

Vmware Vsphere Esxi; Vmware Aria; Vmotion; Ha; Drs; Vrm; Srm; Vmware Converter
Vrealize Automation 8; Sddc; Vrealize Lifecycle Manager; Vcac; Vrealize Orchestrator; Vrealize Log Insight; Vrealize Operations
Powercli; Events And Alarms; Vm Snapshots; Iaas Setup
Gitlab; Devops; Terraform; Ansible Awx; Itsm
Networking; Backup; Virtualization
Hardware: Hp; Dell (Vxrail)
Vmware Administration Esxi
Operating Systems: Redhat Linux; Suse; Debian; Ubuntu; Windows
Aria Automation And Orchestration; Bash; Javascript; Php; Ansible
Vsphere And Other Vmware Products
Databases: Mysql; Oracle; Mssql
Storage: San; Iscsi; Nfs
Itil-Essentials; Sox; Gxp

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Polish

Elementary

Education

Oct 1990 - Jun 1994

Berliner Pilsener GmbH / Elektromontage Berlin GmbH

Training as an electrical installer · Berlin, Germany

Certifications & licenses

VMware Aria Automation Professional

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 19

Experience in Information Technology 8 y

Avg length 1 y 2 m

Longest experience 5 y 7 m

Expertise

Recent roles VMware Aria Specialist, VMware vRealize Specialist, VMware vRealize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

Main industries Information Technology, Retail, Banking and Finance

Main business areas Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Operations

Qualifications

Certifications earned 1

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Member since

September 2025

Last update

September 2026

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Christian is based in Buchen, Germany.

Christian speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Polish (Elementary).

Christian has at least 23 years of experience. During this time, Christian has worked in at least 11 different roles and for 16 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 2 months. Note that Christian may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Christian would be well-suited for roles such as: VMware Aria Specialist, VMware vRealize Specialist, VMware vRealize Automation & Orchestration Specialist.

Christian's most recent position is VMware Aria Specialist at public authority.

In recent years, Christian has worked for public authority, telecommunications company, BWI GmbH, EnBW, and 4Group.

Christian is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Retail, and Banking and Finance. Christian also has some experience in Government and Administration, Telecommunication, and Energy.

Christian is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Quality Assurance, and Operations. Christian also has some experience in Project Management.

Christian has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Government and Administration, and Energy.

Christian has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Quality Assurance.

Christian attended Berliner Pilsener GmbH / Elektromontage Berlin GmbH for Training as an electrical installer.

Christian has 1 certificate: VMware Aria Automation Professional.

The availability of Christian needs to be confirmed.

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