Marco Fischer - System Engineer

Q: Where is Marco based?

Marco is based in Munich, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Marco speak?

Marco speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Intermediate) .

Q: How many years of experience does Marco have?

Marco has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Marco has worked in at least 22 different roles and for 22 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year . Note that Marco may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Marco's latest experience?

Marco's most recent position is System Engineer–Vmware, Veeam at DCSO .

Q: What companies has Marco worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Marco has worked for DCSO , König & Bauer Würzburg , BNP Paribas /Cardif Stuttgart , G+D München , and N-ERGIE Nürnberg .

Q: Which industries is Marco most experienced in?

Marco is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Biotechnology , and Manufacturing . Marco also has some experience in Utilities , Automotive , and Healthcare .

Q: Which business areas is Marco most experienced in?

Marco is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Operations , and Project Management .

Q: Which industries has Marco worked in recently?

Marco has recently worked in industries like Information Technology , Utilities , and Manufacturing .

Q: Which business areas has Marco worked in recently?

Marco has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Operations , and Project Management .

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Munich, Germany

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Experience

Dec 2023 - Present

2 years 5 months

System Engineer–Vmware, Veeam

DCSO

About 800 different server VMs, operation and lifecycle/asset management of about 40 ESXi hosts (Lenovo)
Upgrade of all clusters to ESXi/VCSA 7.0U3 and 8. Planning patch management for all hosts
Cleaning up the AD – many different domains that all needed to be migrated into the main environment. Planning/execution
Veeam – check the configuration and migrate to a newer, partly virtual infrastructure to make the setup leaner and faster
VMware – upgrades/updates, general maintenance
Proxmox POC – evaluate if an alternative to VMware
Documentation for Veeam/VMware/storage
Implementation of the uniflow cloud solution
NetApp migration to new storage, CIFS maintenance and administration of SVMs

Feb 2023 - Oct 2023

9 months

System Engineer–VMware/NetApp/Veeam

König & Bauer Würzburg

About 500 different server VMs, operation and lifecycle/asset management of about 30 ESXi hosts (HPE/DELL)
Upgrade of all clusters to ESXi/VCSA 7.0U3 and 8. Planning patch management for all hosts
NetApp operation – adjusting volumes as part of the switch from NFS to iSCSI
VMware datastore adjustment – NFS to iSCSI
Veeam – integration of various new sites and documentation

Aug 2022 - Feb 2023

7 months

System Engineer–VMware/NetApp

BNP Paribas /Cardif Stuttgart

Administration of 200 different server VMs, operation and upgrade (corporate environment with about 190,000 employees worldwide)
15 ESXi hosts of various versions (DELL)
Upgrade of all clusters to the latest version. Planning patch management for all hosts
Setup and maintenance of NetApp clusters (AFF A220, various FAS, E-Series)
Commvault/SnapCenter operation & configuration
Vulnerability Management
NetApp StorageGrid – change of setup across different sites, adding storage nodes, modifying the ruleset

Sep 2021 - Jun 2022

10 months

System Engineer–VMware/NetApp

G+D München

Administration of 600 server VMs and operation and upgrade
50 ESXi hosts of various versions (HPE)
Upgrade of all clusters to the current version. Planning lifecycle management for all hosts
AD maintenance, OU restructuring, automation and integration with other solutions
Adding ADs of acquired companies / documentation
Setup and maintenance of NetApp clusters (AFF A300 & A400)
Support for various backup solutions (Commvault, Veeam)

Feb 2019 - Aug 2021

2 years 7 months

System Engineer/ Architect – AD/VMWare

N-ERGIE Nürnberg

Technical project management for a VMware upgrade (environment: 150 hosts, various clusters) to v6.7 including VCSA migration and then upgrade to v7 for Kubernetes support
Role concept for VMware vSphere/ESXi
Active Directory GPO/OU cleanup
Upgrade/migration of MS server environment to 2016/2019
Operation of the environment
Customer environment: 3000+ users
120 ESXi hosts of various versions, mostly Cisco UCS and Fujitsu servers
Administration of 1200 server VMs and approx. 3000 client VPCs in Citrix farms
Upgrade of all clusters to the current version. Planning lifecycle/asset management for all hosts
Plan and implement vCenter HA
Operation of backup solutions (Veeam & Networker)
Create, implement, and document the new OU/GPO structure for AD DS
Ongoing upgrade of existing MS server environments to the latest version
Upgrade vSphere/ESXi 5.5, 6.0 to 6.7/7
Migration of VCSA to 6.7 U2
Migration of VCSA to 7 (2021)
Role concept for vSphere
Administration of EMC/IBM/Pure Storage
ADFS setup
Implementation of a new VDI cluster (Cisco UCS & FC Pure Storage)

Mar 2018 - Jan 2019

11 months

Hybrid

System Engineer/ Architect – AD/VMWare

Payback Munich

Active Directory GPO/OU Cleanup
VMware ESXi Upgrade
ADFS setup / Hybrid O365 setup
Storage Migration NetApp/EMC -> Pure Storage
Customer environment with 1000+ users
Creating, implementing, and documenting new OU/GPO structure for AD DS
Creating the respective GPOs
Upgrading vSphere ESXi 6.0 to 6.7
vSphere permission concept
Administration of NetApp/EMC Data Domain storage
ADFS setup / Hybrid O365 setup

Nov 2017 - Mar 2018

5 months

System Engineer / Security

Bonprix – Hamburg

Active Directory hardening
Customer environment with 3000+ users
Technical project lead for creating and implementing a security concept for AD DS
Creating the respective GPOs
Configuring audit logs and integrating them into monitoring
POC for PAM solutions
Planning and implementing least privilege

May 2016 - Present

10 years

System Architect /System Engineer

Metafinanz/DCSO

Planning, design, and implementation of virtual companies for test setups of security-relevant products
One-click deployment of the test setup on VMware vSphere ESXi 6/6.5/6.7
Concept and implementation of Active Directory/Exchange/SCCM
Nagios fork monitoring, Python monitoring nodes, Debian/Ubuntu SQL server
Python/Bash/PowerShell scripting to generate and emulate traffic
POC for backup solutions Veeam/Commvault
Azure AD/ADFS setup – O365

May 2015 - Aug 2017

2 years 4 months

System Architect /System Engineer

ThyssenKrupp

Technical project lead on AD DS concept and VMware template cluster for the locations
Design and standardization of the highly heterogeneous production environment
AD DS concept and migration planning of 150 locations with separate forests/domains into a single forest
VMware vSphere/ESXi 6 concept and implementation
Administration and implementation of NetApp/VSAN storage
File/Print services concept and implementation
IAM & PAM concept and implementation
CyberArk/BlackBird/PowerBroker evaluation (POC)
Icinga monitoring

Mar 2014 - Apr 2015

1 year 2 months

Tech Lead: Data Center Migration/Operations

Getrag

Migration to Cisco UCS VMware data center
NetApp administration and commissioning
VMware/Nexus administration and implementation
Networker administration and implementation
Veeam operations
Creating runbook for Windows 2012 R2 installation and creating customized VM templates
Migration of services and applications to the data center via P2V or new Windows 2012 R2 VM
Data center operations, monitoring (Nagios fork Icinga)
Creating documentation and process description for data center patch management, WSUS implementation

Dec 2013 - Dec 2017

4 years 1 month

VMware /VMware View Administration

Max Delbrück Centrum

Administration of VMware View / Horizon on multiple vSphere clusters totaling about 500 VMs
NetApp administration & commissioning, SnapMirror etc. on multiple vSphere clusters totaling about 500 VMs

Jan 2013 - Dec 2020

8 years

Tech Lead: Site Migration / Administration

Getronics

Design/implementation of VMware vSphere clusters
NetApp installation/administration/configuration
Service migration (FS/Print/Databases etc.)
Windows 2003/2008/2012 administration tasks: AD/DNS, MS SQL2008, MS SQL2005
Backup Exec (later Veeam)
Administration tasks on Windows 2008/2012

Mar 2012 - Jan 2013

11 months

Site Migration / Administration Planning

Getronics/Dürr

Design/implementation of VMware clusters for multiple sites / SAN
Service migration / domain migration (FS/Print/Databases etc.)
Windows 2003/2008
Backup concept (Veeam/Backup Exec)
Administration tasks: AD, Oracle 10g DB, MS SQL2008, Backup Exec

Aug 2011 - Mar 2012

8 months

AD migration, Service migration

Hewlett Packard / Panasonic

Active Directory design for Europe
Service migration Windows 2003/2008
User/group migration
Migration of file server clusters based on Windows 2008

Jan 2011 - Aug 2011

8 months

AD-Migration

Carefusion

Division of worldwide sites into 2 companies
Server migration Windows 2003/2008
Update of VMware ESX farm (4.1) / VRanger upgrade
Transfer of old file server structures to NetApp
Implementation of Open Systems SnapVault on remote sites
Administrative tasks: AD, MS SQL 2005, Exchange, SharePoint

Feb 2010 - Dec 2010

11 months

Server Administration/Virtualization Sites EMEA

Bosch Siemens HG Giengen

Installation of w2k8/w2k3 clusters in EMEA
3rd level service desk
VMware vSphere implementation/administration
Administrative tasks: Legato Networker, AD, Exchange, SharePoint, MS SQL 2005/2008

Nov 2009 - Jan 2010

3 months

VPN Connectivity, Active Directory Implementation

NTS GmbH

Definition of standards
Installation of domain controllers in Bangkok and Stuttgart
Client migration
Set up VPN tunnel between Bangkok and Stuttgart using WatchGuard Firebox

Oct 2008 - Jul 2009

10 months

Server Consolidation, Migration to VMware 3.5

PALL Central Europe

Evaluation and definition of standards within the project team
Responsible for implementation in Central Europe (CE) for the production sites in Bad Kreuznach, Crailsheim, Dreieich, Vienna, and Portsmouth (CE sites)
5 clusters at 5 sites

Mar 2008 - Dec 2008

10 months

AD Migration from Server 2000 to Server 2003, EMEA

Pall Europe Middle East

Set up the test environment
Analyze errors
Change domain structure
Define standards within the project team
Plan migration sequence for individual objects and systems
Compare and evaluate options
Monitor installation of domain controllers
Perform client migration per site

Oct 2007 - Feb 2008

5 months

System Migration during Site Consolidation

PALL Waldstetten/Crailsheim

Decommission one site and integrate it into the existing infrastructure
Define requirements for taking over systems (file/print servers, Lotus Domino, domain controllers based on Windows 2003)
Manage external implementation service providers

Jan 2006 - Dec 2007

2 years

Lotus Groupware Upgrade/Installation

PALL Central Europe

Performed a version upgrade to Lotus Domino 7
Planned and installed Lotus Domino 7

Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

1 year

Client migration and Windows 2000-XP rollout

PALL Deutschland

Carried out rollout of 500 XP clients with LANDESK (PXE imaging)
XP client validation
Requirements analysis
Set up test systems
Analyzed errors and applied subsequent corrections

Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

1 year

ERP system migration and upgrade

PALL Crailsheim

Hardware replacement (AIX)
Coordination or execution / project management of PSI PENTA ERP system based on AIX/Oracle
Upgraded ERP system and Oracle to v8i

Jan 2003 - Dec 2003

1 year

NT to 2000 migration & client upgrade DE client & server

PALL Crailsheim

Windows NT 4 to 2000 migration
Used software: Microsoft RIS

Jan 2000 - Dec 2003

4 years

Responsibility for Central European user help desk

PALL Deutschland

Coordinated Central European user help desk for about 1400 clients
Incident, problem, and change management
Network, telephone clients, Office products, hardware, Exchange (Outlook)
Linux and Windows server administration
Server maintenance (updates, patches, configuration)
3rd-level support
Receiving, prioritizing, and categorizing customer requests
Support through remote assistance

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Utilities, Automotive, and Banking and Finance.

Information Technology

Biotechnology

Manufacturing

Utilities

Automotive

Banking and Finance

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Operations, and Project Management.

Information Technology

Operations

Project Management

Skills

Design/implementation Of It Solutions
Virtualization (Vmware Vsphere/esxi, Hyper-v)
Active Directory Design/implementation
Backup/storage Concepts (Veeam, Tsm, Networker, Netapp Snapcenter)
Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012 R2/2016/2019/2022
Powershell
Python
C++
C#
Vbscript
Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012 R2/2016/2019/2022
Storage Systems Netapp, Equallogic, Purestorage, Emc
Vmware Esx 3.5, Vsphere Esxi 4, 5, 6, 6.5, 6.7, 7, 8
Vsan
Vrealize
Horizon/view
Lotus Notes/domino
Oracle
Ms Sql Server
Backup Exec
Veeam
Legato Networker
Commvault
Tsm
Ms Sharepoint
Landesk
Altiris
Deskcenter
Servicenow
Ms Exchange
Ibm Hardware
Hp Hardware
Dell Hardware
Unix
Various Linux Distributions
Dns
Dhcp
Ad
Dfs
Oracle
Mssql
Apache
Backupexec
Ipv4
Ipv6
Server R2
Aix
Freebsd
Ubuntu
Kali
Redhat
Vmware Photon
Client Os Windows Nt/98/me/2000/xp/vista/7/8.1/10/11
Office 365 Implementation And Operation

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Intermediate

Education

Jun 1995 - Jun 1998

FH Heidelberg

Business Informatics · Heidelberg, Germany

Oct 1991 - Jul 1994

University of Applied Sciences Entrance Qualification · University of Applied Sciences Entrance Qualification · Heilbronn, Germany

Certifications & licenses

MCITP

MCSE

VCP

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 25

Experience in Information Technology 16 y

Avg length 1 y 10 m

Longest experience 9 y 11 m

Expertise

Recent roles System Engineer–Vmware, Veeam, System Engineer–VMware/NetApp/Veeam, System Engineer–VMware/NetApp

Main industries Information Technology, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

Main business areas Information Technology, Operations, Project Management

Qualifications

Certifications earned 3

Profile

Created

July 2025

Last Update

March 2026

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Where is Marco based?

Marco is based in Munich, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Marco speak?

Marco speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Intermediate).

How many years of experience does Marco have?

Marco has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Marco has worked in at least 22 different roles and for 22 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year. Note that Marco may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Marco be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Marco would be well-suited for roles such as: System Engineer–Vmware, Veeam, System Engineer–VMware/NetApp/Veeam, System Engineer–VMware/NetApp.

What is Marco's latest experience?

Marco's most recent position is System Engineer–Vmware, Veeam at DCSO.

What companies has Marco worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Marco has worked for DCSO, König & Bauer Würzburg, BNP Paribas /Cardif Stuttgart, G+D München, and N-ERGIE Nürnberg.

Which industries is Marco most experienced in?

Marco is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Manufacturing. Marco also has some experience in Utilities, Automotive, and Healthcare.

Which business areas is Marco most experienced in?

Marco is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Project Management.

Which industries has Marco worked in recently?

Marco has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Utilities, and Manufacturing.

Which business areas has Marco worked in recently?

Marco has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Project Management.

What is Marco's education?

Marco attended FH Heidelberg for Business Informatics.

Does Marco have any certificates?

Marco has 3 certificates. These include: MCITP, MCSE, and VCP.

What is the availability of Marco?

Marco is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Marco?

Marco's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.