Marco Fischer - System Engineer

Q: Where is Marco based?

Marco is based in Munich, Germany .

Q: What languages does Marco speak?

Marco speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), 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 23 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

Experience

Dec 2023 - Present

2 years 4 months

System Engineer – VMware, Veeam

DCSO

Approx. 800 different server VMs, operation and lifecycle/asset management of about 40 ESXi hosts (Lenovo)
Upgraded all clusters to ESXi/VCSA 7.0U3 and 8. Planned patch management for all hosts
Cleaned up Active Directory – many different domains that all had to be migrated into the main environment. Planning and implementation
Veeam – reviewed the configuration and migrated it to newer, partly virtual infrastructure to make it leaner and faster
VMware – upgrades/updates, general maintenance
Proxmox proof of concept. Evaluated as VMware alternative
Veeam/VMware/storage documentation
Implemented uniflow cloud solution
NetApp migration to new storage, CIFS maintenance and administration of the SVMs

Feb 2023 - Oct 2023

9 months

System Engineer – VMware/NetApp/Veeam

König & Bauer Würzburg

Approx. 500 different server VMs, operation and lifecycle/asset management of about 30 ESXi hosts (HPE/DELL)
Upgraded all clusters to ESXi/VCSA 7.0U3 and 8. Planned patch management for all hosts
NetApp operation – adjusted 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 upgrades (corporate environment, about 190,000 employees worldwide)
15 ESXi hosts of various versions (DELL)
Upgraded all clusters to the latest version. Planned patch management for all hosts
Set up and maintenance of NetApp clusters (AFF A220, various FAS, E-Series)
Commvault, SnapCenter operation & configuration
Vulnerability management
NetApp StorageGRID – modified the setup across different locations, added storage nodes, changed the rule set

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)
Upgraded all clusters to the current version. Planned lifecycle management for all hosts
AD maintenance, OU restructuring, automation and integration with other solutions
Added acquired companies' ADs/documentation
Set up and maintenance of NetApp clusters (AFF A300 & A400)
Management of various backup solutions (Commvault, Veeam)

Feb 2019 - Aug 2021

2 years 7 months

System Engineer/Architect – AD/VMware

N-ERGIE Nürnberg

Technical project lead for VMware upgrade (environment of 150 hosts, various clusters) to v6.7 including VCSA migration and subsequent upgrade to v7 for Kubernetes support
VMware vSphere/ESXi role concept
Active Directory GPO/OU cleanup
Upgraded/migrated MS server environment to 2016/2019
Operation of the environment
Client environment with 3000+ users
120 ESXi hosts of various versions, mainly Cisco UCS and Fujitsu servers
Administration of 1200 server VMs and about 3000 client VPCs in Citrix farms
Upgraded all clusters to the current version. Planned lifecycle/asset management for all hosts
Planned and implemented vCenter HA
Operation of backup solutions (Veeam & Networker)
Created, implemented and documented new OU/GPO structure for AD DS
Ongoing upgrades of the existing MS server environments to the current version
Upgraded vSphere/ESXi 5.5, 6.0 to 6.7/7
Migrated VCSA to 6.7 U2
Migrated VCSA to 7 (2021)
vSphere role concept
Administration of EMC/IBM/Pure Storage
ADFS setup
Implemented 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 1000+ users
Creating, implementing, and documenting a new OU/GPO structure for AD DS
Creating corresponding GPOs
Upgrade vSphere ESXi 6.0 to 6.7
Permission concept for vSphere
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 3000+ users
Technical project management for creating and implementing a security concept for AD DS
Creating corresponding GPOs
Auditing log configuration and integration into monitoring
POC PAM solutions
Planning/implementation of least privilege

May 2016 - Present

9 years 11 months

System Architect /System Engineer

Metafinanz/DCSO

Planning/conception/implementation of virtual companies for test environments of security-relevant products
Deployment of the test environment at the push of a button under VMware vSphere ESXi 6/6.5/6.7
Active Directory/Exchange/SCCM concept and implementation
Nagios fork monitoring, Python monitoring nodes. Debian/Ubuntu SQL server
Python/Bash/PowerShell scripting to generate and emulate traffic
POC backup solution Veeam/Commvault
Azure AD/ADFS setup – O365

May 2015 - Aug 2017

2 years 4 months

System Architect /System Engineer

ThyssenKrupp

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

Mar 2014 - Apr 2015

1 year 2 months

Tech Lead: Datacenter Migration/Operations

Getrag

Migration to Cisco UCS VMware datacenter
NetApp administration & commissioning
VMware/Nexus administration/implementation
NetWorker administration/implementation
Veeam operations
Creating a runbook for Windows Server 2012 R2 installation and creating customized VM templates
Migration of services and applications into the datacenter via P2V or new Windows Server 2012 R2 VM
Datacenter operations, monitoring (Nagios fork Icinga)
Creating documentation and process descriptions for datacenter patch management, implementation of WSUS

Dec 2013 - Dec 2017

4 years 1 month

VMware /VMware View Administration

Max Delbrück Centrum

Administration of VMware View / Horizon on several vSphere clusters with a total of approx. 500 VMs
NetApp administration & commissioning, SnapMirror etc. on several vSphere clusters with a total of approx. 500 VMs

Jan 2013 - Dec 2020

8 years

Tech. Lead: site migration / administration

Getronics

Concept / implementation of VMware vSphere clusters
NetApp installation / administration / configuration
Service migration (FS/Print/Databases etc.)
Win2003/Win2008/Win2012 administration activities: AD/DNS, MS SQL2008, MS SQL2005
Backup Exec (later Veeam)
Administration activities on Win 2008/2012

Mar 2012 - Jan 2013

11 months

Site migration / administration design

Getronics/Dürr

Concept / implementation of VMware clusters for multiple sites / SAN
Service migration / domain migration (FS/Print/Databases etc.)
Win2003/Win2008
Backup concept (Veeam/Backup Exec)
Administration activities: AD, Oracle 10g DB, MS SQL2008, Backup Exec

Aug 2011 - Mar 2012

8 months

AD migration, Service migration

Hewlett Packard / Panasonic

AD concept for Europe
Service migration on Win2003/Win2008
User and group migration
FS cluster migration based on Win2008

Jan 2011 - Aug 2011

8 months

AD migration

Carefusion

Division of global sites into two companies
Server migration Win2003/Win2008
Update of VMware ESX farm (4.1) / VRanger upgrade
Migration of old file server structures to NetApp
Implementation of Open Systems SnapVault on remote sites
Administrative activities: AD, MS SQL 2005, Exchange, SharePoint

Feb 2010 - Dec 2010

11 months

Server administration / virtualization for EMEA locations

Bosch Siemens HG Giengen

Installation of Windows 2008/2003 clusters in EMEA
3rd level service desk support
VMware vSphere implementation/administration
Administrative tasks: Legato Networker, AD, Exchange, SharePoint, MS SQL 2005/2008

Nov 2009 - Jan 2010

3 months

VPN connection, Active Directory implementation

NTS GmbH

Setting standards
Installing domain controllers in Bangkok and Stuttgart
Client migration
Establishing VPN tunnel between Bangkok and Stuttgart via Watchguard Firebox

Oct 2008 - Jul 2009

10 months

Server consolidation, migration to VMware 3.5

PALL Central Europe

Evaluating and setting standards within the project team
Responsible for implementation at the CE production sites: Bad Kreuznach, Crailsheim, Dreieich, Vienna, Portsmouth
5 clusters across 5 locations

Mar 2008 - Dec 2008

10 months

AD migration from Server 2000 to Server 2003, EMEA

Pall Europe Middle East

Setting up test environment
Analyzing errors
Changing domain structure
Defining standards in the project team
Planning migration sequence of individual objects and systems
Comparing variants/evaluation
Monitoring domain controller installation
Site-by-site client migration

Oct 2007 - Feb 2008

5 months

System migration during site consolidation

PALL Waldstetten/Crailsheim

Shutting down one site and integrating into existing infrastructure
Defining requirements for taking over systems (file/print servers, Lotus Domino, Windows 2003-based domain controller)
Managing external implementation service providers

Jan 2006 - Dec 2007

2 years

Upgrade/ Installation Lotus Groupware

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 rollout Windows 2000-XP

PALL Deutschland

Performed rollout of 500 XP clients using LANDESK (PXE imaging)
XP client validation
Requirements review
Set up test systems
Error analysis and subsequent correction

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
ERP system upgrade and Oracle upgrade to v8i

Jan 2003 - Dec 2003

1 year

NT to 2000 migration & DE client & server upgrade

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, phone 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 via 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, Pure Storage, 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
Active Directory
Dfs
Oracle
Mssql
Apache
Backup Exec
Ipv4
Ipv6
Server R2
Aix
Freebsd
Ubuntu
Kali
Red Hat
Vmware Photon
Client Os Windows Nt/98/me/2000/xp/vista/7/8.1/10/11
Office 365 Implementation And Operation

Languages

German

Advanced

English

Advanced

French

Intermediate

Education

Jun 1995 - Jun 1998

FH Heidelberg

Business Informatics · Heidelberg, Germany

Oct 1991 - Jul 1994

Technical college entrance qualification · Technical college entrance qualification · Heilbronn, Germany

Certifications & licenses

MCITP

MCSE

VCP

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 25

Experience in Information Technology 15.5 y

Avg length 1 y 10 m

Longest experience 9 y 10 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

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Marco based?

Marco is based in Munich, Germany.

What languages does Marco speak?

Marco speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), 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 23 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 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.