Martin Ananda Boeker - Systems Architect
Experience
Systems Architect
ASFiNAG
- Migrated infrastructure automation from Puppet to Ansible
- Ensured compatibility with CentOS and RHEL 8 and 9
- Managed users in Active Directory
- Managed applications, services, security policies, certificates, and more
Systems Architect
Austrian Institute of Technology
- Created a custom OpenStack IaC solution with Kayobe and Ansible
- Managed the OpenStack infrastructure, servers, and networks
- Configured and automated high availability (HA) and monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana
- Responsible for overall project architecture and planning
- Provided long-term support with zero-downtime updates
- Managed infrastructure using Terraform, with a CSV as source
Systems Architect
Thales Austria & Hitachi Rail
- Created a custom OpenStack IaaS solution with Kayobe and Ansible
- Managed the OpenStack infrastructure, servers, and networks
- Automated Ceph with Cephadm and Ansible
- Configured and automated high availability (HA) and monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana
- Implemented a fully air-gapped deployment and infrastructure
- Hardened infrastructure according to CIS guidelines: SELinux, firewalls, logging, etc.
Systems Engineer
BRZ
- Created and maintained virtual Linux servers, from the operating system to the full app stack, focusing on JBoss, Apache, Nginx, and Tomcat
- Developed automation for the above tasks using Ansible
- Managed user permissions and authentication
- Wrote and maintained shell scripts for automation and monitoring in Bash and Python
- Generated and managed certificates for systems and users
- Participated in rotating on-call duties
- Created and maintained Artifactory repositories
- Supported Jenkins
Managing Director
Uptime Solution GmbH
- Managed Linux and Windows system administration
- Managed cloud infrastructure: OpenStack, VMware, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
- Deployed and hosted IaaS
- Handled cross-platform user management
- Acquired and supported clients
- Automated tasks with Ansible
- Provided on-call support as needed
Principal Systems Architect
DARPA PlanX
- Setup and management of OpenStack infrastructure (~35 servers, 500+ VMs), both manually and automated with shell scripts and Ansible
- Setup and management of dev tools such as GoCD server, Artifactory Pro, Jenkins, and GitHub Enterprise
- Created multiple dynamic Selenium grids for automated UI testing
- Set up air-gapped repositories for Ubuntu, CentOS, pip, NPM, Maven, Docker, and more
- Maintained Atlassian applications like JIRA and Confluence, including HA, authentication, plugins, and configuration
- Supported Dockerizing internal applications
- Set up and maintained Nagios monitoring with Check_MK via OMD
- Managed KVM infrastructure, including automated QCOW deployments
- Created an Active Directory environment for user management and configured all Ubuntu systems and applications to use LDAP
Senior Systems Engineer
Hexis Cyber Solutions
- Supported development teams on Linux, Windows, and OSX
- Managed a large VMware infrastructure (~20 ESXi servers, 400+ VMs)
- Created system groups via scripts for Windows XP–10, CentOS/RHEL 6.3–7.0, and Ubuntu/Debian 12–14
- Troubleshot hardware (Dell, HP, and others)
- Created and maintained datastores for Dell and Fujitsu
- Handled security and compliance on ESXi servers and VMs
- Created and managed 9 separate Active Directory instances (3 domains for users, 6 for dev/testing/QA) with redundant DHCP and DNS setups, file shares, replication between data centers, and one-/two-way trusts
- Set up and maintained Nagios monitoring with Check_MK via OMD
- Shell scripting, automation, and developer tasks on Linux with Puppet, Bash, Python, Perl, and on Windows with PowerShell and batch
- Deployed and maintained enterprise applications like Confluence, JIRA, Rally, and Pastebin
Senior Systems Engineer
Transitional Data Services
- Level 2/3 support (RHEL/Debian) for ~1200 servers across 34 clients
- Hardware troubleshooting: building/repairing servers, replacing CPUs, RAM, motherboards, etc.
- OS and application support for various Linux distros, Apache, Tomcat, DNS, OpenLDAP/389, NFS, Dell OMSA, HP Insight, MySQL, MSSQL 2008
- System management with Puppet, covering OS and app stacks
- Assisted data center expansion and migrations: transporting, racking, and cabling ~500 servers
- Conducted inventory and PCI compliance audits for multiple clients (~350 servers), including user management and app performance tuning
- Network and storage setup, support, maintenance: Cisco ASAs, Cisco switches, Juniper switches, NetApp, SonicWall firewall, NFS, NAS, Dell iSCSI SANs
- Virtualization: deployed and managed VMware, Xen, and AWS infrastructure for clients and internal use
- Responsible for monitoring all client and internal systems: Windows and Linux servers locally and via SSL tunnels, applications, services, processes, SNMP queries/traps, statistics for servers and devices
- Created and maintained dashboards, trend reports, and user profiles for the monitoring GUI
- Provided remote L1 Windows/Mac support as needed
Technical Support
Deutsche Bank
- Level 1 support focused on applications like MS Office and Lotus Notes, and Windows OS
- Quick diagnosis and troubleshooting with focus on processes
- Extensive use of proprietary applications
Senior Technician Developer
IntenSecure Group
- Level 1/2 remote support for over 350 clients
- Security audits of operating systems and applications
- Checked/troubleshot network devices and network security
- Application support, mostly Microsoft products
- Set up SMB infrastructure with AD, DHCP, DNS (Windows Server 2003–2008)
- Managed Win7 systems via AD GPO (user management, security)
- Internal system and network admin
- Developed cross-platform applications with GUIs
- Built a VMware test environment (32 and 64 bit)
- Used VB .NET 2010 with VBS/batch components, including testing and documentation
Market Engineer Intern
IBM
- Created training materials and documentation for Rational Team Concert (RTC)
- Attended RTC training seminars in various U.S. cities
- Maintained contact with RTC customers and the development team
- Used RTC for internal tasks with Eclipse and the web client
- Built an application with VB and Office 2003/2007 to import and analyze large datasets for non-technical users on Windows XP
Deployment Engineer Intern
IBM Silicon Valley Labs
- Developed an automated modular system for IBM Security compliance testing using BASH, TCL/Expect, and other languages
- Filtered logs and securely transferred data between isolated networks
- Automated execution of tasks based on log contents
- Ensured compatibility between Linux and Windows
- Built a flexible solution for non-technical users
- Created a Hadoop cluster registration system for university students worldwide, including DB2 access and Linux administration (RHEL 4.5/5.1 VMs)
- Deployed internal and external IBM cloud computing infrastructure
- Researched and documented Xen virtualization on Linux
- Led cloud deployment workshops (on-site and remote)
- Designed and developed portlets for data center management and monitoring using WebSphere Application Server 6.0, WebSphere Portal Server 5.1.0.1, Rational Application Developer 7.0.0.4, and Rational Software Architect 6.0
Senior Technician
The Geek Boutique
- Provided in-house Level 1 support for over 300 desktops and laptops of all brands
- Removed viruses, rootkits, and malware with a focus on manual repair
- Performed software and hardware upgrades, troubleshooting, and repairs
- Recovered data (from partition rescue to full disk transfer in a cleanroom)
- Installed operating systems and performed factory resets (Win9x–Win7, Linux, Mac OS X)
- Built 50+ custom PCs (Sockets A-771/775, IDE/SCSI RAID 0–5, Win9x–Win7, Linux)
- Consolidated hardware (reduced 100+ systems to 25–35 units for sale)
- Provided on-site Level 1/2 support (100+ instances) focusing on network setup and troubleshooting (LAN/WLAN, server/workstation configuration, print servers)
- Handled system maintenance and backups for SMBs under service contracts
- Acted as the internal system and network administrator as well as web developer
- Managed sales, business operations, and training for staff and customers
Systems Administrator
EDV-Consult IT GmbH
- Procured, set up, and maintained IT infrastructure: servers (Win2k3, Linux with Samba, firewalls & gateways, Sendmail/Exchange, DHCP, Oracle, SQL/MySQL)
- Supported clients: Linux, Win9x–WinXP, MS Office 95–2000, various Adobe/Macromedia products
Web Developer
Freelance
- Development environments: HTML 4/5, CSS 2/3, AJAX, JavaScript/jQuery, PHP 5/6/7, MySQL/MariaDB, MS SQL 2008–2012, Flash, ASP WebForms, ASP MVC3
- Tools: Visual Studio 2010 for ASP WebForms/MVC3, Notepad++, vi/vim, WordPress
Developer
Cyber World Informatik
- Product testing and support
- Assistant in-house system administrator, on-site engineer, and consultant
- Website design and maintenance
- Creation of marketing materials (business cards, flyers/posters for events)
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Experienced in Information Technology, Government and Administration, Aerospace and Defense, and Banking and Finance.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Customer Service, Sales, Operations, Project Management, and Marketing.
Summary
Independent, ambitious, and motivated, but also a strong team player. In stressful situations, I'm used to staying calm and prioritizing urgent tasks. Continuing education and learning new skills are very important to me, and I look for opportunities to prove myself in diverse IT solution tasks.
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Education
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor of Science, Management of Information Systems · Management of Information Systems · Worcester, United States
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