Michael Pangerl-IT Engineer - Senior IT Consultant - M365
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Experience
Windows Client Engineer (120k users)
UniCredit S.p.A.
- Rolling out M365 in a complex environment
- Hybrid environments with Entra Hybrid Join and pre-provisioning
- Packaging with PowerShell Deployment Toolkit
- Troubleshooting / last-level support
- Co-management with SCCM
- Developing packages and scripts for Intune Autopilot
- Migration planning from network file shares to OneDrive / Teams
- Introducing user profile management with OneDrive
- Windows operating system design
- GPO design for the operating system and other applications
- Browser design and configuration
- OS upgrade planning (Windows 10 20H2-22H2 / Windows 11 22H2-24H2)
- Application lifecycle management / application ownership
IT Engineer
EIZO Technologies GmbH
- Network planning and implementation
- Firewall management
- ESX cluster management
- Backup management
- Server management
- IPsec and SSL VPN management
Exchange Migration Expert (11k users)
SWM Services GmbH
- Contribute to migration task design, planning, and scheduling
- Migrating Exchange 2010 to a new Exchange 2016 environment
- Monitoring with SCOM
- Exchange administration and 3rd level operations
- SharePoint 2016 administration and 3rd level operations
- Incident response, change management, problem management
- Monitoring with SCOM
IT Engineer, Carve-Out
QinetiQ Deutschland GmbH
- Contribute to migration task design, planning, and scheduling
- Migrating Exchange 2016 to a new O365 environment
- PST migration and Outlook setup for O365
- Migrating virtual machines to a new ESX cluster environment
- Administering the HA cluster environment with VMware
- Automation tasks with PowerShell
- Ensuring business continuity during the migration phase
- Active Directory administration
- Troubleshooting 2nd-3rd level applications
- ESX cluster administration
- Firewall administration with Sophos SG Series
- Supplier management
360° Administrator, Migration Expert
Baden-Badener Versicherung AG
- Ensuring business continuity during the migration phase
- Managing the Microsoft environment: Active Directory, Exchange 2013, Windows Server 2008–2012 R2
- Managing backup and backup processes (vSphere Replication and Tivoli Storage Manager)
- Firewall HA administration (Sophos USG)
- Managing endpoint protection (Sophos Endpoint Security)
- Administering the HA cluster environment with VMware
- Automation tasks with PowerShell
- Monitoring with Nagios
- Exporting, converting, and migrating over 20 million documents
- Supplier management
- User management
Software Development / IT Consultant
Doc Morris N.V.
- Web-based development with HTML5, CSS3, IMAP/SMTP protocols, and SQL database
- Planning, design, and implementation of a development project to automate a business process
- Requirements gathering for infrastructure performance measurement
- Evaluation of existing monitoring measures
- Determination of suitable monitoring measures to identify bottlenecks
IT Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist, Interim IT Manager
E.I.S. Aircraft GmbH
- Centralizing IT structures and strategy planning
- Migrating Exchange 2003/2007 to Exchange 2016 across multiple locations
- Consolidating multiple AD structures into a single company AD
- Design and implementation of new WLAN infrastructure across multiple sites in Germany
- Virtualization and ESX clustering across multiple sites
- Backing up with Veeam Backup & Replication and endpoint backup
- Installing and configuring NetApp ONTAP storage
- High-availability WAN concept and site interconnection
- Implementing next-gen firewalls
- Centralizing endpoint security
- Rolling out Sophos MDM on all mobile devices
- Restructuring file servers and storage planning
- Introducing standard hardware, standard OS images, software deployment, and patch management
- Implementing asset management with Lansweeper
- Site-to-site VPN and SSL/IPSec VPN for road warriors
- Supporting the planning, design, and implementation of business projects such as eProcurement systems, HR systems, SharePoint applications, project management solutions, and machine integration
- Managing suppliers and consultants
- Vulnerability scanning and risk mitigation
- Behavioral network monitoring
- IT monitoring with Icinga and Nagios
- Infrastructure maintenance and setup
- Enterprise antivirus solutions (ESET/Sophos)
- 2nd and 3rd level support
- Development of disaster recovery strategies
- Auditing processes and structures
Network and System Administrator
IconParc GmbH
- Maintaining and operating a heterogeneous network (Windows/Linux)
- Managing a VMware ESXi cluster
- Managing VMware backup solutions
- Migrating a Samba3 NT4 domain to a Samba4 AD domain
- Designing and integrating backup solutions for VMware
- Backup solutions for MSSQL database servers
- Planning and executing server and service migrations
- Installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Windows clients
- Network monitoring with Nagios/Icinga
- Planning and integrating a redundant fiber optic connection
- VPN connections for sites/networks via IPSEC and OpenVPN
- Redundant firewall solutions
- LDAP maintenance and operation
- Development of disaster recovery strategies
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Experienced in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Aerospace and Defense, Utilities, Insurance, and Healthcare.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Operations, Procurement, and Project Management.
Summary
Senior IT Engineer and IT Consultant with over 15 years of experience in planning, implementing and modernizing complex IT infrastructures. Extensive expertise in M365, Windows client engineering, virtualization, security, automation, and cloud and hybrid architectures. Focus on enterprise environments, migration projects, client lifecycle, Intune/Autopilot, Active Directory, and highly available Windows and VMware environments.
Skills
Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003–2019, Windows 95–11, Linux (Debian, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Freebsd), Ios, Android
Cloud & M365: Intune, Autopilot, Onedrive, Teams, Exchange Online, Entra, Defender
Virtualization: Vmware Esx/Esxi, Hyper-V
Storage: Netapp Ontap, Qnap, Synology
Security: Sophos Suite, Cisco, Firewalling, Darktrace, Rapid7
Backup: Veeam, Tsm, Veritas Netbackup
Networking: Dhcp, Dns, Ad/Ldap, Tcp/Ip, Vpn, Voip, Smb, Nfs, Fibrechannel
Automation: Powershell
Monitoring: Scom, Nagios, Icinga2
Hardware: Cisco, Fujitsu, Hp, Dell, Etc.
Languages
Certifications & licenses
LPI Linux Essentials
Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert
Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals
Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate
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Michael is based in Kochel am See, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Michael speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Michael has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 8 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 1 month. Note that Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Michael would be well-suited for roles such as: Windows Client Engineer (120k users), IT Engineer, Exchange Migration Expert (11k users).
Michael's most recent position is Windows Client Engineer (120k users) at UniCredit S.p.A..
In recent years, Michael has worked for UniCredit S.p.A. and EIZO Technologies GmbH.
Michael is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Aerospace and Defense. Michael also has some experience in Utilities, Insurance, and Healthcare.
Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Procurement. Michael also has some experience in Project Management.
Michael has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Banking and Finance.
Michael has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology.
Michael has 6 certificates. Among them, these include: PRINCE2 (2009) Practitioner – Project Management, ITILv4 Foundation, and LPI Linux Essentials.
The availability of Michael needs to be confirmed.
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