Peter Eckhardt-Developer
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Experience
Developer
IBM
- Skills: OpenStack, Python, SaltStack
- Used products: OpenStack, Ceph, CentOS
DevOps Consultant
IBM Research
- Reorganization of SaltStack environment
- Automation with SaltStack/Python
- Maintenance of OpenStack (kilo)
- Maintenance of Ceph (luminous)
- Set up a new OpenStack environment (RHOSP 17/17.1) with composable services and isolated networks
- Set up a new Ceph environment (Red Hat Storage 5/6)
- Introduction of Satellite and initial release management
- Automation with Ansible
- Skills: Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Rust, Perl, Shell Scripting
- Used products: Red Hat OpenStack, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Storage, CentOS, Ansible, Terraform, Python, SaltStack, Rust, Shell Scripting, Cloud-init
Consultant
Consulting
- Consulting on SUSE Manager
- Skills: SLES, SUSE Manager, software distribution
- Used products: SUSE Manager
Consulting
Consulting
- Development of a patch management process
- Skills: Red Hat, software distribution
- Used products: Katello, Jenkins, Foreman
Design/Implementation
Automotive
- Introduction of Linux in the corporation (2008-2011)
- Linux release and patch management (2010-2022)
- Linux configuration management (2014-2022)
- Automated Linux launches (2008-2022)
- Technical project lead for Linux projects (2008-2018)
- Skills: SLES Admin, SUSE Manager, SaltStack, Scripting, Architecture, High Availability
- Used products: SLES, RHEL, SUSE Manager, SaltStack
Industry experience
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Experienced in Automotive and Information Technology.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations.
Summary
- DevOps in large environments
- Automation
- OpenStack
Skills
- Saltstack
- Openstack
- Ceph
- Python
- Unix
- Shell Scripting
- Architecture
- Automation
- Configuration/Build Management
- Release Management
- Sles
- Rhel
- Centos
- Suse Manager
- Red Hat Satellite
- Rhosp
- Terraform
- Rust
Languages
Education
TU Darmstadt
Business Informatics · Darmstadt, Germany
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Experience
Global experience
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Peter is based in Stutensee, Germany.
Peter speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).
Peter has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Peter has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 5 months. Note that Peter may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Peter would be well-suited for roles such as: Developer, DevOps Consultant, Consultant.
Peter's most recent position is Developer at IBM.
In recent years, Peter has worked for IBM, IBM Research, and Automotive.
Peter is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Information Technology, and Professional Services.
Peter is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations.
Peter has recently worked in industries like Automotive and Information Technology.
Peter has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Operations.
Peter attended TU Darmstadt for Business Informatics.
The availability of Peter needs to be confirmed.
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