Thomas Schoppe - VMware Infrastructure Consultant, 34 Years

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Kaltenkirchen, Germany

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Experience

Jul 2020 - Present

6 years 3 months

Germany

IT Consultant

Public Sector / SÜ2

Operation of VMware, Veeam and further development of the system
Implementation of BSI requirements in the design/construction
Control and analysis of the VMware environment using PowerShell scripts
Working according to ITIL processes
Version control of scripts with TortoiseSVN

Sep 2019 - May 2020

9 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

IT Consultant

Metro AG

P2V of approx. 50 hosts
Operation of the global VMware environment
Migrations, redesign and troubleshooting
Design and Proof of Concept for NSX-T
Lifecycle management with vRA
Monitoring of the environment with vROps
Control and analysis of the VMware environment using PowerShell scripts

Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

3 months

Munich, Germany

IT Consultant

Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayerns

Operation of vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, Horizon and AppVolume
Monitoring of the environment with vROps
Troubleshooting with Log Insight

Apr 2019 - May 2019

2 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant

Lantana

Troubleshooting VMware Horizon
Upgrade of Horizon to Version 7.8
Upgrade of vCenter and ESXi to 6.7

Feb 2018 - Mar 2019

1 year 2 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

IT Consultant

Metro AG

Redesign of the vCenter environment and NSX
Migration from VMware 5.1/5.5 to 6.7 (2000 Hosts, 19000 VMs, 900 Locations)
Upgrades, vSAN and NSX design
P2V, V2V, Guest Introspection and McAfee MOVE
Programming of various control tasks in PowerShell
Monitoring of the installation with vROps
Troubleshooting with Log Insight
Design and Proof of Concept for NSX-T

Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

6 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant

Körber AG

Streamlead WAN Migration

Nov 2014 - Jun 2017

2 years 8 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant

OTTO GmbH & Co KG

Administration of the existing VMware ESX 5.5 environment and removal of vCloud Director
Redesign of the VMware farms and migration of VMs to the new farms
Preparation for the migration to NSX
Programming of a complex Excel analysis of VMware in PowerShell
Programming of various control tasks in PowerShell
Design and Proof of Concept NSX-V

Sep 2013 - Sep 2014

1 year 1 month

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant

Wincor Nixdorf Portavis

Administration of the existing VMware ESX 3.5 & 4.1 environment
Design, setup and operation of a new VMware ESXi 5.1 environment in four data centers (approx. 60 hosts in Germany, 7 hosts in the USA)
Planning and execution of the migration of approx. 700 server VMs from 3.5/4.1 to 5.1, including coordination with the end customer
2nd Level Support and on-call duty
Administration of Linux and Windows servers
Design and setup of two data centers in New York
Commissioning of two NAS systems (NetApp FS2400) à 50 TB
Setup of CIFS filers including mirroring and data porting
Setup of NFS shares for VMware and server virtualization
P2V, V2V and administration of Linux- and Windows-based servers
Administration of the Cisco 6xxx switches and the HP Bladecenter

Jul 2012 - Aug 2013

1 year 2 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant

Germanischer Lloyd SE

Administration of the existing VMware ESX 3.5 environment
Design, setup and operation of a new VMware ESXi 5 environment in two data centers
Planning and execution of the migration of approx. 900 server VMs from ESX 3.5 to 5.0, including coordination with the specialist departments
Administration of the LUNs on several HP 3PAR systems and the Fibre Channel switches
Monitoring of data backups (Legato, Data Domain, Tapelibrary)
2nd Level Support and on-call duty
P2V and administration of Linux and Windows servers
Administration of the Cisco 650x switches and the HP Bladecenter

Feb 2012 - May 2012

4 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant

Stadtreinigung Hamburg

Troubleshooting of a VMware 5 farm with VDI and development of an action plan to resolve the issues
Interim management of a team

Sep 2010 - Dec 2011

1 year 4 months

Widen, Switzerland

IT Consultant

SIKA Informationssysteme AG

2nd and 3rd Level Support in the areas of networking, IPsec, MPLS, QIP and VPN
Migration of all 340 site connections worldwide from IPsec to MPLS
Troubleshooting while on call
Design for various projects and technical project management
Provider management and coordination

Oct 2009 - Feb 2010

5 months

Bern, Switzerland

IT Consultant

Software House

Further development and support of publishing software
Software versioning with PVCS
Further development of the existing software in Visual Basic
Customer support by telephone and remote maintenance, including troubleshooting and software distribution

Jul 2009 - Oct 2009

4 months

Germany

IT Consultant

Mineral Oil Company

Preparation of a concept for migration from Novell to Microsoft
Design of a strategy to migrate the NetWare-based IT environment to a Microsoft environment with uninterrupted migration of clients and servers
Virtual operating environment for the new server environment
Setup of the Microsoft environment and connection of both environments via IDM/DirXML
Migration of business-critical systems
Implementation of changes via change and risk management

May 2008 - Jun 2009

1 year 2 months

Germany

IT Consultant

Outsourcer / Shipping Company

Planning, relocation and subsequent operation of 16 Novell servers in a data center
Concept for relocating 6 Novell clusters and 4 standalone servers with application data with minimal downtime
Operation of the systems during the transition period in accordance with ITIL processes
Relocation of all NetWare- and Linux-based Novell servers to the new data center
Data migration from the customer's SAN EMC CX 400/600 to the outsourcer's SAN EMC DX
Bidirectional exchange of users, passwords and group memberships, as well as setup of a Single Sign-On
Porting of services from eDirectory to Active Directory
Planning, execution and monitoring of relocations via ticket and change management systems
Monitoring, evaluation and reporting of results
SLA monitoring

Jun 2007 - Apr 2008

11 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant

Staffing Service Provider

Setup and training of an IT department with helpdesk and ticketing system
Planning and execution of the headquarters relocation
Planning and construction of a redundant IP network based on Nortel 55xx Layer-3 switches for data and VoIP
Seamless transfer of all sites to a new VPN provider
Requirements gathering for the migration of commercial payroll software and acceleration of payroll processing
Planning and setup of a VMware environment with several EMC CX 600 systems
Administration of LUNs and replication to additional sites
Setup of the Microsoft environment alongside the existing Novell environment
Bidirectional exchange of user accounts, passwords and group memberships, as well as Single Sign-On
Porting of services from eDirectory to Active Directory
Establishment of a ticket and change management system

Jun 2003 - May 2006

3 years

Hanstedt, Germany

IT Consultant

Deerberg GmbH

Operation and expansion of the existing server and application environment
Connecting the locations via leased line

Jan 2003 - Jun 2006

3 years 6 months

Lüneburg, Germany

IT Consultant

Sparkasse Lüneburg

Operation of the Novell servers and backup systems
Maintenance and upkeep of the existing IT environment

Apr 2000 - Jun 2006

6 years 3 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant

Blohm & Voss Industrietechnik GmbH

Operation and further development of the Novell network and groupware solution
Automatic software distribution
Setting up an Active Directory and consolidating IP-based services on Linux systems

Apr 1999 - Jun 2001

2 years 3 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant

Universitätskrankenhaus Hamburg Eppendorf Bluttransfusionsdienst

Setting up and operating a Novell SFT III server system

Jun 1996 - Aug 2006

10 years 3 months

Hamburg, Germany

IT Consultant

Transwaggon GmbH

Setting up, operating and further developing a Europe-wide Novell-based IT solution with groupware, software distribution and automated workstation setup
Training the company's internal IT staff
Planning and setting up a local network between locations with automatic failover via VPN
Providing dial-in access via VPN
Setting up and operating a standardized router, DMZ and firewall solution
Designing and setting up two mirrored EMC CX 400 systems and administering them

Mar 1996 - Mar 1999

3 years 1 month

Pinneberg, Germany

IT Consultant

Kreiskrankenhaus Pinneberg

Maintenance and troubleshooting of the Novell servers and connected workstations

Aug 1992 - Oct 2000

8 years 3 months

Rellingen, Germany

IT Consultant

ELNA GmbH

Setup and operation of a groupware and software distribution solution
Connecting the branches via multiprotocol router or VPN
Continuous expansion, operation, and troubleshooting
Connecting and administering the AS/400 in the Novell network

Industry experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Professional Services, Transportation, Retail, Government and Administration, and Manufacturing.

Information Technology

Professional Services

Transportation

Retail

Government and Administration

Manufacturing

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Operations, Project Management, and Customer Service.

Information Technology

Operations

Project Management

Customer Service

Skills

Training

Mathematical And Technical Assistant
Business Information Systems Specialist
Novell Cne
Vmware Vcp5, Nsx-V, Nsx-T, Horizon
Firewall Administrator
Itil V3 Foundation

Courses

Vmware Vsphere, Esx(I), Vcsa, Nsx-V/T

Technical Skills

Vmware Vra, Vrops, Horizon, Appvolume, Veeam
Mcafee Move, Trend Micro Deepscan
Ms Windows Up To Windows 2016 / Windows 10
Ms Sql Server Up To 2008
Ms Exchange Up To 2010
Ms Active Directory
Ms Terminal Services
Linux: Suse, Redhat
Tortoisesvn, Pvcs (Micro Focus)
Vital Qip, Dns, Dhcp, Vpn, Ipsec, Ospf, Mpls, Xdsl
Firewall
Novell Netware, Oes, Idm, Groupwise, Zenworks, Bordermanager
Citrix Metaframe Up To Version 4
Emc Cx & Hp 3par Storage Solutions
Brocade San Switches
Experience With Cisco, 3com & Nortel
Backup Solutions: Tivoli, Commvault, Arcserve, Backupexec, Legato
Ticket Systems: Otrs, Omnitracker, Ontrack, Remedy

Programming

Powershell, Vb, Pl/1, C, Delphi, Cobol, Rpg Ii/Iii, Wsu, Sql

Additional Skills

Teaching Activities
Executive Management, Personnel Management, Project Management
1st / 2nd / 3rd Level Support

Industry Knowledge (In Descending Order By Project Size)

Wholesale And Retail, Banking & Financial Services
Chemical Industry
Transport And Logistics
Shipping Companies, Mineral Oil
Data Centers / Outsourcers
Staff Leasing, Software Development
Shipbuilding / Shipyards, Defense Industry
Electrical Appliance Manufacturing
Hospitals, Schools
Skilled Trades, Healthcare

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Mathematical and Technical Assistant

Business Information Systems Specialist

Certifications & licenses

Horizon

Novell CNE

Nsx-T

Nsx-V

Vmware Vcp5

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 22

Experience in Information Technology 13.5 y

Avg length 2 y 5 m

Longest experience 10 y 2 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, Switzerland)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles IT Consultant

Main industries Information Technology, Professional Services, Transportation

Main business areas Information Technology, Operations, Project Management

Qualifications

Certifications earned 6

Profile

Member since

September 2025

Last update

September 2026

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Thomas is based in Kaltenkirchen, Germany.

Thomas speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Thomas has at least 32 years of experience. During this time, Thomas has worked in at least 1 role and for 21 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 5 months. Note that Thomas may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Thomas would be well-suited for roles such as: IT Consultant.

Thomas's most recent position is IT Consultant at Public Sector / SÜ2.

In recent years, Thomas has worked for Public Sector / SÜ2.

Thomas is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Transportation, and Professional Services. Thomas also has some experience in Retail, Government and Administration, and Manufacturing.

Thomas is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Project Management. Thomas also has some experience in Customer Service.

Thomas has recently worked in industries like Government and Administration.

Thomas has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Operations.

Thomas attended education in Mathematical and Technical Assistant.

Thomas has 6 certificates. Among them, these include: Horizon, Itil V3 Foundation, and Novell CNE.

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