Kenneth Hede

Freelance consultancy and support/Architecture in IT Infrastructure and Datacenter - in conception of disaster recovery and data protection in the AWS cloud - carrying out disaster recovery plans - in the design and implementation of secure network architectures, - in advising and conducting workshops on authorization and IAM concepts, - in the field of Security Incidence / Vulnerability Handling, hardening and patching, - in carrying out security assessments, audits and risk analyzes, - in the de

IT Architekt

- Designed and implemented a comprehensive AWS cloud infrastructure for an AI training system and BigData platform based on DataStax AstraDB - Developed and maintained serverless architectures for various backend and frontend applications in Java, Kotlin, Python, and TypeScript - Deployed Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform for fully automated provisioning and management of cloud resources - Implemented secure authentication and authorization mechanisms using AWS Cognito and IAM policies - Designed a scal

Freelance consultancy AWS disaster recovery Samsongroup AG Freelance consultancy and support/Architecture in AWS Objective was to obtain an appropriate way for every workload and service to recover from all kind of relevant IT disasters to this company to bring all business processes back to life in an acceptable timeframe for each relevant Workload or Service according to the RTO/RPO’s. - Define priorities - Identify critical services - Estimate consequence - Executing of an Risk Analysis of all Cloud b

Setup of a clustered LDAP infrastructure for several thousands of UNIX Servers. Migration of several thousands of Solaris, AIX, HP-UX and Linux Servers from local users to LDAP. Hardening of UNIX Servers - all flavors of derivates. Deployment of SUDO out of LDAP for Solaris, Linux, AIX and HP-UX. Migration from SUDO to RBAC (Role Based Access Control) for Solaris, AIX, HP-UX and RedHat Linux (SeLInux). Deployment of RBAC out of LDAP for Solaris and AIX.

Setup of a clustered LDAP infrastructure for several thousands of UNIX Servers. Migration of several thousands of Solaris, AIX, HP-UX and Linux Servers from local users to LDAP. Hardening of UNIX Servers - all flavors of derivates. Deployment of SUDO out of LDAP for Solaris, Linux, AIX and HP-UX. Migration from SUDO to RBAC (Role Based Access Control) for Solaris, AIX, HP-UX and RedHat Linux (SeLInux). Deployment of RBAC out of LDAP for Solaris and AIX.

Erstellen der technischen Standards sowie Dokumente zur Zentralisierung von ~400 weltweit verteilten ClearCase Umgebungen in 6 Megadatacenters. Vorausgehende Analyse aller Umgebungen. Pilotinstallation im Atlanta Datacenter sowie Machbarkeitsstudie. Parallel Level 3 UNIX Systemadministration.

Technische Beratung der HP Projektleiter

IT Consultant in Datacenter Unix Hewlett Packard Alcanet IT Services. Projects: Clearcase Centralization; ALU Transformation Programm Creation of technical standards and documents for the centralization of approx 400 ClearCase environments spread over the world into 6 mega datacenters. Analysis of all environments. Pilot installation in the Atlanta datacenter. In parallel: level 4 UNIX administration

- Erstellung des Konzeptes zur CC Zentralisierung - Aufbau und Installation der Server - Clone der Produktionsumgebung aus Antwerpen nach Stuttgart - Problem: CC over WAN - Erfolgreiche Umsetzung und Nachweis der technischen Machbarkeit durch superbatch tests an einem reellen Produkt

Migration from DDTS to ClearQuest – Installation of a new SUN Grid (Solaris 10 and Linux RH) – Administration of several Datacenters in EMEA (approx. 1100 Solaris, 30 HPUX, 300 Linux Systems) – Patch management. Etc.

- Migration of 870 sites into 6 Mega-Datacenters 
- SPOC for EMEA (Technical Solutions) 
- management of several Workgroups to create new standards to deal with the technical problems to avoid issues during the centralization 
- Proactive prevention of problems

- Creation of concept to centralize ClearCase 
- Server and application installations 
- Cloning of the production environment from Antwerp to Stuttgart 
- Problem: CC over WAN 
- successful implementation and proof of the technical feasibility with superbatch test on a real product

- Migration von ca. 870 Standorten weltweit in 6 Mega-Datacenters - SPOC für den Bereich EMEA (technical Solutions) - Gründung und Leitung aller Workgroups, die neue Standards ausarbeiten, die die technischen Probleme, die sich durch die massive Zentralisierung der Server ergeben - Proaktive Problemverhinderung - Erstellen verschiedener Alcatel Standards Europe North + Solaris 10 Zonen (container) + IPMP + SAN + Storage Foundation - Administration von ca. 1000 Unix S

- defining worldwide standards for Alcatel-Lucent + Solaris 10 Zones (container) 
+ IPMP 
+ SAN 
+ Storage Foundation 
- Administration of approx. 1000 Unix Servers in different 
EMEA datacenters 
- Solaris, Linux, HP-UX 
- Installation and conception of Solaris Zones 
(Oracle, Peoplesoft, Tuxedo, Weblogic....) 
- Installation of several Veritas HA Clusters SF 5.0 
with Oracle Databases for IPTV

Planung des Umzugs eines Rechenzentrum in Antwerpen - beratende, technisch manag - Planung der Computerräume, Verkabelung und Racking - Erarbeiten eines Konzeptes zum Umzug - Erstellen des Shutdown und Restart Konzeptes - Ausarbeiten von Desaster Recovery Konzepten - Beratung bei der Realisierung der Netzwerkinfrastruktur - Beratung bei der Netzwerk +Stromversorgungsplanung - Erstellen von Verkabelungsplänen der Server - Risikoanalysen - Technisch verantwortlich für den Umzug der Server SAN, Lib

Insourcing eines Rechenzentrums in Antwerpen – Beratung und Umsetzung -Migration aller Solaris Maschinen auf neue Hardware - Migration von Clearcase Vob- View- und Build- Servern - Konsolidierung aller Oracle Datenbanken auf neue Systeme - Migration aller Services (DNS, NIS, Samba, usw) auf neue Hardware - Aufsetzen einer neuen Backup-Infrastruktur incl. SAN (auf EMC CLARIION Basis) - NIS Domain Merging - Installation eines SUN N1 Grid mit 25 Grid Membern

planning of the new datacenter, racking and cabling - creation of the concept for the move 
- creation of shutdown and start-up scenario 
- creation of disaster recovery concept 
- consulting for the network infrastructure - consulting for the power planning 
- creation of cable plans 
- analysis of risks 
- Technical responsible for the move SAN, Libraries and Storages included 
- approx. 100 Solaris and 80 Wintel Servers

- Migration of all Solaris Systems onto new hardware 
- Migration of ClearCase Vob- View- und Build- Servers 
- Consolidation of all Oracle Databases 
- Migration of all Services (DNS, NIS, Samba, etc)onto new hardware 
- installation of a new backup infrastructure 
incl. SAN (on EMC CLARIION Basis) 
- NIS Domain Merging 
- installation of a SUN N1 Grid with 25 Grid Members 
- creation of standards for root disk mirroring with SDS and Veritas, IPMP Multipathing, 
Storage management etc. 
- performance Troub

- Installation and Configuration of a Monitoring Server basing on RedHat, Nagios, Apache, MRTG and SMTP 
- Visualization of the complete Network in 2D- and 3D 
- Integration of all servers and applications and switches into the monitoring 
- Notification configuration when problems with Servers, services or active network components occur, as well as when thresholds are reached in regards to performance 
- training of all Admins