Thorsten Schmidt

Responsible for internal IT infrastructure with the divisions "Cloud Services & Data Center, Network & Security and IT Service Desk" with 4 direct reports and 12 indirect employees / Development and management of the internal IT strategy / Budget responsibility, continuous process improvement and project management

Responsible for the strategic realignment of the hosting platform in an active-active Data Center environment / Implementation of customer-specific hybrid cloud infrastructures, aligned with the services offered by the hosting platform / Team Leader of the IT-Services team (6 employees and 2 trainees)

Data Center Management (coordination of data center tasks, provider management, administration and inventory of the complete hardware) / Virtualization expert (VMware vSphere & ESXi 4.1 – 6.0, VMware vCloud Director, Microsoft Hyper-V) / Responsible for various Storage Systems and the Backup und Recovery systems

IT Consulting (planning & administration of various customer IT infrastructures) / Webdesign and Webhosting of different websites for companies (including webshop systems)

Advanced operations in server administration: Windows Server 2003 - 2012 R2, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft WSUS / Creation of environment overviews and presentations / Documentation / (W)-/LAN & WAN Connections, Firewall and Citrix Netscaler Configuratiosn, Hard- und Software Procurement, Hosted PBX phone systems

Maintenance and administration of the Microsoft Active Directory, including User and Group Policy Management / Monitoring and Administration of Backup and Recovery Strategies / Gaining experience in VMware vSphere, Shared Storage Systems, Lotus Notes, SAP and modern network environments / Creation and Presentation of IT security trainings

Experience in client support and helpdesk / Basic skills in Windows and Linux server administration / First insights into cross-departmental IT processes

Completion of the vocational qualification for university entrance (Fachabitur) in the specialisation of economics & information technology.