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16. DECEMBER 1979
Born in Wesel, Germany
raised in Hünxe, county of Wesel, Germany
Since 01/2022
Senior Network Engineer WAN at Axpo WZ-Systems AG in Belp, Canton of Bern
If you are looking for customer-specific mobile and fixed network solutions in crisis-proof data communication, we at Axpo WZ-Systems AG offer everything from conceptual design to project planning, implementation, construction, maintenance and operation with 24/7 support.
Axpo WZ-Systems’ comprehensive product portfolio offers directional radio systems from various manufacturers with data rates ranging from 2 Mbit/s to 1,000 Mbit/s and various interfaces. The systems have a modular structure so that different services and technologies can be combined.
Axpo WZ-Systems provides a comprehensive service from project planning, implementation, operation to maintenance as well as individual services.
This also includes, for example, the processing of the necessary building applications and licensing with OFCOM.
Your benefits
- Cost-effective communication links
- Many years of experience in planning, construction and maintenance of sophisticated radio relay systems
- 24/7 support in our Network Operation Center
- Wide range of products for optimal solution finding
Current main projects
Skills and tasks
- Network Design
- Network Engineering
- ECI/Ribbon routing and switching, Huawei routing and microwave, Aviat switching and microwave, Cisco routing and switching
- IP, BGP, MPLS, QOS, Ethernet, WAN, E-LINE, E-LAN, E-TREE, SDH, PDH, Office LAN
08/2020 - 12/2021
IT Networkengineer - Bern University of Applied Sciences | BFH in Bern, Switzerland
For the Bern University for Applied sciences I provided a network automation strategy, network design, build and operations within the Linux & Infrastructure Team of the IT Services. WAN, LAN, WiFi and Internet connectivity for all teaching, research, on/off-the-job training, office sites and DCs.
Added global networking experience to a Linux team that acts on conviction about openness, sharing with the community with heavy focus on Free and Open Source Software to be used in Software Defined Networking (SDN) for the BFH network ressources (Ansible, EVPN, VxLAN)
For the Bern University for Applied sciences I provided a network automation strategy, network design, build and operations within the Linux & Infrastructure Team of the IT Services. WAN, LAN, WiFi and Internet connectivity for all teaching, reasearch, on/off-the-job training, office sites and DCs. Adding global networking experience to a Linux team that acts on conviction about openness, sharing with the community with heavy focus on Free and Open Source Software to be used in Software Defined Networking (SDN) for the BFH network ressources (Ansible, EVPN, VxLAN)
Skills
- Network Design
- Network Engineering
- Network Operation including Helpdesk
- BGP, Ethernet, WAN, Cisco ASA Firewall and VPN, IPv6, LAN, EVPN, VXLAN, Ansible, Linux, DNS, Knot
04/2020 - 07/2020
Customer Solution Authority - Vodafone Group Services GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany
Providing a dedicated customer account with technical and engineering expertise
Working with the dedicated account team to develope the account with improvement in terms of revenue und technological adaptation
12/2018 03/2020
Sales Engineer - COLT Technology Services in Düsseldorf, Germany
Changing my carreer from Operations to Pre-Sales I now work in the Professional Services Department of Colt
providing Market Trends and Insight to customers which are in need for expertise about Digital Transformation, Best Practices and Professional
Solutions to meet their Business targets.
01/2016 - 11/2018
Administrator 2nd Level Data - 1&1 Versatel in Essen, Germany
Maintaining AS8881 and fixing problems for customers
Again it is a position that is heavy on technology and thinking straight to isolate and fix problems
Also new is that I work with Huawei forming a well connected NGN
03/2008 - 2015
Moved to Dortmund, Germany, to work at Verizon Business
Consulting Engineer - Network Planning and Engineering Europe
Technology responsible and backup contact for european core and backbone AS702
After several re-organisation initiatives and changes in tasks since I started with Verizon,
I did work with a wide area of technologies and solutions including the following technologies and tasks (excerpt)
Skills and tasks
- Juniper Networks M/MX/T-Series, PTX 5000 routers
- Cisco GSR/CSR routers
- BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS, RSVP-TE, LDP
- Design and Engineering of solutions to manage End of Life issues
- Vendor relationship for engineering
- PoC for Product Marketing public IP EMEA
- Arbor TMS
- Traffic engineering guidelines
- International cable system delay optimization
- Private and public peerings
- Firewalling, Layer2/3 VPN services (LDP, IPSec, L2TP, VPLS), IPv4 and IPv6
- Engineering for DSL/Dial platform in Europe
- L2TP and legacy ATM interconnects with local Telcos across europe
- Local tails via Ethernet/TDM/xDSL/WLL with different local Telcos across europe
- Radius authentication and accounting
01/2003 - 02/2008
Hansenet in Hamburg, Germany
During a reorganization of the Network Operations department
I was offered a position as IP Network Engineer in the third level IP network support AS13184
01/2002 - 12/2002
Hansenet in Hamburg, Germany
I took the opportunity to switch into the new established 24/7 IP NOC department.
I started to work as Technician IP Network
09/1997 - 02/2001
Moved to Wuppertal to start my vocational training
vocational school, graduated
vocational training at Deutsche Bahn AG in Wuppertal, Germany
Communication electronics technician
03/1996 - 08/1997
public secondary school Wesel, Germany
08/1991 - 03/1996
public secondary school Voerde, Germany
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