Coolblue (2012 - 2017)

🐧 Platform Engineer Link to heading

🎯 Key Responsibilities Link to heading

Owned the platform teams built on top of — VMware infrastructure, storage, backups, networking, and the datacenter it all lived in. Focused on turning infrastructure into something internal teams could actually self-serve, not wait in line for.

🛠️ Technical Expertise Link to heading

• Virtualization Redesigned VMware infrastructure to enable a self-service model — internal teams provisioning what they needed, without engineering as the bottleneck.
• Storage Led migration from Dell EqualLogic to Nimble Storage, redesigning the storage platform for better performance and reliability.
• Backup Infrastructure Rebuilt backup strategy from the ground up, moving from Veeam and other tooling to Bacula.
• Datacenter Administration Hands-on responsibility for datacenter operations and hardware lifecycle.
• Linux Systems Administration Daily-driver expertise across CentOS, Ubuntu Server, and FreeBSD.
• Networking Administered and maintained core network infrastructure supporting the platform.

🚀 Notable Projects Link to heading

• VMware Self-Service Redesign Transformed VMware platform architecture to give internal teams self-service capabilities — reducing turnaround time and freeing up engineering bandwidth.
• Storage Migration Migrated storage backend from Dell EqualLogic to Nimble Storage with minimal disruption to running workloads.
• Backup Modernization Redesigned backup infrastructure end-to-end, consolidating multiple products into a Bacula-based solution.

💪 Core Competencies Link to heading

• VMware infrastructure design and self-service enablement.
• Storage platform migration and redesign.
• Backup infrastructure architecture.
• Datacenter and network administration.
• Multi-OS Linux/BSD systems administration (CentOS, Ubuntu, FreeBSD).
• Agile delivery — certified Scrum Master and Product Owner, working as Scrum Master within a Scrum team.