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About Me

I'm a IT-Guy 💻, Volunteer Firefighter 🚒, Husband 💑 and father of two 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 from Wörth am Rhein 🏠, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 🇩🇪.


What I Do

Work

Working at 1&1 Mail & Media since 2019. Started as a Sr. Systems Administrator and since September 2024 Head of Data Services Operations. Company first aider and fire warden.

Firefighting

Besides my job and family, I'm a firefighter at the Wörth am Rhein Volunteer Fire Department.

Family

In my spare time I enjoy to rediscover the world through my kids eyes together with my family.

Cooking

I love cooking. I prefer fresh and high quality meals - thats why I love making everything possible by myself and I'm always looking forward to explore new recepies. As the son of three generations of bakers, I'm passionate about selfmade bread - especially with sourdough.

Fun Facts

Avg. coffees per day

3-5+

Yrs. working experience

17

Yrs. voluntary service

7+

Resume

Experience

2024-09 - Current
1&1 Mail & Media

Head of Data Services Operations

Teamlead of an IT-Operations team that runs the companies big data platform and connected systems. Try to keep the team's back free, organizing stuff and more. Still passionate about automating stuff. Company first aider and fire warden.

2018-11 - Current
Volunteer Fire Dept. Wörth am Rhein

Firefighter

Making hot stuff cold again. Firefighter, Responsible for SCBA at the Wörth side, deputy drone unit leader, web and postmaster, Truck driver, SCBA and Chemical protection suit Firefighter, and many more.

2019-09 - 2024-08
1&1 Mail & Media

Sr. System Administrator

Automating with Ansible, Puppet, GoCD, GitlabCI and K8s. Keeping the high available Linux Systems running. BSI-KritisV service and ISO/IEC 27001 certified. Resp. for internal projects. Take over on-call duties. Company first aider.

2019-03 - 2019-08
AXOOM

DevOps Engineer

Automating with GitlabCI, Helm, Terraform and deploying to GKE/K8s.

2016-12 - 2019-02
BrandMaker

Systems Engineer

Automating with Ansible and GitlabCI. Administration of VMware, Linux, Windows and Veeam servers. Administration of Network devices.

2016-04 - 2016-11
EBI Computerlösungen

IT-Specialist

Administration of VMware, Linux, Windows and Veeam servers. Administration of Network devices. Development of Linux-based products like a thin-clinet for customers. Planning and implementation of customer projects.

2014-05 - 2016-03
Infokom

IT-Specialist

Administration of VMware, Linux, Windows and Veeam servers. Administration of Network devices. Planning and implementation of customer projects.

2012-07 - 2014-04
VICCON

System Administrator

Administration of VMware, Linux, Windows and Veeam servers. Administration of Network devices. Hardware Purchase and repair. Customer projects. ISO/IEC 27001 certified company.

2010-07 - 2012-07
Hochschule Karlsruhe - University of applied sciences

IT-Specialist

Administration of Linux and Windows servers. Administration of Desktops. System imaging for facultys computer labs. Hardware purchase and repairs. Helpdesk

Education

2007-2010
Heinrich-Hertz-Schule Karlsruhe & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

IT-Specialist

Vocational Training at the Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics (IAI).

Language Skills

German

100%

English

90%

Dutch

50%

1337

13,37%

Bash

95%

Python

65%

Skills, Certificates and Honors

  • Linux
  • Ansible
  • Puppet
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD
  • DevOps
  • Git
  • IT-Security
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • KritisV
  • Databases
  • Storage Systems
  • Veeam
  • CCNA
  • VMWare
  • Unix
  • macOS
  • Windows
  • Teambuilding
  • Communication skills
  • Patience
  • Network with people
  • Self-motivation
  • Working well under pressure
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Willingness to take initiative
  • Truppmann
  • Truppführer
  • Sprechfunker
  • Atemschutzgeräteträger
  • Atemschutzgeräteträger Fortbildung
  • Chemikalienschutzanzugträger
  • Erste Hilfe
  • Motorsägenführer
  • Gefahrguterstmaßnahmen
  • Deutsches Schwimmabzeichen Bronze
  • Türöffnungstechniken
  • Messpraktikum
  • Pressearbeit an der Einsatzstelle
  • Drohnenpilot A1/A3
  • Maschinist
  • Mobile Übungsanlage Binnengewässer
  • Absturzsicherung
  • Fahrsicherheitstraining Feuerwehr
  • Drivers license classes A, B, BE, C1, C1E, C, CE, L, T
  • Fluthilfemedallie Rheinland-Pfalz 2021

Interests

  • Firefighting
  • Ice Hockey
  • Family and Friends
  • American Football
  • Travelling
  • Aviation
  • Automotive engineering
  • Electrical engineering
  • Computer engineering
  • Build Linux based servers
  • Running own Linux servers

Get In Touch

Email: christian at baumannmail dot com

GPG-Key: keys.openpgp.org/search?q=christian@baumannmail.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christian-baumann1990

Xing: xing.com/profile/Christian_Baumann81/cv

GitHub: github.com/siliconserver