Harald Dumdey
Computer nerd since 1984. IT-Professional since 1997. Creative and positive thinker with ‘a different view’, Teamplayer & Autodidact.
Work Experience
Cloud & Software Solution Architect - Observability & Security
I work with sales specialists and management to create and execute on a strategy for success of NetApps SaaS business in the DACH (Germany, Austria & Switzerland) region. It is my responsibility to understand customer problems and initiatives, architect appropriate solutions, design and run proof-of-concepts and onboard customers into active consumption. My focus is on products for hybrid cloud observability, monitoring, optimization, troubleshooting and protecting data from ransomware and potential misuse.
Solutions Engineer
In my roles as Solutions Engineer/Global Systems Engineer, I was responsible for ‘Enterprise Accounts’ in Germany, a ‘Global Account’ & a ‘Service Provider’. I provided technical knowledge and support to customers with on-site and remote meetings, workshops and POCs. With a strong technical background, I evaluated customer requirements and developed on-premise, hybrid and multi-cloud solutions to meet customer needs.
Global Systems Engineer - Global Accounts
Dedicated for the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company headquartered in Munich and Berlin.
Global Systems Engineer - Service Provider
Dedicated for one of the biggest European Service Providers.
Technical Global Advisor
Proactive & reactive support, single point of contact and coordination of escalations. Dedicated for one of the biggest European Service Provider.
Strategic Support Engineer & Proactive Technical Analyst
Complex on-site installations, integration and migrations of high-end server and (SAN) storage systems had been a part of my job. I also did proactive analysis and recommendations for customers Datacenter environments.
System Support Engineer
On-site installations, post-sales and technical support for high-end visualization systems and supercomputers (SGI Onyx and Origin).
Laboratory Technician
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing labs & Laboratory for environmental testing.
Projects
New NetApp Customer (2020)
All Flash Metrocluster for most critical Database of multibillion dollar company
New NetApp Customer (2018)
All-Flash + tiering to Object Storage + Backup SDS (Media)
New NetApp Customer - Service Provider (2017)
Datastore for VMware vSphere based on SolidFire
Multi Petabyte (2017)
Medical solutions company
Large scale All-Flash Storage incl. Backup + DR (2016)
Transition Several 7toC projects (2015)
Several 7toC projects - multi petabyte (7Mode ONTAP to clustered ONTAP)
Siemens PLM Teamcenter (2015)
One of the largest installations worldwide, Metrocluster, 15000 User
Certifications
SUSE Certified Administrator
Certified Rancher Operator
NetApp Solutions Engineer Specialist
NetApp Systems Engineer Professional
SolidFire Cloud Builder Systems Engineer
SolidFire Cloud Builder Sales Associate
NetApp Certified Clustered Data ONTAP Administrator
NCDA NS0-156
Sun certified systems installer for SunCluster
Highlights
Technologie Forum Bayern
Speaker - DevOps (Fall 2019), Ansible (Spring 2019), DevOps & Container (2017)
AWS Summit Berlin
Speaker - Storage for the Cloud (2018)
NetApp Insight Berlin
Speaker - Storage for the Cloud (2016)