Harald Dumdey

Solutions Engineer

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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

NetApp | 2021 - Present

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

NetApp | 2016 - 2021

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

NetApp | 2013 - 2018

Dedicated for the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company headquartered in Munich and Berlin.

Global Systems Engineer - Service Provider

NetApp | 2010 - 2013

Dedicated for one of the biggest European Service Providers.

Technical Global Advisor

NetApp | 2007 - 2010

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

Sun Microsystems | 1999 - 2007

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

Silicon Graphics | 1998 - 1999

On-site installations, post-sales and technical support for high-end visualization systems and supercomputers (SGI Onyx and Origin).

Laboratory Technician

Siemens | 1991 - 1998

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing labs & Laboratory for environmental testing.

Projects

New NetApp Customer (2020)

POC

All Flash Metrocluster for most critical Database of multibillion dollar company

New NetApp Customer (2018)

POC

All-Flash + tiering to Object Storage + Backup SDS (Media)

New NetApp Customer - Service Provider (2017)

POC

Datastore for VMware vSphere based on SolidFire

Multi Petabyte (2017)

RFP

Medical solutions company

Large scale All-Flash Storage incl. Backup + DR (2016)

Storage Design

Transition Several 7toC projects (2015)

Tech Refresh

Several 7toC projects - multi petabyte (7Mode ONTAP to clustered ONTAP)

Siemens PLM Teamcenter (2015)

Migration

One of the largest installations worldwide, Metrocluster, 15000 User

Certifications

SUSE Certified Administrator

SUSE

Certified Rancher Operator

Rancher

NetApp Solutions Engineer Specialist

NetApp

NetApp Systems Engineer Professional

NetApp

SolidFire Cloud Builder Systems Engineer

SolidFire

SolidFire Cloud Builder Sales Associate

SolidFire

NetApp Certified Clustered Data ONTAP Administrator

NetApp

NCDA NS0-156

Sun certified systems installer for SunCluster

Sun Microsystems

Highlights

Technologie Forum Bayern

NetApp

Speaker - DevOps (Fall 2019), Ansible (Spring 2019), DevOps & Container (2017)

AWS Summit Berlin

AWS

Speaker - Storage for the Cloud (2018)

NetApp Insight Berlin

NetApp

Speaker - Storage for the Cloud (2016)

Trainings

Linux Academy

plus more than 200 internal and external trainings