Alexander Eckert
Head Of IT Operations
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Summary
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SeniorAlexander Eckert is a seasoned IT operations leader with over two decades in systems and infrastructure, currently heading IT Operations at freenet DLS where he leads ~40 engineers and oversees ~1500 servers, databases and multi-cloud integrations. He blends hands-on SRE and release engineering with strategic responsibilities for datacenter connectivity, SLA management and XaaS evaluation, driving automation (Ansible), Kubernetes adoption and synthetic monitoring. A proponent of modern, non-hierarchical leadership, he focuses on responsibility, continuous development and team participation to create motivated, purpose-driven teams. His career path from UNIX/Linux and SAP system administration to senior SRE and operational leadership gives him deep operational insight and pragmatic stability engineering. Less obvious: he has long-standing institutional knowledge across freenet DLS—serving in roles from application admin to supervisory board member—which helps him bridge technical, organizational and governance perspectives.
8 years of coding experience
German, English
Github Skills (16)
python8
home-automation7
iot7
home-assistant7
raspberry-pi7
mqtt6
automation6
privacy6
asyncio5
google-authenticator4
internet-of-things3
kotlin3
authenticator3
garden3
android-app3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
WarEmu/WarBugs
Nov 2017 - Aug 2019
WarEmu, WarDB and WarScripts Bugtracker
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 1 year 8 months
bugtracker
sioding/test
Nov 2017 - Jan 2020
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 2 years 2 months
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