Summary
Joerg Dorchain is an experienced infrastructure and systems engineer with 26 years managing and securing large-scale data centers and internet infrastructure across research, finance, and government. Currently Group Admin at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, he combines hands-on UNIX/*BSD/Linux system administration with team leadership, project management and end-to-end system integration. His background includes coordinating complex IT change projects at the European Commission and building high-availability networks for satellite-based internet services, giving him deep operational and procedural discipline. Specialties include internet and system security, large-scale routing and disaster response, plus writing technical procedures that make operations repeatable and auditable. Fluent in German and English, with basic French, he brings both technical depth and cross-border communication skills useful in international research and enterprise environments. Colleagues value him for blending pragmatic sysadmin instincts with structured project oversight to keep critical services resilient.
26 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Computer Science, Diploma, Computer Science at Universität des Saarlandes