Markus Kraus
Technical Solution Specialist at Die Techniker
Hamburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMarkus Kraus is a Technical Solution Specialist based in Hamburg with a decade of hands-on experience designing and automating VMware and cloud infrastructures. He blends systems engineering and consulting experience from roles at Die Techniker, VMware, and multiple enterprise service providers to deliver resilient, efficient platforms and services. An active blogger and open-source contributor, Markus develops PowerCLI and PowerShell automation (including VM hardening, VCSA backup, and ESXi configuration) and uses tools like Ansible and Terraform to codify operational best practices. He’s known for turning imperfect systems into useful, maintainable solutions—favoring pragmatic automation that reduces toil and raises availability.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Fachinformatiker - Systemintegration, Fachinformatiker - Systemintegration at Deutsche Telekom AG
English, German
Github Skills (10)
powershell10
vsphere10
automation10
automations10
vmware10
powercli10
vmware-workstation10
vmware-tools10
scripting10
esxi9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts
Nov 2016 - Jul 2020
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:34 commits, 25 PRs, 15 comments in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Markus primarily contributed to the development of PowerCLI scripts for VMware environments. Their work focused on creating and modifying PowerShell modules to automate tasks such as VM hardening, resource sizing recommendations, and CBT management. Additionally, the user implemented functions for VCSA backup and ESXi host configuration, showcasing expertise in VMware infrastructure automation.
vMarkusK/veeam_rest-ansible
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
Veeam Backup & Replication RestAPI Ansible Module
Contributions:81 commits, 6 PRs, 16 pushes in 2 years
ansible-moduleansibleveeam-backuprestapireplication
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