Sander Stad
DevOps Engineer at Data Masterminds
South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolSander Stad is a DevOps engineer and data platform specialist with 10+ years' experience modernizing SQL Server estates and automating infrastructure across Azure, GitHub and on-prem environments. He blends deep SQL Server internals and PowerShell expertise—demonstrated by contributions to the well-known dbatools project—with IaC and pipeline work using Bicep, Terraform and GitHub Actions to drive repeatable, secure deployments. At client-facing firms he builds policy-driven, enterprise-scale automation (including SCCM and SQL hardening) and crafts reusable CI/CD patterns that reduce toil across 100+ instances. Based in South Holland and recognized in the Microsoft data ecosystem, he combines pragmatic operational experience with open-source collaboration to make migrations and platform hardening safer and faster.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MBO IT, MBO IT at Mon3aan OnderwijsgroepMAVO Exact subjects, MAVO Exact subjects at Pallas CollegeBachelor Technische Informatica, Bachelor Technische Informatica at De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences
English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (10)
stored-procedures10
functionfs10
database-administration10
sql10
git6
sql-server6
change-tracking6
version-control6
wizard6
log-shipping6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dataplat/dbatools
Oct 2016 - Jan 2023
🚀 SQL Server automation and instance migrations have never been safer, faster or freer
Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Database Engineer / Database AdministratorContributions:23 reviews, 314 commits, 119 PRs in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Sander's contributions primarily involved modifying and creating stored procedures and functions related to managing SQL Server Agent jobs, database objects, and log shipping configurations. Their work focused on updating existing functions to add new functionality, refactoring commands, and addressing existing issues with parameter assignments and the implementation of new database features. This demonstrates a strong understanding of database administration and SQL Server Agent internals.
sqlserverbackupsaferserver-automationsql-server
sanderstad/powershellbyexample
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
PowerShell By Example
Contributions:1 review, 212 commits, 23 PRs in 1 month
powershellpowershell-modulepowershell-modules
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