Felix Schüren

Solutions Architect @ Plusnet GmbH - Ein Unternehmen der EnBW

About

I design and build scalable systems, usually through the unix principle of "one job, one tool". I believe in giving people tools and education to solve their problems consistently instead of solving just their current problem. Specialties: BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, routing, MPLS, peering manager, backbone design, network infrastructure design, operation of large-scale installations. Years of hands-on experience with Juniper M- and MX-Series routers, EX-Switches, JNCIE-SP #1484 (JNCIS-SP, JNCIP-SP)

Country

Germany

City

Cologne Bonn Region

Industry

Telecommunications

Skill

Data Center, BGP, Automation, Network Design

Experience

kÃ ln und umgebung, deutschland

senior consultant

xantaro

2017-9 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

group director of enterprise architecture

host europe group

2012-11 - 2017-8 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Ultimately responsible for business architecture, information system & technology architecture, data architecture, research & development and technology governance. Design and oversee the implementation of end-to-end integrated systems. Deliver architectural initiatives that drive revenue and improve efficiency in line with business strategy. Stakeholder management, translate business needs to technology teams and vice versa. Own the technology big picture and make sure the business strategy gels with the technology strategy.

head of network

host europe gmbh

2009-7 - 2012-10 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Leading two teams of Network Engineers & Network Security Specialists. Principal Network Engineer, responsible for the core L3 & L2 infrastructure within multiple data centres & exchange points. Leading company IPv6 testing & migration efforts.

head of network operations

host europe gmbh

2004-2 - 2009-7 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Leading a team of network engineers, growing the company network by an order of magnitude, developing network monitoring & automation systems, developing resilient high-performance DNS backend.

head of systems administration

host europe gmbh

2001-4 - 2004-2 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Leading a team of 3 sysadmins & software developers, supporting internal & customer servers (linux/bsd/windows), growing & maintaining the company network, developing a shared hosting platform.