Christian Hatz
Infrastructure & DevOps, since 2005
Senior System Engineer with 20+ years in enterprise Linux environments. Specializing in infrastructure automation with Ansible, CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GoCD, and observability with ELK Stack – built and operated in production at scale. Beyond technical delivery, I bring a structured approach covering requirements engineering, technical project management and stakeholder communication. Currently extending classical automation with AI agent workflows to eliminate repetitive manual processes. Based in the Karlsruhe region, available for remote and on-site engagements across the DACH region.
What I
bring to the table.
Primary Skills
- Infrastructure as Code — Ansible
- Linux Systems — Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat
- Containers — Docker, Kubernetes
- CI/CD — GoCD, Jenkins, Maven, Git
- Observability — ELK Stack
Emerging Practice
- AI Agents & Workflow Automation — replacing manual operational processes with AI-driven pipelines
Secondary Skills
- Application Servers — Tomcat, Wildfly, jBPM
- Shell Scripting, System Integration
- Requirements Engineering, Project Management
Career
highlights.
- 2006–08
arvato-infoscore
Release- and Problem-Management for financial services applications
- 2008–10
United Internet 1&1 MF
Application management for large-scale portal web infrastructure
- 2010–17
United Internet 1&1 BPMO
System analysis and automation for business process and order management
- 2017–present
IONOS Billing Solutions
Senior System Analyst; infrastructure automation with Ansible, CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GoCD, monitoring with ELK Stack — for enterprise-scale billing systems. Permanent role, part-time · available for freelance projects.
CV & Certificates
for download.
Curriculum
Senior System Engineer, 20+ years enterprise Linux. Ansible, CI/CD (Jenkins/GoCD), ELK Stack — Production at scale. Currently integrating AI agents to automate manual workflows.
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