Infrastructure & architecture
Assessment, planning and evolution of established platforms and data-centre environments with regard to integration, availability, security and operations.
Background & experience
Background, roles and project experience.
kuntz-it.net was founded by Dr Stephan Kuntz in 1999. The micro-brand brings together long-standing project experience in IT infrastructure, architecture and engineering – from focused assessment through migration and technical project responsibility to stabilisation and operations.
Technical responsibilities
Architecture, implementation and operations considered as one coherent context.
Migration & transformation
Structuring demanding initiatives and managing technical dependencies, risks, quality, decisions and handovers.
Identity & directory services
In-depth practical experience in architecture, migration, authorisation and stabilisation of identity and directory services.
Virtualisation & availability
Platform, cluster, management, backup and recovery concepts for virtualised enterprise environments.
Operations & stabilisation
Operating models, process improvement, technical quality assurance and support in complex support situations.
Automation & documentation
PowerShell-based automation, repeatable procedures, technical documentation and structured knowledge transfer.
Levels of work
From systems assessment to a sustainable operational handover.
Assessment & target architecture
Current state, requirements, risks and dependencies are assessed and translated into transparent technical options.
Projects & change
Initiatives are structured and decisions, interfaces, technical risks, quality and handovers are managed appropriately.
Engineering & stabilisation
Depending on the assignment, technical decisions are supported through migration, automation, root-cause analysis and stabilisation.
Operations & knowledge transfer
Documentation, operating models, clear responsibilities and focused knowledge transfer support a sustainable handover.
Engagement framework
Different technical assignments, each with a clear role and sound scope.
Architecture review
Focused assessment of a platform, target architecture, technical project situation or forthcoming infrastructure decision.
Architecture or concept assignment
Defined analysis resulting in a decision basis, migration, security or operating concept.
Migration & consolidation
Planning, technical management or specialist support for a defined change initiative.
Project or interim responsibility
Time- and scope-defined leadership, stabilisation or technical support for a demanding initiative.
Whether an assignment can be accepted depends on the technical fit, expected scope of responsibility, timeframe and on-site requirements. The binding scope is agreed after the initial clarification.
Industry knowledge
Experience across differently regulated and organised environments.
Banking & financial services
Development bank, universal banking group, authentication, authorisation and auditable protection of privileged accounts.
Public administration & security
Long-standing architecture and advisory work as well as support in security-critical public-sector environments.
Universities & higher-education administration
Campus-wide platforms, directory services, networking, security, migration and disaster recovery.
Industry & manufacturing
End-customer projects, infrastructure development, staff development and infrastructure migration in production environments.
IT, software & consulting
Software vendors, IT groups, service providers and partners – from engineering and pre-sales to the professional development of consulting teams.
Logistics & mid-sized organisations
Enterprise-wide platforms and the technical and organisational development of comprehensive IT landscapes.
This classification is based on the available profile and omits client names for reasons of confidentiality.
Roles & assignments
Selected positions and contributions.
Development bank · architect
Authentication and authorisation methods for internal, hybrid and external entities.
Security authority · Premier Field Engineer
Windows, Active Directory and AD FS on behalf of an international software vendor.
Universal banking group · architect
Automated and auditable protection of privileged accounts.
University · consultant / architect
Campus-wide infrastructure development involving Exchange, Active Directory, networking, security and disaster recovery.
Public administration · consultant / architect
Consolidation, identity, platform architecture, systems management, virtualisation and support.
IT company · consultant / architect
Staff development, strategic requirements work, workshops and client project planning.
Industry · consultant / architect
End-customer projects, staff development and planning for a Microsoft consulting environment.
Various clients · architect / trainer
Workshops, individual training and technical qualification programmes.
Technical foundation
Broad infrastructure expertise with particular depth in identity services.
Active Directory and adjacent identity services are a specialist focus. The project practice is materially broader, spanning virtualisation, messaging, networking and security as well as integration, automation, operations, availability and heterogeneous systems landscapes.
Identity & directory services
Active Directory, GPO, DNS, AD FS, AD CS, AD LDS, RMS and MIIS / ILM / FIM / MIM.
Platforms & virtualisation
Windows Server, Hyper-V, SCVMM, System Center, clustering and availability technologies, RDS and DFS / FRS.
Messaging & integration
Exchange, IIS, SQL Server, BizTalk, XML / SOAP and established Microsoft integration environments.
Networking & security
Firewall and DMZ architectures, VPN, IDS / IPS, RADIUS / NPS, German BSI baseline protection, security and authorisation concepts.
Automation & development
PowerShell, C#, Transact-SQL, ADSI and script-based automation of administrative and audit-relevant tasks.
Operations & heterogeneous systems
Operations and systems management, including experience with Linux, OpenBSD, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris, Novell and Cisco IOS.
Supplementary advisory fields
Strategic and people-related questions with a direct connection to IT.
These services supplement the technical core and are accepted only within a clearly defined professional and time framework.
Strategic advisory
Assessment of target states, priorities, responsibility models and development paths for IT functions within large organisations and for comprehensive IT landscapes of mid-sized clients. Advice remains anchored in feasibility, architecture and operations.
People advisory & development in IT
Support with role profiles, team structures, skills development and leadership situations. This includes long-standing staff-development work for major clients, individual coaching, workshops, qualification and confidential sparring for specialists and executives.
Qualifications & forms of work
Academic background, long-standing training practice and work in different roles.
Assignment clarification
Discuss the task, role and potential scope in confidence.
For an initial assessment, it is useful to outline the objective, current situation, expected role, timeframe and on-site requirements. Whether and in what framework the assignment can be accepted is then clarified on a binding basis.
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