[ 01 ] ARCHITECT · PLATFORM ENGINEER · FOUNDER

Mike Houben.
Platform Engineer
& IT Consultant.

Platform engineer & IT consultant with 10+ years of experience — from 24/7 data center operations and cloud & DevOps to founding my own IT consultancy. I build and operate complete IT platforms: infrastructure, CI/CD, identity management, compliance. Pragmatic, holistic, jargon-free.

Get in touch → Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm, Germany
PRINCIPLE_01

Pragmatic,
not dogmatic.

Every solution must work in practice — not just in theory.

10+
YEARS_EXP
HOMELAB_STATUS

No blind guessing.

What I recommend runs first in my own infrastructure — tested, evaluated, optimised.

6+
SERVICE_AREAS
[ 02 ] ENGINEERING TOOLKIT

Core Competencies

01.

Platform & Virtualization

Proxmox VE · xcp-ng · Docker · Podman · LXC

02.

Network & Security

OPNsense · WireGuard · VLANs · CrowdSec · Traefik · ISO/IEC 27001:2022

03.

CI/CD & Automation

GitLab CI/CD · Ansible · IaC · Semaphore

04.

Identity & Access Management

Keycloak · Authentik · OIDC · SAML · SSO

05.

Monitoring & Observability

Zabbix · LibreNMS · SNMP · Sentry

06.

Cloud & Data Center

Hetzner · Azure · Rechenzentrum · 24/7 NOC

07.

Operating Systems

Debian · RHEL · AlmaLinux · Ubuntu Server

08.

Development

PHP · Laravel · Vue.js · Node.js · MySQL · MongoDB

09.

IoT & Smart Home

Home Assistant · Frigate NVR · Thread/Matter · MQTT

[ 03 ] LOGS & HISTORY
Apr. 2024 – present

Geschäftsführer

Houbsi IT Services

IT infrastructure consulting for freelancers & small businesses — platforms, DevOps, IAM, hosting.

Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2025

NOC IT Service Technician · Data Center

InterNetX

24/7 operations of server & network infrastructure. Built internal platforms using xcp-ng, Proxmox, Docker, Ansible. Big Data and Network Monitoring projects.

Apr. 2022 – Mar. 2023

Cloud / DevOps Consultant

inSyca IT Solutions GmbH

Cloud infrastructure & DevOps on Azure. EDI application support (BizTalk), requirement engineering, test planning.

Oct. 2021 – Mar. 2022

DevOps Engineer & Full-Stack Developer

Projekt Langstrumpf GmbH

Complete Hetzner cloud setup, CI/CD automation, DNS. Full-stack with Vue.js (Nuxt, Quasar), Node.js (Strapi), PHP (Laravel, Shopware), MySQL, MongoDB.

Oct. 2018 – Feb. 2020

Senior Customer Advisor · Deputy Team Lead

CHECK24

Digitalisation of insurance processes. IT bug analysis and escalation to internal IT. Built internal knowledge base. Deputy team lead.

Aug. 2011 – Apr. 2013

EU IT Support Centre Specialist

Staples

EU-wide IT inbound support. Problem analysis, internal knowledge base, one-touch handling.

[ 04 ] LEADERSHIP & ORGANISATION

Founded & built Houbsi IT Services

Independent positioning, client acquisition, offer strategy and service definition

IT Operations Management — team leadership & development

Staff scheduling, professional development, compliance implementation (ISO/IEC 27001:2022, GDPR)

Regional Manager Swabia — cooperative sales

Coordinating part-time insurance agents across Swabia, personnel acquisition, strategic territory planning

Deputy Team Lead & Knowledge Management — CHECK24

Deputy team leadership, built internal knowledge base, supported apprentice training

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