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Daniel Weissengruber
Senior Systems Engineer & Site Reliability Engineer
Experienced Systems Engineer with 10+ years in payment infrastructure, Kubernetes orchestration, and incident response. Specialized in building resilient distributed systems, CI/CD automation, and managing complex production environments at scale. Strong background in security testing and Unix systems administration.
# Contact 📬
# Experience 💼
Apprentice
@ TU Vienna - Edvlab
2014-09-01 - 2018-03-01
Provided internal IT support and web development using Magento and Odoo. Primarily worked with Windows systems and gained foundational experience in systems administration.
- Development of internal software for managing distributed print jobs
Community service
@ Jugendrotkreuz
2018-04-01 - 2018-11-01
Delivered materials for first aid courses to schools while completing mandatory community service requirement.
- Automated manual office workflows using C# to improve operational efficiency beyond assigned duties
Junior Sysadmin
@ Ixolit GmbH
2018-11-01 - 2021-11-01
Managed critical infrastructure supporting payment processing systems. Developed Python automation tools for network security and SCEP certificate management.
- Maintained and scaled fleet of 100+ Linux servers for filesharing platform infrastructure
- Implemented automated monitoring and alerting systems for 24/7 operations
- Developed Python scripts for network automation and security certificate management
Sysadmin
@ Ixolit GmbH
2021-11-01 - 2023-11-01
Key member of 24/7 on-call rotation for critical on-premise payment infrastructure. Led incident response and system reliability initiatives.
- Designed and implemented comprehensive CI/CD testing pipeline for PHP applications in Kubernetes
- Managed incident response procedures for payment processing systems with 99.9% uptime requirements
- Orchestrated complex deployments and rollbacks in on-premise production systems
- Developed automated testing frameworks reducing deployment risks by 60%
Senior Systems Engineer
@ Ixopay GmbH
2023-11-01 - Present
Senior Systems Engineer at IXOPAY, a global payment orchestration platform. Architect and maintain enterprise-grade payment infrastructure supporting millions of transactions.
- Architected development environment provisioning using Helm charts and DevSpace for rapid iteration
- Built and maintained payment tokenization and orchestration systems processing high-volume transactions
- Implemented advanced monitoring and observability solutions using Sentry and custom tooling
- Collaborated with development teams to optimize system performance and reliability
- Designed disaster recovery procedures for mission-critical payment infrastructure
# Skills ⚡
## Systems Engineering & Infrastructure
## Programming & Development
## Security & Incident Response
## Payment Systems & Fintech
## Monitoring & Observability
# Projects 🚀
Role: Developer, Designer
Personal website redesign with minimalist CLI aesthetic
- Hugo static site generator
- Terminal-inspired design
- Responsive layout
ESP32 Hardware Case
2020-10-07
Role: Hardware Designer
Custom 3D printed enclosure for ESP32 microcontroller projects
- 3D modeling and printing
- Hardware integration
- IoT project housing
Minecraft Server Plugin
2018-02-20
Role: Developer
Custom server plugin development for enhanced gameplay
- Java plugin development
- Server administration
- Community management
Payment Infrastructure Automation
2023-11-01
Role: Senior Systems Engineer
CI/CD pipeline and deployment automation for IXOPAY payment systems
- Kubernetes orchestration
- Helm chart development
- DevSpace integration
- High-availability payment processing
Logic Truth Table Generator
2016-07-20
Role: Developer
Educational tool for generating and analyzing boolean logic truth tables
- Algorithm implementation
- Educational software
- Logic gate simulation
# Achievements 🏆
Introduction Badge
2019-12-18
PentesterLab
Unix Badge
2019-12-19
PentesterLab
Essential Badge
2019-12-27
PentesterLab
PCAP Badge
2019-12-28
PentesterLab
White Badge
2021-10-02
PentesterLab
Serialize Badge
2021-10-02
PentesterLab
Yellow Badge
2021-10-04
PentesterLab
Blue Badge
2021-10-05
PentesterLab
Recon Badge
2022-06-25
PentesterLab
HTTP Badge
2022-06-25
PentesterLab
Green Badge
2022-07-02
PentesterLab
# Education 🎓
Student - -
2001-09-01 - 2005-06-01
Volksschule Pöttsching
Grade: 2.0
Student - -
2005-09-01 - 2010-06-01
Wolfgarten Gymnasium der Diözese
Grade: 3.0
Student - Software Development
2010-09-01 - 2013-06-01
Höhere technische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt
Grade: 3.0
Student - Software Development
2013-09-01 - 2014-06-01
HTL Spengergasse
Grade: 4.0