Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer · Platform engineering, identity & automation

Cloud systems.
Clear ownership.

I operate across Microsoft cloud services, infrastructure, identity and integrations—finding where problems really sit and turning evidence into controlled, verifiable solutions.

Current · DataBalk · Cloud Service Engineer · 2025–Present

01 / About

Infrastructure roots. Platform thinking.

The title is concise. The technical range is not.

Cloud and infrastructure are the through-line. Platform engineering, identity, automation and systems thinking are the depth behind it.

My background began in technical support and systems administration, expanded through hosting, Linux infrastructure and founding Obsite. Visnovo later took over the agency; I continue to work with them and take on a small amount of freelance work alongside my cloud role.

That mix helps me look beyond the visible error without losing sight of the customer or the operating reality.

01

Trace the whole chain

Follow a symptom through identity, infrastructure, applications, integrations and ownership until the real problem is visible.

02

Change with control

Use clear scope, least privilege, preflight checks and read-back verification so a technical change is also a dependable outcome.

03

Keep people aligned

Turn technical evidence into useful customer updates, product-team handovers and a practical next move.

Microsoft cloudIdentity & accessInfrastructureAutomation & delivery

02 / Experience

A career across the service stack

From support to cloud and infrastructure.

01

Microsoft cloud & application operations

DataBalk

Cloud Service Engineer

Operate and improve a Microsoft-cloud application ecosystem where customer questions can cross Azure infrastructure, Entra identities, Microsoft 365, business applications and external integrations. Trace ownership, shape controlled changes and verify the result.

02

Managed healthcare infrastructure

ITQ

Support Engineer

Supported virtual workplace and remote-desktop services across multiple Dutch hospital environments. Investigated incidents through the VMware and Citrix delivery layers, Windows Server infrastructure and NetApp storage within monitoring and SLA-driven operations.

03

Development, hosting & infrastructure

Visnovo SRL

DevOps Engineer

Continue to develop full-stack solutions, manage customer delivery and take responsibility for company infrastructure plus customer email and web-hosting environments. The relationship continued after Visnovo took over Obsite.

View complete experience, expertise and education

03 / Selected proof

Beyond the job description

Three ways to see how I work.

04 / Beyond work

Systems and people

The curiosity does not stop at the job title.

01

Home lab

Home servers, Proxmox, OPNsense, pfSense and custom smart solutions keep infrastructure hands-on outside work.

02

Community building

Founded and managed an online community of more than 400 members, including events, coordination and long-term growth.

03

Storytelling

Streaming and collaborative storytelling provide a different outlet for communication, structure and creativity.

05 / Contact

Selected freelance work

Need someone who can
see the whole chain?

A short note with the environment, the symptom and the outcome you need is enough to begin.

daniel@wimpel.info