Trace the whole chain
Follow a symptom through identity, infrastructure, applications, integrations and ownership until the real problem is visible.
Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer · Platform engineering, identity & automation
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.
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.
Follow a symptom through identity, infrastructure, applications, integrations and ownership until the real problem is visible.
Use clear scope, least privilege, preflight checks and read-back verification so a technical change is also a dependable outcome.
Turn technical evidence into useful customer updates, product-team handovers and a practical next move.
02 / Experience
A career across the service stack
Microsoft cloud & application operations
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.
Managed healthcare infrastructure
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.
Development, hosting & infrastructure
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.
03 / Selected proof
Beyond the job description
Cloud, infrastructure & founder-led engineering
Sanitised decisions from DataBalk, Visnovo and Obsite—showing how I work across identity, infrastructure, delivery and customer ownership.
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Community platform & infrastructure
A community platform operated like a small internal cloud: identity, member evidence, chat bridging, delivery automation and game hosting with explicit trust boundaries.
03Independent migration & recovery tooling
IMAP migration tooling built around explainable plans, durable journals and read-back verification so interrupted work can be understood and resumed safely.
04 / Beyond work
Systems and people
Home servers, Proxmox, OPNsense, pfSense and custom smart solutions keep infrastructure hands-on outside work.
Founded and managed an online community of more than 400 members, including events, coordination and long-term growth.
Streaming and collaborative storytelling provide a different outlet for communication, structure and creativity.
05 / Contact
Selected freelance work
A short note with the environment, the symptom and the outcome you need is enough to begin.
daniel@wimpel.info