enrico@localhost:~$ whoami

ENRICO SCHÖNIG

> Linux Engineer. Kubernetes Wrangler. Root by default.

Linux & Platform Engineer // 17+ years in IT

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enrico@localhost:~$ cat about.md

# ABOUT

I'm a Linux & Platform Engineer who builds and runs container platforms — Kubernetes on the full Rancher stack (Harvester, Longhorn and friends), automated with Ansible, orchestrated with Airflow, on a foundation of Ubuntu and SLES.

For the past year I've been bolting GPUs onto that platform to serve local AI workloads — the most fun I've had at work since discovering you could pipe things into other things.

Off the clock, the tinkering continues: a Proxmox homelab running more self-hosted open-source services than strictly necessary, Python for everything that needs automating, VS Code for everything else.

// I type on Apple hardware and drive a Tesla Model S.
// Some things even a Linux engineer won't compile from source.

enrico@localhost:~$ ls -la ~/skills/

# SKILLS

drwxr-xr-x operating-systems/

  • Ubuntu — fleet standard
  • SLES — enterprise workhorse
  • Linux administration — since 2009

drwxr-xr-x containers/

  • Kubernetes
  • Rancher
  • Harvester — HCI
  • Longhorn — storage
  • Docker

drwxr-xr-x automation/

  • Ansible — fleet config
  • Apache Airflow — pipelines

drwxr-xr-x ai-gpu/

  • GPU-accelerated Kubernetes
  • Local / self-hosted AI infra

drwxr-xr-x languages-tools/

  • Python — daily driver
  • VS Code — power user
  • Git

drwxr-xr-x homelab/

  • Proxmox VE
  • Self-hosted open-source stack

enrico@localhost:~$ systemctl status career.service

# EXPERIENCE

● career.service — Linux Engineer, Platform Team

Loaded:
loaded (/etc/platform-team.unit; enabled)
Active:
active (running) — Evonik Industries AG
Main PID:
1 (enrico)
Tasks:
  • Own & operate the company's Container Platform, end to end
  • Ubuntu & SLES fleet — automated with Ansible, orchestrated with Airflow
  • Kubernetes via the Rancher product suite: Rancher, Harvester, Longhorn
  • Past year: GPU-accelerated infrastructure serving local AI workloads company-wide

$ uptime

17+ years in IT

up since 2009 (IT apprenticeship), load average: 0.42, 0.17, 0.09 — never a dull decade

enrico@localhost:~$ git log --reverse -- education/

# EDUCATION

  1. commit a11c3d0 (tag: v1.0-apprentice)

    Date: 2009 – 2012

    IT Apprenticeship — where the career booted

  2. commit b5c2f19 (tag: v2.0-bsc)

    Date: 2015 – 2019

    B.Sc. Informatik (Computer Science) — Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule

enrico@localhost:~$ neofetch

# FUN FACTS

enrico@homelab

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OS
Human (Linux Enthusiast Edition)
Uptime
34 years
Shell
bash
Editor
VS Code
Distro of choice
Ubuntu
Daily driver
Python
Vehicle
Tesla Model S
Ecosystem
Apple
Package manager
apt / brew
Packages
too many (apt), even more (brew)
Kernel panics survived
several
Status
Currently compiling new skills…

enrico@localhost:~$ ./contact.sh --all

# CONTACT