Mike Houben
Platform Engineer · Founder, Houbsi IT Services
Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm, Germany
Platform engineer & IT consultant. I build and operate complete IT platforms — from infrastructure and CI/CD to identity management and team structures. Pragmatic, holistic, jargon-free.
Core Competencies
Platform & Virtualization
Proxmox VE · Docker · Podman · LXC
Network & Security
OPNsense · WireGuard · VLANs · CrowdSec · Traefik
CI/CD & Automation
GitLab CI/CD · Ansible · IaC · Semaphore
Identity & Access Management
Keycloak · Authentik · OIDC · SAML · SSO
Monitoring & Observability
Zabbix · LibreNMS · SNMP · Sentry
Operating Systems
Debian · RHEL/Rocky · Ubuntu Server
Collaboration
GitLab · Mattermost · Obsidian · MkDocs · Zammad
IoT & Smart Home
Home Assistant · Frigate NVR · Thread/Matter · MQTT
Leadership & Organization
Internal infrastructure platform built & led
Lead Platform Engineering — mentoring, pair debugging, structured troubleshooting methodology
Server migration IONOS → Hetzner & IdP migration Authentik → Keycloak
Traffic analysis, capacity planning, zero-downtime rollout
Processes & structures established
CODEOWNERS workflows, service maintainer matrix, escalation paths, debugging checklists
Stakeholder communication at leadership level
Diplomatic communication, systematic feedback culture, constructive incident reviews