Daniël Tromp

Daniël Tromp

Technical Lead Global Systems Infrastructure

Profile

With over 18 years in IT, I have found my drive in solving complex infrastructure-related problems. Throughout my career, I have enriched and broadened my knowledge base, gaining experience at companies and organizations ranging from SMEs to multinational enterprises. I excel at providing appropriate analyses and solutions, resolving problems in a manner that both engineers and management can work with.

My technical interests primarily lie in Virtualization, Multi-Cloud, Storage, and Backup. Over the past 18 years, I have worked for the top 10 Internet Service/Hosting Providers in the Netherlands. In addition to designing and maintaining infrastructure, I advise clients who are not achieving expected performance from their available hardware, IaaS, or cloud solutions.

Expertise

VMware Infrastructure

vSphere VCF/SDDC vSAN NSX-T vCloud Director vRealize Suite Horizon VDI

Storage Systems

Pure Storage NetApp Huawei Dorado Ceph SolidFire 3PAR IBM Storwize

Compute & Networking

Cisco UCS Dell Servers HPE Synergy AVI Load Balancing FortiGate

Backup & DR

Veeam B&R Commvault Rubrik Zerto VCDA

Development & Automation

Python PowerShell Docker Puppet Zabbix NetBox

Methodology

Agile/Scrum TOGAF ITIL Prince2

Experience

Jul 2025 — Present

Enreach

Technical Lead Global Systems Infrastructure

Leading a team of 5 engineers responsible for enterprise IT infrastructure including VMware environments, storage systems (Dorado, NetApp, Ceph), monitoring via Zabbix, and datacenter operations across multiple locations. Developing Atlas, an integrated infrastructure management platform connecting vCenter, NetBox, Zabbix, Jira, and Confluence.

VMware vSphere Zabbix NetBox Python/FastAPI Team Leadership
Aug 2023 — Jul 2025

KPN

Senior DevOps Engineer

Working in the Datacenter Infra, Private Cloud department within OnePlatform using Agile/Scrum. Responsible for critical KPN infrastructure and systems. Leading role within the team, coaching and guiding engineers alongside technical responsibilities. Managing VMware IaaS platform for external customers in KPN Datacenters.

VCF/SDDC vSAN NSX-T VCD AVI vROPS
Nov 2022 — Aug 2023

Exact

Senior Consultant

Responsible for VMware vRealize Automation, NAS migration projects, and quality control documentation. Mapping systems, planning upgrades, and creating integrations. Managing 2000+ VMs across datacenters in Zeist and Singapore.

vRA/vRO vRLCM Rubrik PureStorage NetApp
May 2022 — Sep 2022

Vancis

Technical Consultant

Led optimization of NetApp SolidFire storage experiencing performance issues during backup windows. Developed backup solutions with Veeam and provided vCloud optimization proposals. Environment: 2000+ physical servers, 10,000+ VMs across 3 datacenters.

NetApp SolidFire Veeam vCloud Cisco UCS
Jan 2020 — Jan 2022

Uniserver / Denit

Cloud Engineer

VMware vSphere and vCloud maintenance, server (Dell) and storage (IBM, Tintri, NetApp) capacity expansion. After Uniserver acquisition in 2021, handled infrastructure transfer and vCloud knowledge transfer. Wrote advanced troubleshooting and upgrade documentation. Environment: 3000+ physical servers across 5 datacenters.

HPE 3PAR IBM V7000 NSX-V Zerto Python
Jan 2019 — Jan 2020

Search & Resolve

Consultant, Engineer, Architect

Independent ICT Engineer, Consultant and Architect with expertise in VMware & Microsoft. Applied AI/ML technologies including OpenCV, TensorFlow for computer vision projects.

AI/ML Python Docker TensorFlow
Jan 2017 — Jan 2019

Sabbatical

Career Development & Training

Broadened expertise with training in Python, Machine Learning (TensorFlow), facial recognition, and computer vision technologies. Developed skills in data and media analysis including unsupervised clustering and supervised identification/tracking on live surveillance systems.

Jan 2014 — Dec 2016

Pure Storage

Pre-Sales Engineer

Part of Pure Storage HQ in Silicon Valley, handling engineering in BeNeLux. Technical translation for customers and liaising with US developers. Supporting local sales and training partners/customers on Pure Storage array installation, usage, and troubleshooting.

Pure Storage SolidFire XtremIO FC/iSCSI
Jan 2012 — Jan 2014

CGI

IT Infrastructure Architect

Focused on Server-Based Computing, VDI, Cloud, and Virtualization. Deployed at organizations experiencing growth challenges, identifying weakest links and developing implementation/transition proposals. Clients included ABN, ING, Geld Service Nederland. Served as Knowledge Leader Virtualization for all CGI Netherlands.

IBM Storwize IBM Flex Horizon VDI TOGAF
Jan 2008 — Jan 2012

Vancis - a Sara company

Senior System Engineer Cloud Strategy

Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining a scalable VMware vSphere Farm exposed through InContinuum CloudPortal. Pre-Sales Consultancy for customers and partners. Strategy role covering Portfolio management and Innovation research. Designed and built a cloud environment scaling to 2000+ VMs, serving 200+ partners and 200+ customers.

Cloud Design Pure Storage vPlex Cisco UCS
Jan 2007 — Jan 2008

Cards ICT Solutions

IT Consultant

Guided SunRay projects domestically and internationally in collaboration with Sun Microsystems, from pre-sales to delivery. Contributed to the development of Sun VDI solution.

Sun SGD SunRay Sun VDI 3PAR

Certifications

VCP
VMware Certified Professional
2009 — present
VRA
vRealize Automation ICM v8.3
2021
VCD
VMware Cloud Director ICM
2021
MCSE
Cloud Platform & Infrastructure
2017
PS
Pure Storage Sales Engineer
2015
TOG
TOGAF 9 Foundation
2014
UCS
Cisco UCS Design Specialist
2012
P2
Prince2 Foundation
2012
ITL
ITIL Foundation
2005

Education

2002 — 2007
HBO - Network Infrastructure Design
Hogeschool Zuyd, Heerlen
1998 — 2002
MBO - Mechanical Engineering
Leeuwenborgh, Maastricht

Languages

Dutch
English
German