Hi, I'm Moritz.

IT infrastructure,
built layer
by layer.

For over 20 years, I have been building and running IT and communication infrastructures as a Senior System Engineer. Alongside my permanent position, I support companies in Switzerland and Germany with their IT projects, from planning and setup to ongoing operations.

lomen.io · from the mountains

Experience20+ years

IT and communication infrastructure

Infrastructure10+ racks

in own, redundant datacenters

LocationsCH + DE

redundancy across two countries

SupportPersonal

via support portal, phone or email

My Services

IT Setup

Tailored IT solutions, planned and implemented from the hardware to a fully configured environment.

IT Operations

Support for your team with incidents, optimization of existing systems and projects such as migrations.

IT Consulting

An honest analysis of your existing infrastructure shows where modernization, better security or more efficiency really pay off.

IT Security

Your systems, data and communication channels are checked for weaknesses, protected where it matters and monitored continuously.

Managed Services

Servers, network and backup have to run reliably, yet they often get too little attention in-house. This is exactly where your IT gets relief, either completely or alongside your own team, and if you like also with advice on decisions or the lead on individual projects such as a migration. Each area can be booked on its own, and as soon as you combine several, they work hand in hand.

Managed Server

Servers, firewall, storage, virtualization and monitoring from a single source, tailored to your needs instead of a standard package. Everything runs in redundant datacenters in Switzerland and Germany or directly on your premises.

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Managed Network

Your entire on-site network, from internet connectivity through firewall, switching and WLAN to segmentation. Because everything is planned, documented and continuously maintained, it forms a solid foundation for your IT security.

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Managed Backup

Your data is backed up following the 3-2-1-1-0 rule, replicated to a second site and protected against ransomware with immutable, air-gapped copies. Together we define how much data may be lost at most (RPO) and how quickly everything has to be running again (RTO).

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About me

Portrait of Moritz Erhardt

Technology fascinated me as a child, and computers already caught my interest in first grade. That curiosity has long since become a profession that is still fun today.

What I enjoy most is creating entire IT infrastructures. Networks, servers, storage, backup and firewalls each have their own job, but the real challenge is connecting them into an environment that works reliably as a whole. That has a lot in common with a craft, because at the end something of your own has been created.

What excites me in particular is the combination of logical thinking and creativity: developing standards, simplifying systems until only what is truly needed remains, and then implementing that cleanly and thoughtfully. The most rewarding projects are those where experience can be brought in while still learning something new.

Just as important to me is honest collaboration on equal footing. Anything that affects you as a client is put on the table openly, because trust isn't built by nothing ever going wrong, but by how it is handled when it does.

Skills

RZDatacenter Infrastructure

  • Planning, building, and maintaining datacenter infrastructures for medium-sized businesses
  • Selection and implementation of suitable server, network, storage, and backup solutions
  • Ensuring high availability, scalability, and operational reliability

ITIT Integration of Subsidiaries

  • Planning and implementation of full network integration for subsidiaries
  • Project leadership: from concept to handover to central IT
  • Migration of existing systems, site interconnects, alignment of Active Directory structures

OSOperating Systems & Servers

  • Windows Server (2003-2025, incl. Core), Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS)
  • Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP
  • Microsoft certificate authorities (Active Directory Certificate Services / PKI)
  • Microsoft Terminal Server / RDS
  • Administration of NTFS permissions

EMEmail & Messaging

  • Microsoft Exchange, online and on-premises
  • Mail security gateways: FortiMail, Proxmox Mail Gateway
  • Postfix, Dovecot
  • Mailcow as a complete groupware mail system

VMVirtualization & Backup

  • VMware, Citrix, Hyper-V, Proxmox
  • Backup: Veeam, Commvault
  • Automated backup strategies, offsite backup, recovery testing
  • Operating highly available virtualized environments

FWNetworking & Security

  • LAN/WAN, routing/switching (Cisco, HPE, Juniper, Fortinet)
  • Firewalls: Palo Alto, Juniper, Cisco, Sophos, Fortinet
  • Network segmentation, site interconnects (MPLS, SD-WAN, VPN)
  • VPN technologies: IPsec, SSL, site-to-site, remote access
  • Security concepts based on tiering models (DMZ, internal zones)

AZCloud & Azure

  • Microsoft Azure: Azure AD, virtual networks, VPN gateway, Azure VMs
  • Hybrid cloud architectures

VOTelephony & VoIP

  • VoIP systems, PBXs
  • 3CX (cloud & on-prem), Microsoft Teams integration, SIP trunk management

MOMonitoring & Infrastructure Management

  • Zabbix: building and operating monitoring infrastructures
  • Performance monitoring, alerting, and reporting

DBWeb & Databases

  • Web servers: IIS, Apache, Nginx
  • Basic knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Monitoring & performance analysis

Prefer the terminal?

If you prefer the command line, you can explore the whole website in the telnet terminal as well, including some network tools, the services in short form and a small quiz.

telnet lomen.io
guest@lomen.io:~$ ls
home.txt  services.txt  server.txt  network.txt
backup.txt  about.txt  skills.txt  contact.txt
guest@lomen.io:~$ cat skills.txt | grep Firewall
  - Firewalls: Palo Alto, Juniper, Cisco, Sophos, Fortinet
guest@lomen.io:~$ contact
Phone: +41 79 615 55 30
guest@lomen.io:~$ _

Get in touch

Write to me about what's on your mind. Whether you already know which area is relevant to you or need an assessment first, you'll receive a tailored proposal either way.