Currently available for new projects
I build, secure and automate IT infrastructure for small and medium businesses around Augsburg — from network segmentation and hardened Linux servers to fully automated provisioning with Ansible.
Eight areas — in practice, most projects touch several of them at once.
The focus of my master's degree. I find weaknesses and close them before someone else does.
Properly separated networks instead of something that just grew — planned, built and documented.
Linux is where I specialise — I look after Windows environments just as well. Operations, migration and monitoring, happy to act as a second pair of eyes on existing systems.
Anything done twice by hand belongs in code — reproducible and reviewable.
Automation that runs locally and needs no cloud account — vendor independent.
Fast, accessible sites without tracking bloat — properly built rather than clicked together.
From the electrical engineering half of my degree: from circuit board to finished server.
Ongoing operation rather than one-off projects — with a maintenance agreement if you want one.
What I work with day to day. Missing something? Just ask — much of it transfers.
A selection of completed work.
Something is taking shape here. There are plenty of projects to show — I am currently preparing the write-ups and client quotes. In the meantime, just ask and I will happily talk you through relevant work.
Ask about projectsI'm Max Mazanec, a freelance IT consultant based in Augsburg, Germany. I started freelancing while still studying, and never stopped.
I studied computer science and electrical engineering at Augsburg Technical University of Applied Sciences, specialising in IT security for my master's. That combination is why I'm equally comfortable writing an Ansible playbook and wiring up a server rack.
University also left me with a network of specialists. Which means: if something falls outside my field, I say so and pass you on — and if you prefer, I handle the communication so you still only deal with one person.
Security isn't only needed in hardware — it's needed everywhere.
A short description is enough — I usually reply the same working day.