High-availability cluster
2026Built a high-availability cluster for Collective Incubator: virtualization, redundant storage, backup, recovery and restore systems — so 3,200 m² of incubator never stand still.
ProxmoxLinuxStorageBackup & Recovery
AACHEN, DE · 50.77°N 6.08°E
Johannes
Pungs.
IT Engineer Photographer Filmmaker Cyclist
I build reliable systems and tell visual stories.
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01 About
Head of IT at one of Europe’s largest student-run tech incubators, computer science student at RWTH Aachen, and self-employed photographer & filmmaker. I care about systems that don’t fail and images that stay with you — both are a matter of precision.
- Based in Aachen, DE
- Head of IT · Collective Incubator e.V.
- B.Sc. Computer Science · RWTH Aachen
- Freelance photo & film
02 Experience
The route so far
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Jan 2026 — today · Aachen · hybrid
Head of IT · Collective Incubator e.V.
Responsible for the secure, stable operation of the infrastructure behind one of Europe’s largest tech incubators at RWTH Aachen: Linux, virtualization, network segmentation, monitoring. Leading projects from web development to building a high-availability cluster including backup, recovery and restore systems.
LinuxVirtualizationNetworkingMonitoringHA-Cluster -
Jun 2025 — Jan 2026 · Aachen · hybrid
Software Engineer · Collective Incubator e.V.
Software engineering for the incubator that brings students, researchers and companies together — on 3,200 m² of infrastructure and workshop space where start-ups grow as a fixed part of student life.
Web DevelopmentTypeScript -
Jan 2022 — today · Aachen & around
Photographer & Filmmaker · Selbständig / Freelance
Self-employed photo and video production: events, portraits, short films — from concept through shoot to edit and grade.
PhotographyFilmmakingEditingColor Grading -
Oct 2024 — Jul 2027 · Aachen
B.Sc. Computer Science · RWTH Aachen University
Computer science at one of Europe’s leading technical universities.
Computer Science -
Aug 2016 — Jun 2024 · Dormagen
Abitur (A-levels) · Norbert-Gymnasium Knechtsteden
Active in the school film and tech team: shot, edited and finished short films for the school website, live-streamed concerts, and helped produce a documentary for the official commemoration of North Rhine-Westphalia’s remembrance day (2021).
Film TeamLive StreamingDocumentary
03 Projects
Selected work — engineering
Network & monitoring
2026Segmented network and end-to-end monitoring across makerspace, offices and event areas — security and visibility for a community of hundreds.
VLANsFirewallingMonitoring
Incubator web projects
2025Building and running web applications around events like the Talent Festival — from idea to deployment on our own infrastructure.
This portfolio
2026Fully self-built and self-hosted: SvelteKit, GSAP, a rideable road bike — no external services, no tracking.
SvelteKitGSAPCanvas
04 Photo & Film