Andre Kocher

Andre Kocher is a highly experienced Senior System Engineer at PostFinance Ltd, specializing in technologies such as Victoria Metrics, Open Telemetry, Opensearch, Splunk, security, virtualization, storage, and network architecture since January 2003. Prior to this role, Kocher worked as a System Engineer at Nextra, where responsibilities included developing a continent-wide monitoring and service management platform for IP-based services, alongside UNIX and NetApp administration. Earlier experience at Swisscom involved managing CISCO-based customer networks both as a System Engineer in Network Operations and as a 1st and 2nd Level Network Engineer at Unisource Business Networks. Kocher holds multiple advanced degrees, including a CAS in Usability and User Experience and a DAS in Applied Psychology for the Workplace from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, along with a Scrum Master certification from Scrum.org and an Executive Master in Information Security from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.