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Senior Cloud, DevSecOps & Platform Engineer | K8s, OpenShift, IaC, GitOps | AWS, Azure, GCP, STACKIT

Karlsruhe, Germany
Worldwide
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science
Karlsruhe, Germany
Worldwide
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science

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About me

Senior Cloud, DevSecOps & Platform Engineer specializing in Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD and automation. I design and operate scalable cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure and GCP. Reliable, fast-adapting and solution-oriented with strong hands-on experience in modern DevOps

GCPCloud ComputingCloud EngineeringConfiguration ManagementDevOpsElasticsearchSupervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)OpenShiftOpenStackAnsibleVaultGoogle CloudGitLabKubernetesHashicorpElastic KibanaTerraformOracle Cloud InfrastructureAWS EKSDockerJenkins
Cloud Infrastructure
Kubernetes cluster deployment with Terraform, Helm Charts implementation, and building cloud infrastructure for enterprise applications.

DevOps Engineering
Configuration management with Ansible, CI/CD implementation using GitLab, Jenkins and JFrog Pipelines, and containerization with Docker.

Database Management
Experience with various database systems including MySQL, Oracle, H2, and PostgreSQL for application data storage and management.

Programming Languages
Proficiency in multiple programming languages including Java, Python, C++, C#, VB, JavaScript, PHP, Delphi, Pascal, Assembly, HTML, SQL, and CSS.

Operating Systems
Knowledge of diverse OS platforms including Linux, UNIX, iOS, Android, Solaris, Windows, and Pardus.

Cybersecurity
Development of cybersecurity solutions protecting SCADA systems against cyberattacks.

Elasticsearch Stack
Implementation and management of Elasticsearch for search and analytics capabilities.

Experience

Professional experience5 - 10 years
Freelancer since2018

Languages

DeutschFluentEnglischFluentTürkischNative speaker

Project history

Senior DevOps Engineer

Software and Consulting Company

Internet & IT

10-50 team member

Further development of a highly available Kubernetes infrastructure in Oracle Cloud using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and scripting.
Automation of the deployment of an application stack (Kubernetes, Prometheus, Filebeat, Argo CD, Helm Charts).

Expert Devops Engineer

Online Retailer, Hamburg

Goods & Retail

>10.000 team member

Automation of IT infrastructure with Ansible, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and Terraform.
Design, deployment, and operation of multiple Kubernetes clusters (On-Prem & OCI/OKE).
Development and delivery of internal applications as Helm Charts.
Optimization of the logging infrastructure (ElasticSearch, Logstash, Filebeat, Log4j2), including integration into Kubernetes and standalone systems.
Automated tool distribution and system configuration via Ansible.
Introduction of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and development of corresponding Terraform modules.
Migration of Docker build pipelines to GitLab CI with Kaniko.
Development of an automated tool for creating custom worker node images (Terraform, Ansible, OCI CLI, Shell).
Automation of documentation in Confluence/JIRA (dashboards, infrastructure status).
Setup and operation of a centralized authentication and authorization platform with Keycloak (OIDC/SAML, SSO, RBAC), including integration into Kubernetes-based applications and internal tools.
Introduction of Argo CD to support GitOps-based deployments.

Senior Devops Engineer

IT and Cloud Service Provider Ludwigshafen

Internet & IT

500-1000 team member

Automation of cloud and infrastructure with Ansible, Terraform, GitLab CI / Jenkins.
Deployment and operation of Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters (On-Prem and cloud).
GitOps-based deployment of internal applications with Helm and Argo CD.
Centralized monitoring, logging, and documentation automation (ELK stack, Confluence/JIRA).
CI/CD automation and custom cloud image development workflows.

Senior Cloud Engineer

Cloud and Hosting Provider, Karlsruhe

Internet & IT

5000-10.000 team member

Automation of cloud and infrastructure using Ansible, Terraform, GitLab CI, and Jenkins.
Deployment and operation of Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters (On-Prem and cloud environments).
Deployment of internal applications via Helm Charts and GitOps with Argo CD.
Management and automation of logging, monitoring, and infrastructure documentation (ELK Stack, Confluence/JIRA).
Implementation and automation of CI/CD processes and custom image pipelines for cloud environments.

Senior Devops Engineer

Online Retailer, Hamburg

Goods & Retail

>10.000 team member

Automation of IT infrastructure with Ansible, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and Terraform.
Design, deployment, and operation of multiple Kubernetes clusters (On-Prem & OCI/OKE).
Development and delivery of internal applications as Helm Charts.
Optimization of the logging infrastructure (ElasticSearch, Logstash, Filebeat, Log4j2), including integration into Kubernetes and standalone systems.
Automated tool distribution and system configuration via Ansible.
Introduction of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and development of corresponding Terraform modules.
Migration of Docker build pipelines to GitLab CI with Kaniko.
Development of an automated tool for creating custom worker node images (Terraform, Ansible, OCI CLI, Shell).
Automation of documentation in Confluence/JIRA (dashboards, infrastructure status).
Setup and operation of a centralized authentication and authorization platform with Keycloak (OIDC/SAML, SSO, RBAC), including integration into Kubernetes-based applications and internal tools.
Introduction of Argo CD to support GitOps-based deployments.

Cybersecurity & DevSecOps Engineer

Tech Startup in Cloud & Cybersecurity, London

Internet & IT

10-50 team member

Implementation of DevSecOps processes (CI/CD security, secret management, IaC security).
Building secure cloud infrastructures (AWS/Azure) and automation with Terraform & Ansible.
Hardening of Kubernetes/container environments incl. vulnerability scanning & compliance checks.
Introduction of security monitoring, SIEM/log analysis, and incident-response workflows.
Development of automated security checks in build/deploy pipelines.


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