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Principal Consultant - Azure Platform Engineering & DevOps

Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Deutschland
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Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, Deutschland
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Über mich

Principal Azure & DevOps consultant with 10+ years designing, migrating, and operating cloud platforms for enterprises in financial services, energy, and e-commerce. Deep expertise in AKS, Terraform, GitOps, and Azure platform security. Recent focus: AI-driven operations. CKA/CKAD certified.

Skills

AI AgentsAzure KubernetesAzure DevOpsMicrosoft AzureDevOpsPythonAnsiblePrometheusVaultIstioInfrastructure as Code (IaC)KubernetesAzure AKSTerraformDocker
Cloud Service Providers: Microsoft Azure
Kubernetes & GitOps: AKS, Docker, Helm, Kustomize, Flux CD, Argo CD, Istio, Traefik
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible, Shell scripting
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines
AI & Automation: Azure SRE Agent, Microsoft Foundry, Claude, Hermes Agent, Python
Networking & Security: Azure Firewall, Virtual WAN, Front Door, Network Policy, Key Vault
Identity: Entra ID, OAuth2-Proxy, SSO Integrations
Data: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Azure SQL, Kafka, Databricks
Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Coroot, Log Analytics, Elastic Stack

Erfahrung

Berufserfahrungmehr als 10 Jahre
Freelancer seit2016

Sprachen

DeutschgutEnglischverhandlungssicher

Projekthistorie

Greenfield Azure Platform Build & Operations for Cruise Booking Platform

Teclead Ventures

Internet und Informationstechnologie

  • Sole platform engineer for a client's cruise booking platform - greenfield Azure build.
  • Designed and built the full Azure platform from scratch with Terraform: AKS, Service Bus, Azure MySQL (HA), Redis, storage, Front Door.
  • Migrated application deployments to GitOps (Flux CD) with image update automation.
  • Implemented the observability stack (Prometheus, Loki, Grafana) for cross-service issue investigation.
  • Automated certificate management (Let's Encrypt) with Azure Container Apps; migrating ingress to Traefik.

AKS Platform Design & AI-driven Operations for EV Charging Infrastructure

E.ON Drive Infrastructure

Energie, Wasser und Umwelt

  • Designed and implemented the AKS platform and Retool deployment; APIM and Front Door integration; remote access solutions for users and IoT devices.
  • Rolling out Azure SRE Agent for incident diagnostics; building Python agent tools and skills to investigate issues across the charging-point fleet.
  • Hardened security posture (Azure Policy, private endpoints); DR drills for AKS and Retool; integrated Databricks serverless with private networking.

Azure Infrastructure Optimization and Application Delivery

Alpheya (Quantum Wealth Tech)

Banken und Finanzdienstleistungen

50-250 Mitarbeiter

  • Optimized application delivery (Flux CD on AKS) and infrastructure pipelines (GitHub Actions, Terragrunt).
  • Hardened platform security: Azure Firewall TLS inspection, Cloudflare proxy, Entra ID SSO (Superset, Datadog).
  • Deployed OpenAI models in Microsoft Foundry and built Python-based Azure AI cost monitoring.

On-Premises to Azure Migration of Core Business Application

Utilus

Transport und Logistik

10-50 Mitarbeiter

  • On-premises-to-Azure migration and managed services for a national Dutch maritime pilotage organization.
  • Led on-premises-to-Azure migration of a core business application: gap analysis, roadmap, lift-and-shift via IaC.
  • Established secure connectivity and segmentation: Virtual WAN, S2S VPN, NSG design, Azure Firewall policies.
  • Built Logic Apps integrations; documented and tested Azure PostgreSQL disaster recovery.

On-Premises to Azure Migration of Core Business Application

Utilus

Transport und Logistik

10-50 Mitarbeiter

  • On-premises-to-Azure migration for a national Dutch maritime pilotage organization.
  • Led on-premises-to-Azure migration of a core business application: gap analysis, roadmap, lift-and-shift via IaC.
  • Established secure connectivity and segmentation: Virtual WAN, S2S VPN, NSG design, Azure Firewall policies.
  • Built Logic Apps integrations; documented and tested Azure PostgreSQL disaster recovery.

Azure & DevOps Consultant

Serrala Group GmbH

Banken und Finanzdienstleistungen

  • Technical lead for new SaaS platform infrastructure; designed and implemented Azure landing zones.
  • Delivered the platform to production per roadmap and onboarded initial clients.
  • Improved reliability of Terraform, Azure DevOps pipelines, and AKS clusters.

Azure & DevOps Consultant

Elkjøp (via KPS AG)

Internet und Informationstechnologie

  • Improved performance and reliability of e-commerce platforms (Elkjøp) on AKS; infrastructure optimization contributed to record Black Friday operation.
  • Introduced Blue/Green deployments, minimizing release impact; reduced build and deployment times.

Azure & DevOps Consultant

Pet Food & Supplies Retailer, Managed Services Provider

Internet und Informationstechnologie

  • Architected secure remote access solutions on Azure based on Pritunl for a pet e-commerce client.
  • Strengthened AKS security with OPA Admission Control for a managed services provider; modularized Terraform delivery and improved container management with Harbor registry.

Azure & DevOps Consultant

Allianz Technology

Versicherungen

  • Orchestrated migration of applications from OpenShift to AKS, with Jenkins/Helm deployment pipelines and refactored Terraform modules.

Azure & DevOps Consultant

Deutsche Börse

Banken und Finanzdienstleistungen

  • Optimized AKS setup with security enhancements; implemented API gateway for microservices.
  • Delivered Istio PoC validating service-mesh compatibility with in-house microservices.

Azure & DevOps Consultant

YUNAR by Ambidexter

Banken und Finanzdienstleistungen

  • Implemented Istio on AKS with a dedicated task force; improved cluster reliability and compliance posture.

Azure & DevOps Consultant

Rakuten Deutschland GmbH

Internet und Informationstechnologie

  • Deployed and managed core Azure services (AKS, ACR, Cosmos DB, Log Analytics); engineered Helm charts and Terraform/GitLab CI delivery.

Cloud Architect

IBM Deutschland

Energie, Wasser und Umwelt

  • Architected future-state cloud operations for Azure and AWS environments; developed the implementation plan for the approved design.

Zertifikate

PCA: Prometheus Certified Associate

The Linux Foundation

2023

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals

Microsoft

2023

CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

The Linux Foundation

2023

CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator

The Linux Foundation

2023

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft

2022

Certified Jenkins Engineer 2021

CloudBees

2021

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002)

HashiCorp

2021

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