Senior IT Consultant | Cloud Engineer | DevOps | Automation

Senior IT Consultant and Cloud Platform Engineer with focus on Linux infrastructure, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, IAM and security by design.

Core skills:

Cloud Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible, GitOps, Argo CD, GitLab CI/CD, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, Configuration as Code, automation, platform operations, container platforms, hybrid cloud, private cloud, vSphere, Proxmox, Hetzner Cloud.

Security and IAM:

Keycloak, Identity and Access Management, OIDC, OAuth2, SAML fundamentals, reverse proxy security, TLS, WireGuard, OPNsense, firewalling, firewalld, nftables, network segmentation, least privilege, security by design, ISO 27001, BSI IT Grundschutz, secure operations, compliance oriented infrastructure.

Operations and observability:

Prometheus, Grafana, logging, monitoring, alerting, PostgreSQL, Traefik, Nginx, DNS, NFS, systemd, backup and restore concepts, documentation, troubleshooting, incident analysis and stable platform operations.

Consulting and project experience:

Technical consulting, requirements analysis, infrastructure design, cloud and platform architecture, automation of manual operations, standardization of Linux and Kubernetes environments, technical documentation, workshops, reviews, stakeholder communication and handover to operations teams.

Suitable project roles:

Cloud Platform Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure Automation Engineer, Kubernetes Engineer, Cloud Security Engineer, IAM Consultant, Linux Infrastructure Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Technical Consultant Cloud and Security, IT Infrastructure Architect.

I am especially interested in projects involving Kubernetes platform setup, Terraform and Ansible automation, GitOps implementation, IAM and Keycloak integration, cloud security, Linux infrastructure, regulated IT environments, public sector, defence sector, observability and secure cloud operations.