Senior DevOps Engineer und Cloud Solution Architect Openshift, Rancher, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform

Client: Telco **
Location: Biel, Switzerland
Setting up Kubernetes Infrastructure on Rancher RKE2 Instances On-Premise

• Deployed and configured Kubernetes clusters using Rancher RKE2 in an on-premise environment.
• Ensured high availability, scalability, and security of the infrastructure.

Implementation PoC of an External Monitoring and Alerting Solution (Zabbix)

• Designed and executed a proof-of-concept for integrating Zabbix as our monitoring and alerting system.
• Monitored cluster health, resource utilization, and application performance.

Implementation PoC of Continuous Deployment with Git Pull/Push Changes in Kubernetes (ArgoCD)

• Demonstrated the use of ArgoCD for automated Git-based deployments.
• Enabled seamless updates of applications across multiple environments.

Maintaining and Further Developing CI/CD Pipeline with GitLab and Azure DevOps

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance the CI/CD pipeline.
• Streamlined build, test, and deployment processes using GitLab and Azure DevOps.

Patching and Customizing Helm Chart Deployments Using Clean, Non-Repetitive Code Patterns

• Developed Helm charts for various applications.
• Ensured consistent deployment patterns across development, staging, and production environments.

As a DevOps team member, I am responsible for the solutioning and delivery of OpenShift applications playing a key role in initiating and coordinating the application development process into release management in close collaboration with different stakeholders.
The application deployment and their surrounding infrastructure systems are being part of an automated process following the GitOps best practices in CICD using ArgoCD and tools like Kustomize and Helm Charts as well as Azure Pipelines for the build and release process.
The release management is being coordinated in close collaboration with the product owners within the organization after the approval of security.
OpenShift offers a highly scalable and reliable platform that requires a good level of expertise configuring and maintaining a highly available cluster operation that I am able to deliver.

• Design and implementation of the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform environment
• Engineering and operational improvements in relation to operational tasks and strategic projects
• Providing support within the framework of the existing support organization
• Strong collaboration with international teams within a global banking structure
• Strong knowledge and experience of Kubernetes clusters based on Red Hat OpenShift (SDN, Service Mesh, Security, etc.)
• Sound and practical experience in automation (e.g. Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD)
• Good Linux knowledge (preferably RHEL/CentOS) including scripting
• Knowledge and experience with systems like Kafka, Grafana, ELK, MongoDB, Hashicorp vault, Apache NIFI
• Team player, ability to work with different stakeholders

Tech-Stack:
DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker, Openshift, OC Compliance Operator, VmWare, LDAP, Network Security, MongoDB, Redis, Oracle Database, Azure DevOps, Azure Pipeline, ArgoCD, Helm, Kustomize, YAML, Jira, Confluence, Git, BitBucket, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Kafka, Kafka Connect, Strimzi  Apache Nifi, Grafana, Prometheus, RHEL, Bash, HAProxy, Harbor, WSO2, Keycloak, Airlock

Senior IAM Consultant Application Transformation, Automotive (Daimler Truck AG)

• IAM Application Transformation (Concept work)
• Support in Application Discovery and Application Migration Process
• Support in Designing and Building of a sustainable and lean Identity and Access Management Landscape
• Support for IAM architecture topics and identity providers (Microsoft Azure)
• Perform an application discovery plan to collect missing IAM-specific information about the affected applications
• Creation of a migration plan, roadmap to ensure the migration of the applications in the best possible way
• Detailed technical definition for the migration process
• Use of a central identity and governance tool (EmpowerID)
• Prioritization of tasks and steps in the project according to relevance and feasibility
• Handover Migration Guide to DEV and Tech Leads