AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02)

• Built and further developed an AWS landing zone based on Terraform / OpenTofu (multi-account structure, IAM baselines, network and security standards)
• Designed and operated platform-oriented AWS architectures to standardize infrastructure and operations processes
• Built and operated Kubernetes-based platforms (EKS) as a shared runtime environment for application teams
• Established GitOps-based deployments with Argo CD and FluxCD
• Developed and operated central CI/CD platforms (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Enabled development and project teams through reusable platform building blocks
• Introduced and implemented FinOps structures (AWS Cost Explorer, CUR + Athena, Infracost, Grafana dashboards)
• Built and operated central observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alertmanager, CloudWatch)

OpsWorker turns Kubernetes alerts into root-cause analyses, on top of the monitoring a team already runs. I lead the technical side: the agent architecture, the AWS infrastructure it runs on (fully inside EU regions), and the engineering decisions behind it, read-only in the cluster by default, human in the loop for judgment. The stack underneath: Amazon Bedrock and Bedrock AgentCore, agents built with the Strands Agents SDK, the Claude and OpenAI APIs, and the Kubernetes API.

• Regulated environment within a German banking group (approx. 8,500 employees, hybrid cloud strategy).

• Responsible for operating, provisioning, and continuously securing business-critical platforms – including a GenAI chat application, a big data/AI platform, and data science workspaces based on Azure Virtual Desktops and VMs. Ownership of Azure DevOps projects for ShaiHulud and React2Shell, as well as BSI alerts – Security Operations improvements across the SDLC.

• Deployment responsibility for the GenAI chat application, big data/AI platform (BDAI), and data science workspaces (AVD/VM-based) in the respective landing zones.

• Deployment & release management: end-to-end responsibility for deploying portal and service applications across multiple Azure landing zones, including technical approvals, compliance with development team deployment guidelines, and ensuring ITIL-based change and release processes via ServiceNow.

• Azure landing zones & network architecture: design, provisioning, and operation of Azure landing zones for 3-tier web applications with enhanced network segmentation, VNet peering, hub-and-spoke architectures, private endpoints, and firewall integration across separate subscriptions and tenants.

• Azure DevOps governance & operations: ownership of the Azure DevOps organization, including projects, repositories, and CI/CD pipelines; implementation of governance requirements such as branch policies, approval gates, permission models, and audit-ready operating structures.

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform): design, implementation, and operation of a modular Terraform architecture for standardized cloud infrastructure deployment, including state management, provider versioning, reusability, and policy-as-code approaches.

• CI/CD pipeline engineering: design, operation, and optimization of complex YAML-based CI/CD pipelines with multi-stage deployments, template standardization, self-hosted agents, integrated secret management, and automated quality and security checks.

• Git migration & platform consolidation: planning and execution of repository and pipeline migration from Azure DevOps to GitLab CI/CD, including automated scripts, full Git history transfer, pipeline porting, and platform consolidation.

• Container & platform operations (AKS): operation and security assessment of containerized workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service, centralization of on-premises container registries for ACR.

• OpenShift (OCP) security reviews: security assessment of code baselines, build pipelines, and deployment processes for on-premises OpenShift clusters with critical applications, and derivation of specific hardening recommendations.

• Shift-left security & DevSecOps transformation: introduction of a company-wide shift-left approach for early security integration in development and deployment processes, enabling developers to perform self-led security checks and sustainably reduce vulnerabilities before production (IDE integrations, pre-commit hooks, local scanners).

• Software supply chain security: analysis and mitigation of supply chain risks in NPM- and Yarn-based applications through dependency audits, CI/CD pipeline hardening, token rotation, and restriction of risky build and lifecycle mechanisms.

• Frontend & framework security (React / Next.js): security assessment and coordination of critical vulnerability remediation across platform applications and web frameworks, including coordination and complementary technical mitigations with all teams following BSI alerts.

• Software composition analysis (SCA): introduction and operation of automated vulnerability scans for container images, pipelines/artifacts, and third-party dependencies, including SBOM exports within CI/CD pipelines.

• SAST/DAST integration: design and piloting of static and dynamic application security tests in close collaboration with security architecture and development teams, for continuous improvement of code and runtime security, and establishing operational acceptance tests.

• Artifact & registry consolidation: analysis and consolidation of all package and container repositories for service applications and AKS workloads, aiming for a centralized, secured registry strategy with centralized vulnerability scanning and governance.

• Dependency-Track & SBOM strategy: advising the compliance board on introducing a central SBOM and vulnerability management platform to increase enterprise-wide dependency transparency and accelerate CVE response capability.

• CI/CD pipeline hardening: security analysis and cleanup of the existing pipeline landscape by removing unused pipelines, improving secrets hygiene, implementing least-privilege principles, and isolating build agent environments.

• Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) optimization: analysis and tuning of existing Azure WAF rules (OWASP Top 10 Core Rule Set, DSR/SDC, custom rules) to defend against known vulnerabilities and exploit patterns, including reducing false positives and improving threat detection.

• Documentation & stakeholder communication: creating and maintaining technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture overviews in Jira and Confluence, as well as active knowledge transfer between operations, development, security, and compliance stakeholders.

• Implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform to ensure a scalable, repeatable, and secure Azure infrastructure
• Implementation and optimization of CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps
• Management of container and server environments and AKS

• Test concept creation
• Creation of test processes
• Coordination of TC development: stress tests, functional tests, performance tests, high data rate tests, integration tests, etc.
• HW testing: FPGA, RF
• Test automation and regression tests
• Ensuring 24/7 operation of the test system
• Analysis & reporting
• Regular coordination of the test team, meetings with other stakeholders
• Communication and coordination with stakeholders and the project manager

• Responsible for setting up and configure AWS Organizations and Control Tower on company's master organizational account
• Administer and maintain various AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, etc.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and capacity planning to ensure scalability and reliability
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like CloudFormation or Terraform
• Work closely with development and operations teams to automate deployment processes using CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD)
• Develop and maintain scripts for automating routine tasks and infrastructure provisioning
• Implement automation for monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure timely incident response
• Implement and enforce security company guidelines and best practices for AWS environments
• Configure and manage AWS security services such as AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS WAF, AWS Shield, etc.
• Collaborate with the Security Team to improve and update security policies and posture
• Collaborate with development teams to provide agile deployments and optimize application performance and reliability on AWS
• Provide technical support and guidance to internal teams on AWS-related issues and best practices
• Participate in cross-functional projects to enhance overall infrastructure and operational efficiency

• AWS
• Genedata Profiler
• Data Lake
• APIs
• Rstudio
• GitLab
• Python
• R
• Data acquisition, integration, and simulation
• Multiplex immunofluorescence
• Copy-number variation calling
• HLA typing and loss-of-heterozygosity analysis
• RNA expression analysis

• Built a Looker-based analytics application with Python preprocessing and AppScript write-back to support client outreach for 50 bankers (scaling to 200).
• Cut manual call-logging time from ~5 minutes to ~1 minute, improving operational efficiency and ensuring audit traceability.
• Delivered dashboards used daily by bankers and weekly by managers to prioritise clients, analyse rejection drivers, and evaluate performance.
• Worked in Agile cycles with stakeholders to iterate data requirements and prepare the platform for rollout to 200+ users.

• Role: Software Engineer & Applied Mathematician (Mathematical optimization for scheduling; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: JuMP, Julia, Pluto, Svelte, JavaScript, TypeScript, JetBrains Space, Terraform, Nomad)

• Role: Software & Cloud & Web Engineer (Building scalable data science compute cluster from scratch; duration: 11 months; team setting: Team of 1, on-site; technologies: Terraform, Kubernetes, k8s ingress, k8s services, k8s RBAC, k8s networking, k3s, etcd, S3, DNS, certificates, Julia, Pluto, JavaScript, Tailwind, Astro, npm, Parcel, Preact, MUI, JWT, AWS SQS, AWS RDS, Python, GitLab, GitHub)

• Role: AI & Web Engineer (Custom ChatGPT service; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: Python, Poetry, LangChain, Tailwind, ChatGPT API, Flask, FastAPI)

• Role: Architect & Data Engineer (Central datalake setup and ingestion; duration: 9 months; team setting: Team of 5, remote; technologies: Infrastructure-as-code, AWS CDK, Python, Boto3, PySpark, AWS Glue, IAM, S3, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, Apache Hudi, DeltaLake, Databricks, GitHub, Jira, Miro)

• Role: Software Engineer (PoC Julia migration of scikit-decide; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: Python, Julia, GitHub)

• Delivered AWS-authorized content through AAI program
• Facilitated group and 1-on-1 mentorship sessions
• Coached non-technical learners into cloud career paths
• Created learning materials aligned with AWS Skill Builder and AWS Academy labs

• Building the strategy and managing the company.
• Consulting on cloud technologies with a focus on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Leading automation projects and CI/CD pipeline implementations.

• Co-authored enterprise cloud strategy including security and governance frameworks for 5 subsidiaries, and implemented part of the governance automation.
• Performed regular cloud cost optimization reviews across 10 teams resulting in ~20% cost reduction.
• Led the technology selection for the migration of in-house CIAM for 25M+ accounts to a SaaS solution, and worked with the product team through the migration.
• Supervised the technology selection and designed the architecture and delivery pipelines for the multi-tenant digital news and sports publishing platform, enabling ~250 editors within ~6 months of development start.
• Led the implementation of a multi-brand design system from idea and technical concept to implementation and rollout, enabling rapid UI prototyping for new products in a matter of hours.
• Managed a team of 4 architects and accelerated the professional growth of team members.
• Technologies: AWS cloud, Microservices, Docker, Python, Kafka, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Node.js, GraphQL, REST, Gitlab CI, Visual Studio Code, git.

• Development of a central billing app for cloud costs at DB
• AWS
• Python
• AWS CDK
• RDS
• Spark (PySpark)
• Glue
• Lambda
• CI/CD (GitLab)
• React/Typescript
• data optimization
• Scrum

• Analyze of customer’s requirements and design architectural solutions for customer projects
• Design and implementation of cloud infrastructure and services: AWS, Azure and OpenStack
• Consulting for cloud architectures and operating concepts
• Data Center migration accompaniment and coordination with developers and Stakeholders