Axel Bock - IAM Project Lead for Okta and Cloud Automation

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Frankfurt, Germany

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Experience

Nov 2023 - Feb 2023

Project lead for introducing Okta as an IAM system

Fritz Schäger GmbH & Co KG

Project management
Building an internal IAM team
Okta
Project management
IAM processes

Jun 2023 - Jan 2024

8 months

Project lead for KHZG funding item 2

Kreiskliniken Gummersbach-Waldbröl

Requirements clarification
Technical support
Roll-out preparation (KHZG FTB2)
Project management
Vendor selection & management
Hospital experience
System integrations

Jan 2023 - Present

3 years 8 months

Automating a client's invoicing

MedConNET GmbH

Development of a cloud tool for automatic invoicing and posting in SAP
Python
AWS
Retool
Terraform
Ansible
ReportLab
Dagster

Oct 2022 - Present

3 years 11 months

Master of Business Administration studies

Frankfurt School

Focus on entrepreneurship

Apr 2022 - Jul 2022

4 months

Nuremberg, Germany

Senior Python Developer

GfK GmbH

Resolving a development backlog in an agile development team
Redesign of the microservice architecture (scalable K8S worker processes)
Python
FastAPI
Celery
GitLab CI/CD
Kubernetes
Docker
Prometheus
Redis

Mar 2022 - Present

4 years 6 months

DevOps Support

damedic GmbH

Managing the AWS infrastructure
Developing ML CI/CD pipelines (Python, SageMaker)
Training working students in DevOps methods (Infrastructure as Code)
Supporting software architecture
Kubernetes
Helm
Terraform
AWS (EKS, VPC, EC2, IAM, SQS, SageMaker)
Python

Jul 2021 - Present

5 years 2 months

Freelance IT Service Provider

IT architecture
DevOps consulting and support
Interface integration
IT process optimization
Project management

Jul 2021 - May 2023

1 year 11 months

Supervising an application developer trainee

Paracelsus Kliniken

Coordinating tasks
Technical support
Introducing DevOps
Python
Django
JavaScript
Terraform
Various Azure services

Jul 2021 - Feb 2022

8 months

Design, selection, and implementation of a healthcare content management system

Paracelsus Kliniken Deutschland GmbH & Co KGaA

Requirement analysis
Project setup (interoperability platform)
Building a proof of concept
Drafting the requirements specification
Vendor coordination
Project management

Oct 2018 - Jun 2021

2 years 9 months

Team Lead IT Architecture

Paracelsus Kliniken Deutschland GmbH & Co KGaA

Project management
Supporting the digital strategy
Partner management
Creating concepts for the internal IT team
Training IT specialists (technical content)
WiFi concept including procurement
Selecting an HCM system
Process automation (Python/Django)
Configuration management of Linux servers
Implementing Okta IAM
HCI data center & VDI concept
Choosing firewalls
Implementing ClickUp (PM tool)
GBit connections for everyone
Introducing Office 365
Telephone maintenance contracts
Implementing Docker/K8S platforms
Central signature (Python/Django)
Azure (Queues, Blob, Compute, App Services, AKS, Functions)
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Okta
Docker
Terraform
Ansible
Python
Django
ClickUp
GitLab/CI
Office 365
PowerShell

Jun 2016 - Aug 2018

2 years 3 months

Cologne, Germany

Team Lead Operations & Infrastructure

Cognotekt GmbH

Setting up cloud infrastructure
Leading a team (3 FTEs)
Supporting developers (knowledge transfer, cloud and DevOps methods)
Setting up CI/CD processes
Introducing and managing Kubernetes
Introducing Django as a web framework
AWS (S3, EC2, IAM, SQS, ELB, EB, RDS, Route 53, EKS)
Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Grafana
Python
Rancher
GitLab CI
Puppet
Foreman
Ubuntu
TeamCity

Nov 2015 - May 2016

7 months

Cologne, Germany

Freelance Senior DevOps Engineer

Cognotekt GmbH

Designing and building an automated CI/CD pipeline and hosting environment on AWS
Supporting internal development processes
AWS (S3, EC2, SQS)
Rancher
Puppet
Python

Mar 2015 - Sep 2015

7 months

Erding, Germany

Freelance System Administrator

Amadeus Data Processing GmbH

Automating the new data center operating concept using Puppet
Puppet
Bash
OpenStack (Red Hat & VMware)
Python

Jun 2013 - Oct 2014

1 year 5 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Freelance System Administrator

DVAG

Reimplementing Puppet configuration management
Designing a more flexible operating concept
Sub-project lead for quick deployments
Puppet
Foreman
VMware ESX
KVM
Git
heartbeat
DRBD
Java
Tomcat

Jun 2012 - May 2013

1 year

Nuremberg, Germany

Freelance System Administrator

Bundesagentur für Arbeit

Automating deployments using Puppet
Supporting migration and scripting of the learning platform
Designing a hosting concept for internal small applications
Puppet
Bash
SSH
Ilias
BMC Remedy
Apache
PHP
WordPress

May 2010 - Dec 2011

1 year 8 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Frozen ATPL pilot license

FlightCrewAcademy

Greasemonkey development Pimp my CAT to improve the usability of the online CBT software CAT
Reimplementation of the DLF training software for Linux and Mac
JavaScript
Greasemonkey
Python
Qt

Jan 2009 - May 2010

1 year 5 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Software trainer for nuclear safety

Ferchau Engineering

Designing and delivering training sessions for internal and external customers
Installation, virtualization, and maintenance of the training environment
Requirements management for new document management software
Tool development for training management and delivery (command line & GUI)
Python
TkInter
SSH
XenServer

Dec 2005 - Jan 2008

2 years 2 months

Walldorf, Germany

Java developer

ICW AG

Development of a library to use ICW products in third-party software
Designing a web service test framework for use in CI
Managing internal and external developers
Java
Python
SOAP
Apache Axis
JUnit
XML
Maven
CruiseControl CI/CD

Oct 2003 - Feb 2004

5 months

Perth, Australia

Intern

Romteck Pty. Ltd.

Porting a C/C++ embedded application from MS-DOS to Linux
Reimplementing the graphics and network stacks
Developing an embedded development platform
Debian Linux
X11
C
C++
SDL library
DALLAS One Touch Key

Oct 2001 - May 2003

1 year 8 months

Research assistant for system administration

Linux system administration
Managing mail, web, and Windows services
IT training for department staff
Linux
Samba
Windows
Postfix

Jan 2001 - Dec 2005

5 years

Freelance IT Consultant

Network planning and setup
IT administration
Basic IT training
Samba
Apache
PHP
Postfix
WordPress

Oct 1997 - Feb 2005

7 years 5 months

Darmstadt, Germany

Diploma in Electrical Engineering

TU Darmstadt

Specialization in Data Communications & Networks
Diploma thesis: Stress test of various web service mechanisms under fluctuating connection quality
Academic project: Analysis within the eDonkey network
Python
C
C++
.NET
Java
FreeBSD
Ethereal (Wireshark)
tcpdump

Jan 1997 - Present

29 years 8 months

High School Diploma

Heidelberg College

Industry experience

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Experienced in Education, Information Technology, Healthcare, Banking and Finance, Aerospace and Defense, and Energy.

Education

Information Technology

Healthcare

Banking and Finance

Aerospace and Defense

Energy

Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development, Research and Development, Strategy, and Operations.

Information Technology

Project Management

Product Development

Research and Development

Strategy

Operations

Skills

Architecture Of Distributed Applications, Cloud-Native Applications
Microservices, Web Services & Rest
Iam
Low Code
Automation, Ci/Cd, Pipelines
Configuration Management
Scrum, Kanban, Agile, Devops
Python
Docker, Kubernetes
Terraform
Ansible
Aws
Azure
Okta
Linux

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 2022 - Present

Frankfurt School

Master of Business Administration · Frankfurt, Germany

Oct 1997 - Feb 2005

TU Darmstadt

Diploma in Electrical Engineering · Electrical Engineering · Darmstadt, Germany

Heidelberg College

German high school diploma · Heidelberg, Germany

Certifications & licenses

NLP Business Coach

Frozen ATPL pilot license

FlightCrewAcademy

Certified instructor

TÜV Rheinland

IHK

UML Business Process Modelling

OOSE

NLP Practitioner (DVNLP)

Changeworks Wiesbaden

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 23

Experience in Education 29.5 y

Avg length 3 y 4 m

Longest experience 29 y 7 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, Australia)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Project lead for introducing Okta as an IAM system, Project lead for KHZG funding item 2, Automating a client's invoicing

Main industries Education, Information Technology, Healthcare

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 6

Profile

Member since

June 2025

Last update

June 2026

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Axel is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Axel speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Axel has at least 30 years of experience. During this time, Axel has worked in at least 21 different roles and for 19 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 3 months. Note that Axel may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Axel would be well-suited for roles such as: Project lead for introducing Okta as an IAM system, Project lead for KHZG funding item 2, Automating a client's invoicing.

Axel's most recent position is Project lead for introducing Okta as an IAM system at Fritz Schäger GmbH & Co KG.

In recent years, Axel has worked for Fritz Schäger GmbH & Co KG, Kreiskliniken Gummersbach-Waldbröl, MedConNET GmbH, Frankfurt School, and GfK GmbH.

Axel is most experienced in industries like Education, Information Technology, and Healthcare. Axel also has some experience in Aerospace and Defense, Banking and Finance, and Energy.

Axel is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development. Axel also has some experience in Research and Development, Strategy, and Operations.

Axel has recently worked in industries like Education, Information Technology, and Healthcare.

Axel has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Axel holds a Master from Frankfurt School.

Axel has 6 certificates. Among them, these include: NLP Business Coach, Frozen ATPL pilot license, and Certified instructor.

The availability of Axel needs to be confirmed.

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