Christoph Pardon - ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator

Q: Where is Christoph based?

Christoph is based in Zug, Switzerland .

Q: What languages does Christoph speak?

Christoph speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Christoph have?

Christoph has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Christoph has worked in at least 15 different roles and for 23 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months . Note that Christoph may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Christoph's latest experience?

Christoph's most recent position is ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator at Abraxas Informatik AG .

Q: What companies has Christoph worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Christoph has worked for Abraxas Informatik AG , SwissAI AG , Blink Labs GmbH , Schaltwerk Digital GmbH , and Faktly GmbH .

Q: Which industries is Christoph most experienced in?

Christoph is most experienced in industries like Transportation , Information Technology , and Retail . Christoph also has some experience in Automotive , Healthcare , and Sport .

Q: Which business areas is Christoph most experienced in?

Christoph is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Product Development , and Operations . Christoph also has some experience in Project Management , Finance , and Marketing .

Q: Which industries has Christoph worked in recently?

Christoph has recently worked in industries like Transportation , Information Technology , and Retail .

Q: Which business areas has Christoph worked in recently?

Christoph has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Product Development , and Operations .

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Zug, Switzerland

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Experience

Oct 2025 - Jun 2026

9 months

Zürich, Switzerland

ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator

Abraxas Informatik AG

Liaison to the SOC team; improved incident response time by 45% through structured escalation processes and proactive security monitoring.
Defined technical standards for a multi-tenant enterprise platform (10+ services), resulting in a 30% reduction in onboarding time for new clients in the public sector.
Actively transferred knowledge and mentored a 6-person team; increased team autonomy and established a sustainable engineering culture.
Cut time-to-market by 50% through optimizing CI/CD pipelines and establishing self-service deployments.
Stack: GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Nexus, Harbor, ArgoCD, HashiCorp Vault, Grafana, Python, PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Boot, Flyway, Quarkus, JBoss, Loki

Apr 2025 - Jul 2025

4 months

Zürich, Switzerland

Cloud Platform Engineer

SwissAI AG

Stack: AI, SaaS, FastAPI, REST, Python, React, Next.js, Docker, DevSecOps, GitLab, Keycloak

Dec 2024 - Mar 2025

4 months

Berlin, Germany

Fullstack Developer & ICT DevOps Engineer

Blink Labs GmbH

Stack: E-Learning, SaaS, Ruby on Rails, API, GraphQL, React, Next.js, DevOps, GitLab

Oct 2024 - Dec 2024

3 months

Mömbris, Germany

Fullstack Developer & DevOps

Schaltwerk Digital GmbH

Stack: E-Commerce, Vue.js, Nuxt, DevOps, API

Aug 2024 - Present

1 year 11 months

Zug, Switzerland

Founder & Managing Director (CEO/CTO)

Faktly GmbH

Provided strategic leadership for a boutique consultancy in AI, data security, and billing with full budget and P&L responsibility.
Held overall technical responsibility for mission-critical IT projects; ensured investment security through architecture reviews, resulting in a 30% reduction in project risk for clients.
Advised clients on process optimization in billing and security, resulting in a 40% reduction in operational risks and recurring engagements.
Implemented highly secure infrastructures using IaC (Terraform, Ansible) in compliance with risk management standards.
Established AI-powered analytics workflows for proactive threat detection, reducing mean time to detect by 60%.
Stack: Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Python, Prometheus, Grafana, Docker, FastAPI, Helm, ArgoCD, React, Keycloak, PHP, Laravel

Jul 2024 - Dec 2024

6 months

Cologne, Germany

Frontend Developer & DevOps

chargecloud GmbH

Stack: Mobility, PHP, jQuery, API, REST

May 2024 - Oct 2024

6 months

Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland

Backend Developer

internezzo AG

Stack: Web, Backend, PHP, NEOS, CMS, API, REST, GraphQL

Apr 2024 - Jun 2024

3 months

Vienna, Austria

Fullstack Developer & DevOps

Michael Pichler HR Management

Stack: A11y, Next.js, DevSecOps

Jan 2024 - Present

2 years 6 months

Ahrensburg, Germany

Infrastructure Reliability Engineer

HFG Handelsgesellschaft für Grundvermögen mbH

Built a fully automated CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time by 70% and eliminating manual release errors.
Migrated the frontend architecture from jQuery to Vue.js 3, resulting in 50% faster load times and significantly improved maintainability.
Increased automated test coverage (PHPUnit) by 40% and established quality gates in the CI pipeline for more reliable releases.
Managed, hardened, and monitored server infrastructure, ensuring 99.5% uptime for the real estate brokerage portal.
Stack: Laravel, Vue.js, Livewire, GitHub Actions, PHPUnit, Event Sourcing, GraphQL, REST, PHP

Jan 2024 - Mar 2024

3 months

Walldorf, Germany

Project Management

SAP Deutschland & Co. KG

Stack: Python, Firewall, Networking, Consultant, Documentation

Jul 2023 - Oct 2023

4 months

Lippstadt, Germany

Platform Engineer

HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA

Stack: Mobility, PHP, JavaScript, DevSecOps, GitLab

Mar 2023 - Jun 2023

4 months

Munich, Germany

Fullstack Developer & DevOps

Essinger Consulting

Stack: API, REST, PHP, Laravel

Feb 2021 - Dec 2025

4 years 11 months

Taufkirchen, Germany

Founder & Managing Director (CEO/CTO)

BoonWeb GmbH

Operational management and stakeholder management for client projects in automotive, e-health, and e-commerce with 100% on-time delivery.
Development and market launch of Rechnungszeug (SaaS finance solution) – from zero to paying customers within 6 months with full legal compliance.
Project management of highly sensitive e-health platforms under strict GDPR compliance; successful audits with no findings.
Led interdisciplinary project teams (up to 8 people) and external service providers in agile environments (Scrum, Kanban).
Stack: Node.js, Go, VueJS, React, PHP, Laravel, Keycloak, Docker, GraphQL

Aug 2018 - Jun 2023

4 years 11 months

Munich, Germany

Tech Lead & Solution Architect

VIMP GmbH

Provided technical and managerial leadership to an international engineering team of four; increased team velocity by 35% through mentoring and process optimization.
Designed the architecture of a SaaS video platform, scaling from 50K to over 2M users with 99.9% uptime and reducing infrastructure costs by 60% through Kubernetes migration.
Aligned the technical roadmap directly with business goals; accelerated time-to-market for new features by 40%.
Architected monitoring systems (Prometheus, Grafana) and incident response processes to ensure 99.9% SLA compliance.
Stack: Laravel, React, VueJS, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, GitLab, Keycloak, GraphQL, OAuth2, OIDC, Helm, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana

Dec 2017 - Jul 2018

8 months

Munich, Germany

Fullstack Developer & DevOps

Acrontum GmbH

Stack: API, Laravel, PHP, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker

Oct 2015 - Nov 2019

4 years 2 months

Berg, Germany

Founder & Managing Director

aerobictrainer.fitness UG

Stack: CEO, SaaS, Product Development, Budgeting, Marketing

May 2015 - Nov 2017

2 years 7 months

Munich, Germany

Fullstack Developer & DevOps

limango GmbH

Stack: API, Salt, Laravel, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, REST

May 2014 - Apr 2015

1 year

Munich, Germany

Ruby on Rails / PHP Developer

CHECK24 GmbH

Stack: Web, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Migration, API, REST

Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

7 months

Munich, Germany

Ruby on Rails Developer

padcloud GmbH

Stack: SaaS, App, Ruby on Rails, API, REST, Mobile, Backend

Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

1 year 1 month

Munich, Germany

Fullstack Developer & DevOps

ONPEX GmbH

Stack: SaaS, PSP, PHP, Zend Framework, API, UI, UX

Feb 2012 - Sep 2012

8 months

Stuttgart, Germany

TYPO3 Developer

NETFORMIC GmbH

Stack: Backend, CMS, TYPO3, API, REST, SOAP, PHP

Aug 2011 - Jan 2012

6 months

Munich, Germany

Fullstack Developer & DevOps

Mayflower GmbH

Stack: PHP, Java, API, MongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB, Redis

Jan 2009 - Dec 2022

14 years

Munich, Germany

Fullstack Developer & DevOps

ACV Containerverleih GmbH

Stack: PHP, JavaScript, Nuxt, Gridsome, Vue.js

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Transportation, Information Technology, Retail, Automotive, Healthcare, and Sport.

Transportation

Information Technology

Retail

Automotive

Healthcare

Sport

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Operations, Project Management, Finance, and Marketing.

Information Technology

Product Development

Operations

Project Management

Finance

Marketing

Summary

“Architect of mission-critical platforms – from design to productive operation with measurable business impact”

Design and accountability for future-proof software architectures in regulated environments (FinTech/Banking).
Strategic advising of C-level and business stakeholders in translating complex requirements into viable IT concepts.
Expertise in integrating complex data flows and modern architectural patterns (Microservices, event-driven, API-First).
Ensuring sustainable software quality by establishing architecture standards, peer reviews, and mentoring programs.
Proven experience in cloud transformation and building highly available multi-tenant platforms.
Leading interdisciplinary development teams with a focus on overall technical responsibility and measurable business outcomes.

Skills

Architecture & Design: Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, Ddd, Api-First (Openapi/Rest), Cqrs & Event Sourcing, Cloud-Native, Zero Trust, Platform Engineering
Management & Methodology: Stakeholder Management (C-Level), Agile Project Management (Scrum/Kanban), Architecture Reviews & Technology Radar, Technical Consulting & Due Diligence
Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Helm, Argocd, Portainer, Container Registry Management
Infrastructure As Code: Ansible, Terraform, Salt Stack
Ci/Cd & Devops: Gitlab Ci/Cd, Github Actions, Git, Linux System Administration (Debian/Ubuntu)
Cloud Platforms: Aws (Ec2, S3), Ovh, Ionos, Hetzner, Openshift
Monitoring & Security: Prometheus, Grafana, Elk Stack, Graylog, Keycloak (Iam), Oauth2/Oidc/Saml, Hashicorp Vault, Threat Modeling
Programming & Scripting: Python, Go, Bash
Database Technologies: Postgresql, Mysql, Mongodb, Redis, Elasticsearch, Rabbitmq

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Spanish

Elementary

Education

Sep 2009 - Jul 2011

petaFuel GmbH

IT Specialist in Application Development · Freising, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Certified Security Professional

Swiss Cyber Institute

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 23

Experience in Transportation 14 y

Avg length 1 y 10 m

Longest experience 13 y 11 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 3 (Germany, Switzerland, Austria)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator, Cloud Platform Engineer, Fullstack Developer & ICT DevOps Engineer

Main industries Transportation, Information Technology, Retail

Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Operations

Qualifications

Certifications earned 1

Profile

Created

June 2026

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Where is Christoph based?

Christoph is based in Zug, Switzerland.

What languages does Christoph speak?

Christoph speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Christoph have?

Christoph has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Christoph has worked in at least 15 different roles and for 23 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 9 months. Note that Christoph may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Christoph be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Christoph would be well-suited for roles such as: ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator, Cloud Platform Engineer, Fullstack Developer & ICT DevOps Engineer.

What is Christoph's latest experience?

Christoph's most recent position is ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator at Abraxas Informatik AG.

What companies has Christoph worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Christoph has worked for Abraxas Informatik AG, SwissAI AG, Blink Labs GmbH, Schaltwerk Digital GmbH, and Faktly GmbH.

Which industries is Christoph most experienced in?

Christoph is most experienced in industries like Transportation, Information Technology, and Retail. Christoph also has some experience in Automotive, Healthcare, and Sport.

Which business areas is Christoph most experienced in?

Christoph is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Operations. Christoph also has some experience in Project Management, Finance, and Marketing.

Which industries has Christoph worked in recently?

Christoph has recently worked in industries like Transportation, Information Technology, and Retail.

Which business areas has Christoph worked in recently?

Christoph has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Operations.

What is Christoph's education?

Christoph attended petaFuel GmbH for IT Specialist in Application Development.

Does Christoph have any certificates?

Christoph has 1 certificate: Certified Security Professional.

What is the availability of Christoph?

Christoph is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Christoph?

Christoph's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.