Maurice Knopp-Senior Solution Architect
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Solution Architect – Cloud-Native Transformation of IoT Monitoring Platform
NDA / Wind Energy Sector
- Led the end-to-end architecture and migration of a legacy on- premise IoT monitoring system to a cloud-native Azure platform within a 17-member development team
- Designed and implemented a scalable microservices architecture (Java 21, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Azure Services), decoupling IoT data streams and eliminating legacy system bottlenecks
- Defined technology stack, mentored developers, and orchestrated cross-functional teams in 4 countries to ensure high-quality delivery and alignment with architectural standards
- Drove requirements engineering and system redesign, removing years of technical debt and introducing event-driven processing and automated workflows
- Key Achievements
- Increased system stability and uptime by ~10x, eliminating need for 24/7 DevOps intervention
- Reduced hosting costs by ~80% (5x savings) through cloud optimization
- Improved performance and scalability, enabling stable handling of high-volume IoT data streams
- Delivered successful zero-disruption migration from on-prem to cloud, with strong user satisfaction and reliability from day one
Senior Solution Architect
Wind Turbine Manufacturer
- Analysis of complex IoT remote monitoring application processing up to 100k events per second
- In depth analysis of existing microservices, interfaces and data flows of on-premise solution
- Created concepts for new Azure cloud–based solution to increase scalability, stability and reliability by 10×
- Proposed solution to high-level management with migration timeline for on-prem to cloud
- Led implementation phase as solution architect, continuously monitoring, planning and refining architecture throughout development and testing
Senior Expert Big Data Solution Architect
Undisclosed Company
- Designed and built data model for high-performance big data application handling billing of billions of items for a governmental health insurance service
- Translated functional requirements into technical requirements and data model
- Conceptualized in-memory data structure to handle billions of entries with high throughput
- Selected technology components and built software stack
- Implemented and ran benchmarks for processing and workflow control (Camunda 8, Spring Statemachine)
- Evaluated performance tests for millions of data points
- Designed microservice in-memory application and proof-of-concept implementation
- Architected data persistence for historical data
- Performed proof-of-concepts and measured access times for hundreds of millions of data points
Data Engineer
Undisclosed Company
- Optimized performance of HBase access for complex data structures
- Identified HBase performance bottlenecks and optimized access patterns and data processing flows
- Used fastutil library to reduce memory footprint and shorten Spark job runtimes processing tens of millions of rows
- Optimized existing Spark jobs to reduce runtime and memory footprint by 50 %
- Implemented Spark jobs accessing HBase data structures and Kafka messaging to meet functional requirements
Senior Java Enterprise Developer / REST-API Architect
RheinEnergie AG
- Designed, architected and implemented a high-performance Java OnlineService API microservice as intermediary between AngularJS frontend and SAP ERP backend (OData)
- Served up to 1 million customer requests for online services
- Secured microservice with OWASP security measures and API data validation
- Conducted requirements engineering, optimized, implemented and verified business services within the Java microservice
- Improved service reliability through automated metrics monitoring (AWS Kibana), fixes and improvements
- Deployed new software releases to production environments
- Led developer discussions and peer reviews for high code quality
- Implemented frontend (Cypress) and backend (Postman REST) tests
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Experienced in Energy, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Insurance, Government and Administration, and Information Technology.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, and Business Intelligence.
Summary
My name is Maurice Knopp and for more than 21 years I have been passionately developing powerful, reliable, scalable and maintainable full-stack enterprise software and big data applications for major companies such as DuMont, Pixelpark (end customer: KfW), RTL, ]init[ (end customer: German government), RheinEnergie and many more.
Measurable results are my driving force: Understanding user needs quickly, offering added value through an ideal software solution and iteratively developing it further in order to ultimately optimally design value chains is usually the focus of my work.
To date, I have helped dozens of companies from Germany and Luxembourg to implement new data/web software or to extend existing systems, to modernize their core business processes and/or to develop completely new business areas and customer groups.
Top Skills:
Ownership mentality top reliability Highly solution-oriented and results-focused Clear, targeted, and audience-specific communication Often bridge between developers and business stakeholders Quick onboarding and adaptability
Skills
Responsibility & Ownership: Taking Responsibility For Business-Critical Systems And Delivering Stable, Sustainable Solutions Even Under High Load And During Critical Project Phases.
Reliability & Stability: On-Time Delivery And Stable Operation Of Complex Systems.
Solution Orientation & Focus On Results: Developing Pragmatic Solutions With A Clear Focus On Performance, Cost Efficiency, And Risk Reduction.
Communication & Mediation: Technical Sparring Partner Between Development Teams And The Business, Who Makes Complex Topics Understandable And Speeds Up Decisions.
Fast Onboarding: Ability To Quickly Understand New System Landscapes And Processes And To Prioritize In A Targeted Way.
Technical Expertise: Development Of Highly Scalable Java Enterprise, Big Data, And Cloud Solutions With Measurable Business Impact.
Leadership & Team Coordination: Leading And Guiding Cross-Functional Teams, Including Mentoring Developers.
Innovation & Prototyping: Evaluating New Technologies And Developing Innovative Product Ideas To Increase Efficiency And Value.
Software Due Diligence & System Audits: Assessing, Optimizing, And Securing Critical Business Software.
Agile Methods: Many Years Of Experience In Large Agile Projects (Scrum, Kanban, Safe)
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Education
TH Köln
Master, Business Informatics · Business Informatics · Cologne, Germany · 1.4
Grade: Grade 1.4 (1 highest - 4 lowest)
Activities and societies: Controlling, Business Intelligence, Project management, Enterprise Application Integration, Distributed Systems, IT Security, Human Resource Management, Business Engineering, Architecture of Distributed Systems
Worked at a media agency in web development, learned Linux at night.
TH Köln
Bachelor of Science · B. Sc. Media Informatics · Cologne, Germany · 1.5
Grade: Grade 1.5 (1 highest - 4 lowest)
Activities and societies: Usability Engineering, IT Project Management, Software Engineering, Operating Systems, Databases, Web Development, Software Architecture
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Maurice is based in Cologne, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Maurice speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).
Maurice has at least 5 years of experience. During this time, Maurice has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 1 month. Note that Maurice may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Maurice would be well-suited for roles such as: Solution Architect – Cloud-Native Transformation of IoT Monitoring Platform, Senior Solution Architect, Senior Expert Big Data Solution Architect.
Maurice's most recent position is Solution Architect – Cloud-Native Transformation of IoT Monitoring Platform at NDA / Wind Energy Sector.
In recent years, Maurice has worked for NDA / Wind Energy Sector, Wind Turbine Manufacturer, Undisclosed Company, and RheinEnergie AG.
Maurice is most experienced in industries like Energy, Manufacturing, and Healthcare. Maurice also has some experience in Insurance, Government and Administration, and Information Technology.
Maurice is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Business Intelligence.
Maurice holds a Master in Business Informatics from TH Köln and a Bachelor in B. Sc. Media Informatics from TH Köln.
Maurice will be available full-time from December 2026.
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