Michael Rudl - Cloud Software Architect and Java Developer

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Langenselbold, Germany

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Experience

Jun 2024 - Jul 2024

2 months

Software Developer

Automatic creation of reports based on log data from the Senstar surveillance camera software regarding access times for various camera systems
Gathering requirements and translating them into a suitable technological solution
Implementation of Python scripts to read, process, and convert Senstar log data into PDF reports
Reading configuration files to control the scripts
Packaging the Python scripts and all dependencies as an executable cmd. Offline installation on Windows Server
Providing –help parameters to list and explain the script parameters
Creation of documentation for installing, configuring, and operating the scripts
Technical environment: Python 3, SQL, Senstar, Windows Server, Python Setuptools, fpdf

Mar 2024 - May 2024

3 months

Software Developer

Provision of an API for the historical aggregation of precious metal price data
Architecture: Spring Boot API, Timescale for Postgres
Gathering requirements and translating them into a suitable technological solution
Design and modeling of the aggregation logic for all historical price data into daily aggregated values by metal
Implementation of a Spring Boot-based API for providing historical values
Setup of the hosting component in Azure
Setup of the deployment process
Technical environment: Java, Spring Boot, Timescale, Postgres, SQL, Azure App Service

Aug 2023 - Present

3 years 3 months

Software Developer / IT Architect

Implementation of a platform for precious metal recycling processes in the B2B environment
Java Spring API based on SAP-Hybris with Vue.js frontend
Full-stack responsibility for application components such as authentication, user and role management, from precise requirements gathering through frontend and backend development
Integration of SOAP- and REST-based external services into the application
Contribution to the development of the recycling module, including dynamic forms and process modeling
Planning and setup of infrastructure components in the Azure Cloud
Implementation of system emails
Communication with interface departments to configure infrastructure components such as firewalls or monitoring agents
Setup of the deployment pipeline, including zero-downtime deployment, staging environment, and automatic REST client generation for the frontend
Technical environment: Object-oriented programming, Java, Spring, Azure, SAP-Hybris, Typescript, Vue.js, OpenAPI, Jenkins, Bash, ServiceNow, Azure B2C, OIDC, OAuth2, SOAP, REST, Spring Security, Velocity, JsPDF, SAML, SQL, Bitbucket, Azure Static Web App, Azure Application Gateway, Bitbucket Pipelines

Feb 2023 - Present

3 years 9 months

Langenselbold, Germany

Managing Director / Software Developer / IT Architect

Rudl IT Solutions GmbH

Freelance software developer and IT architect in various customer projects
Business development and IT project management as managing director
Web development as an agency service

Feb 2023 - Jul 2023

6 months

Software Development

Participation in an agile software development project for an existing precious metal trading platform
Replacement of an existing authentication solution with OAuth2-based authentication
Automatic creation of PDFs from transaction data
Handling bug fixes and change requests
Development of a PoC for trading precious metals via API
Revision of the deployment process to ensure zero-downtime deployments
Technical environment: Object-oriented programming Java, Spring, Azure B2C, OIDC, Java EE, JsPDF, OpenAPI, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Git, JSP

Nov 2022 - Jan 2023

3 months

Software Development

Heraeus Holding GmbH

Implementation of a solution for monitoring Azure governance requirements
Development of a technically extensible framework for running scripts to monitor internal Azure governance requirements
Creation of scripts to read the Azure configuration status
Integration of the scripts into Azure DevOps for periodic execution
Loading the governance evaluation results into an SQL database
Creation of a reporting dashboard based on Splunk
Technical environment: Azure Powershell, Azure DevOps, Azure Policies, SQL, Splunk

Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

4 months

Cloud Architect

An existing cloud application hosted on Azure App Services had to be integrated into the customer's VPN
Evaluation of the various options for integration into the VPN
Created and tested a PoC for two of the options
Summarized and presented the PoC results
Set up the new production environment within an Azure App Service Environment
Technical environment: Azure App Service, Private Endpoint, Azure Virtual Network Integration, App Service Environment

May 2022 - Apr 2023

1 year

Software Developer / IT Architect / Co-Founder

Glassifai

The startup Glassif.ai planned to collect information about the technologies used by companies based on job postings and market this information as a sales tool in a processed form
Architecture of the entire crawling and analysis pipeline
Resource-efficient control of crawlers via message broker
Connection to various job portals (Stepstone, Xing etc.) and sources for company data (Bundesanzeiger)
Implementation of an intelligent crawler to find job postings on company websites
Connection of machine learning models for analyzing the job postings
Implementation of an API service for providing the data
Development of a frontend prototype using low-code tools
Managing and directing external developers from other countries
Technical environment: Python, Playwright, FastAPI, BeautifulSoup, Kubernetes, Hetzner Cloud, Longhorn, RabbitMQ, Docker, min.io, XPath, Spyder, Retool, MongoDB

Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

5 months

Software Developer

Heraeus Holding GmbH

Implementation of a data synchronization service for synchronizing vCenter data with ServiceNow
Connection to the ServiceNow REST API for creating and updating vCenter entities (VMs, physical servers, networks etc.)
Reading vCenter data using a Powershell script
Development of a synchronization database to limit the number of requests sent to the ServiceNow API
Installation of the application as a Windows Service
Technical environment: Object-oriented programming C#, dotnet core, SQL, Powershell, vCenter, ServiceNow, REST

Sep 2021 - Jan 2022

5 months

Software Developer

Heraeus Holding GmbH

Implementation of an API for deploying and configuring servers in Azure according to internal requirements
Creation of the script for creating the VM and all required resources
Creation of the script for creating the internal DNS entry
Connection of the configuration management tool Rudder to register the new machine
Joining the machine to the Active Directory
Persistence of requests in a database
Technical environment: C#, dotnet core, SQL, Powershell, vCenter, ServiceNow, REST, Azure Bicep, bash

May 2020 - Apr 2021

1 year

Software Developer

TipsyIQ

Implementation and marketing of an online multiplayer quiz and party game
Implementation of the WebSocket-based backend
Design and implementation of the Vue.js frontend
Implementation of a service for managing questions and allowing users to submit questions
Payment integration for leaderboard donations
Marketing through social media and SEO
Milestones: Over 3 million page views, still >10,000 monthly page views to this day
Technical environment: Vue.js, Typescript, Node, WebSockets, Docker, Azure DevOps, Static Web Apps, Java

Aug 2018 - Jan 2023

4 years 6 months

Software Development / Cloud Architecture / Project Management

Heraeus Holding GmbH

Software development in various small to medium-sized software projects
Cloud architecture and cloud migration of existing on-premises systems
Project management and requirements analysis

Industry experience

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Experienced in Metals and Mining, Information Technology, Manufacturing, and Banking and Finance.

Metals and Mining

Information Technology

Manufacturing

Banking and Finance

Business area experience

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

Information Technology

Project Management

Product Development

Marketing

Summary

Expertise in carrying out software projects in both classic and agile project structures, supported by solid knowledge of cloud architecture and deployment process automation.

Professional project experience in various programming languages (Java, C#, JS, Python) and frameworks (Spring, Vue.js, Dotnet Core), with a focus on backend API development using object-oriented programming languages and single-page application frontends.

Experience integrating third-party software, including ServiceNow, VCenter, Sensta, SAP-Hybris / SAP Commerce.

Use of modern tools (Atlassian Stack, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Git, Co-Pilot) throughout the development process.

Skills

Requirements Analysis
Process Analysis
Industries: B2b, Chemicals, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Service Sector
Project Management Frameworks: Scrum, Other Agile Methods
Project Experience With Agile Methods Such As Sprints, Sprint Planning, Refinement Meetings, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospective Meetings, Sprint Review Meetings
Atlassian Jira
Atlassian Confluence
Bitbucket
Git
Low-Code Tools (Retool, Airtable, N8n)
Vs Code
Intellij
Linux
Debian
Azure Application Gateway
Servicenow
Ms Office
Vcenter
Azure Static Web Apps
Trello
Sap Hybris Commerce
Wordpress
Azure Policies
Kubernetes
Docker
Hetzner Cloud
Junit
Apache Velocity
Heroku
Xpath
Playwright
Min.Io
Longhorn For Kubernetes
Amazon S3
Solr
Java
Spring
Spring Boot
Vue.Js
Nuxt
Html
Css
Javascript
Python
Azure
Rest-Api
Soap
Json
C#
Dotnet
Object-Oriented Programming (Oop)
Frontend Development
Deployment Automation
Cloud

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

French

Elementary

Education

Oct 2018 - Jun 2021

IT Specialist for Application Development · Germany · 2

University of Applied Sciences Mainz

Bachelor of Science · Business Information Systems · Mainz, Germany · 1,0

Certifications & licenses

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 12

Experience in Metals and Mining 7.5 y

Avg length 1 y 3 m

Longest experience 4 y 5 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Software Developer, Software Developer / IT Architect, Managing Director / Software Developer / IT Architect

Main industries Metals and Mining, Information Technology, Manufacturing

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Certifications earned 1

Profile

Member since

July 2025

Last update

October 2026

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Michael is based in Langenselbold, Germany.

Michael speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), French (Elementary).

Michael has at least 8 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 8 months. Note that Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Michael would be well-suited for roles such as: Software Developer, Software Developer / IT Architect, Managing Director / Software Developer / IT Architect.

Michael's most recent position is Software Developer.

In recent years, Michael has worked for Rudl IT Solutions GmbH, Heraeus Holding GmbH, and Glassifai.

Michael is most experienced in industries like Metals and Mining, Information Technology, and Manufacturing. Michael also has some experience in Banking and Finance.

Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development. Michael also has some experience in Marketing and Business Intelligence.

Michael has recently worked in industries like Metals and Mining, Information Technology, and Manufacturing.

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

Michael holds a Bachelor in Business Information Systems from University of Applied Sciences Mainz.

Michael has 1 certificate: Azure Cloud Solution Architect Expert.

The availability of Michael needs to be confirmed.

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