Michael Yaco - Senior Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer

Q: Where is Michael based?

Michael is based in Offenbach am Main, Germany .

Q: What languages does Michael speak?

Michael speaks the following languages: Arabic (Native), German (Native), English (Advanced), Armenian (Intermediate) .

Q: How many years of experience does Michael have?

Michael has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 12 different roles and for 14 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 1 month . Note that Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Michael's latest experience?

Michael's most recent position is Senior Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer at DB Regio AG .

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

In recent years, Michael has worked for DB Regio AG , Crossload , CrossTech Solutions GmbH , Wazzl – Digital Business Cards , and DB Systel GmbH .

Q: Which industries is Michael most experienced in?

Michael is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Transportation , and Professional Services . Michael also has some experience in Government and Administration , Telecommunication , and Banking and Finance .

Q: Which business areas is Michael most experienced in?

Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Product Development , and Strategy . Michael also has some experience in Research and Development , Business Intelligence , and Quality Assurance .

Q: Which industries has Michael worked in recently?

Michael has recently worked in industries like Information Technology , Professional Services , and Transportation .

Q: Which business areas has Michael worked in recently?

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

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Offenbach am Main, Germany

Experience

Jul 2024 - Oct 2025

1 year 4 months

Senior Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer

DB Regio AG

Supported implementation and operation of a portal used online and offline in customer-facing vehicles
Automated processes by introducing CI/CD pipelines
Provided enablement and methodological guidance for adopting software engineering best practices
System environment: NestJS, Node.js, npm, AWS, Docker, Docker Swarm, GitLab CI, WhiteSource, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch, REST API

Jun 2023 - Present

2 years 10 months

Hands-on Architect

Crossload

Designed and implemented a speech-to-text service to process large volumes of audio files
System environment: Python, Flask, uWSGI, Hetzner, Pulumi, OpenAI Whisper, GitLab CI

May 2023 - Present

2 years 11 months

Founder, Lead Architect, Senior DevOps/MLOps Engineer

CrossTech Solutions GmbH

Worked as a hands-on solution architect
Provided strategic consulting on software architecture, cloud migration, and DevOps/MLOps processes
Coached teams in best practices

May 2023 - Jun 2024

1 year 2 months

Lead Solution Engineer

Wazzl – Digital Business Cards

Designed and implemented AWS cloud migration
Integrated CRM
Developed AI-based capture of paper business cards
Provided strategic consulting on digitization
System environment: AWS, CodeDeploy, Terraform, Azure Form Recognizer, Hetzner, Linux, Scala, Twirl, Jetty, MariaDB, Git, Flyway, Microsoft Entra ID, Go, Java, Spring Boot, REST API

Sep 2020 - Apr 2023

2 years 8 months

Senior Consultant, Senior AI Architect, Senior MLOps Engineer

DB Systel GmbH

Designed, implemented, and documented a toolset for data scientists to manage efficient, traceable, and scalable machine learning projects
Automated processes by introducing CI/CD pipelines
Provided methodological consulting on software engineering best practices
Enabled and coached a DevOps team
System environment: Python, Flask, uWSGI, Go, AWS (SageMaker, Batch, EKS), MLOps, OpenShift, Docker, Helm, Helmfile, Ansible, Terraform, GitLab CI, WhiteSource, Renovate, PostgreSQL

Feb 2019 - Dec 2020

1 year 11 months

Lead Software Architect, Senior DevOps Engineer

DB Systel GmbH

Support further development of a Location Based Service Platform for rail-specific geoinformation such as station layouts, train schedules, route data, network plans and background maps as a cross-cutting map service for passenger information
System environment: Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, AWS, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, REST API, Location Based Service Platform, Vue.js, OpenLayers, NestJS, NodeJS, NPM, GitLab CI, Flyway, Renovate, WhiteSource, SonarQube, PostgreSQL

Feb 2017 - Dec 2018

1 year 11 months

IT-Architect, Lead Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer

GLS IT-Services

Conception and further development of the ParcelOS system
Introduction of DevOps processes
Tech lead for an offshore team
System environment: JEE7, Wildfly, Spring Framework, AWS, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Web Services, Apache Lucene, GeoCoding, JPA, Gradle, BitBucket, Jenkins, Vagrant, Flyway, SonarQube, PostgreSQL

Nov 2014 - Dec 2016

2 years 2 months

IT-Consultant, Senior Software Engineer

ITZ Bund - Customs Classification Support System (Capgemini)

Support in conception and development of a new system for customs classification
Creation of a user interface prototype for accessibility requirements
System environment: JEE7, JBoss EAP, Wildfly, Spring Framework, JSF, Primefaces, JPA, Accessibility, BITV 2.0 test, Maven, Ant, CI/CD, SonarQube, Git, Oracle

May 2014 - Oct 2014

6 months

Architect, Software Engineer

Deutsche Post (Capgemini)

Creation of a security concept
Implementation of user management
Support in load and performance testing and bug-fixing
System environment: Java, Linux, Oracle 11.2, SQL Developer, Weblogic, MQ

Jan 2013 - Apr 2014

1 year 4 months

BI-Consultant

Telekom (Capgemini)

Functional clarification, deployment and version control, production support, bug-fixing and performance optimization
System environment: Oracle 11.2, PL/SQL, SQL, Unix, TOAD, SQL Developer, Rational ClearCase

Sep 2012 - Oct 2012

2 months

Software Engineer

Vodafone (Capgemini)

Design and further development of the SNMP TrapDB system collecting quality data from set-top boxes within the internal IPTV infrastructure
System environment: Java, SNMP, JDBC, SQL, Oracle, Linux, Solaris

May 2012 - Sep 2012

5 months

Software Engineer

Vodafone (Capgemini)

Further development of a system to quickly isolate and resolve faults
System environment: Java, Oracle, Hibernate, JMS, SNMP, Solaris

Oct 2010 - Mar 2012

1 year 6 months

Software Engineer

Kühne + Nagel (Capgemini)

Member of a development team for a transport management system in a team of about 100
System environment: Java 6.0, Hibernate/JPA, Spring, Maven, Eclipse, Oracle

May 2010 - Sep 2010

5 months

Software Engineer

DekaBank (Capgemini)

Design, implementation and testing of the rebuild of central applications in market risk controlling from direct database connection to web services
System environment: VBA, VB, Access, MS SQL Server

Mar 2008 - Jul 2009

1 year 5 months

Software Developer

Institute for Experimental Software Engineering

Development of tool support for IESE's NFR method
System environment: DXL

May 2007 - Jan 2008

9 months

Software Developer

German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

Development of a tool for automatic creation of an IP-to-country database from the five Regional Internet Registrars (RIRs)
System environment: Java, C++

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Transportation, Professional Services, Government and Administration, Telecommunication, and Banking and Finance.

Information Technology

Transportation

Professional Services

Government and Administration

Telecommunication

Banking and Finance

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Strategy, Business Intelligence, Research and Development, and Quality Assurance.

Information Technology

Product Development

Strategy

Business Intelligence

Research and Development

Quality Assurance

Skills

Methods: Devops, Mlops, Ooa, Ood, Oop
Process Models: Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, Incremental, Waterfall
Operating Systems: Macos, Linux, Windows
Languages: Python, Java, Scala, Go, C++, C, Xml, Html, Css, Javascript, Sql, Pl/sql
Database Systems: Postgresql, Oracle, Mysql, Ms Sql Server, Nosql
Tools: Windsurf, Intellij Idea, Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, Rsa, Spring, Spring Boot, Primefaces, Junit, Jira, Confluence, Gradle, Maven, Ant, Doors, Enterprise Architect, Ms Sql Server Management Studio, Toad, Sql Developer, Flyway, Weblogic, Jboss Application Server, Wildfly, Bitv, Apache Lucene, Jenkins, Gitlab Ci, Whitesource, Renovate, Sonarqube, Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Helm, Helmfile, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Opensearch, Aws, Sagemaker, Batch, Eks, Serverless, Codedeploy, Azure Form Recognizer, Azure Entra Id, Hetzner, Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Vagrant, Svn, Gitlab, Bitbucket, Git, Transformer Model (Whisper), Claude Code, Coding With Genai
Industries: Mobility, Transport, Parcel Service, Freight Transport, Public Sector, Postal Service, Telecommunications, Banking

Languages

Arabic

Native

German

Native

English

Advanced

Armenian

Intermediate

Education

Oct 2006 - Sep 2009

TU Kaiserslautern

Master in Computer Science, Minor in Economics · Computer Science · Kaiserslautern, Germany

Sep 2000 - Jun 2005

State Engineering University of Armenia

Diploma in Software Engineering · Computer Science · Yerevan, Armenia

Certifications & licenses

iSAQB® Certified Professionals for Software Architecture – Foundation Level

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 16

Experience in Information Technology 9.5 y

Avg length 1 y 5 m

Longest experience 2 y 10 m

Expertise

Recent roles Senior Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer, Hands-on Architect, Founder, Lead Architect, Senior DevOps/MLOps Engineer

Main industries Information Technology, Transportation, Professional Services

Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Strategy

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 1

Profile

Created

March 2026

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Where is Michael based?

Michael is based in Offenbach am Main, Germany.

What languages does Michael speak?

Michael speaks the following languages: Arabic (Native), German (Native), English (Advanced), Armenian (Intermediate).

How many years of experience does Michael have?

Michael has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Michael has worked in at least 12 different roles and for 14 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 1 month. Note that Michael may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Michael be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Michael would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer, Hands-on Architect, Founder, Lead Architect, Senior DevOps/MLOps Engineer.

What is Michael's latest experience?

Michael's most recent position is Senior Consultant, Senior DevOps Engineer at DB Regio AG.

What companies has Michael worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Michael has worked for DB Regio AG, Crossload, CrossTech Solutions GmbH, Wazzl – Digital Business Cards, and DB Systel GmbH.

Which industries is Michael most experienced in?

Michael is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Transportation, and Professional Services. Michael also has some experience in Government and Administration, Telecommunication, and Banking and Finance.

Which business areas is Michael most experienced in?

Michael is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Strategy. Michael also has some experience in Research and Development, Business Intelligence, and Quality Assurance.

Which industries has Michael worked in recently?

Michael has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Professional Services, and Transportation.

Which business areas has Michael worked in recently?

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

What is Michael's education?

Michael holds a Master in Computer Science from TU Kaiserslautern and a Bachelor in Computer Science from State Engineering University of Armenia.

Does Michael have any certificates?

Michael has 1 certificate: iSAQB® Certified Professionals for Software Architecture – Foundation Level.

What is the availability of Michael?

Michael will be available full-time from April 2026.

What is the rate of Michael?

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