Robin W.-Senior Platform Engineer & Cloud Architect
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Founder & Consultant · Platform Engineering & AI Infrastructure
RootVector.ai
- Built and operate a hybrid Kubernetes platform across bare metal and cloud to validate multi-GPU workloads, security-zone isolation, and disaster recovery.
- Operate self-hosted AI coding agents in the platform's Git workflow, from issue triage to pull-request review; every change is gated by manifest diffs and policy checks in CI.
- Co-developed a sensor-fusion and GPU edge-inference platform selected by the European Defense Tech Hub from 50 solutions for field testing.
Cloud Security Architect
SysEleven GmbH
- Designed secure OpenStack cloud architectures for classified workloads up to GEHEIM, enabling customer adoption of secunet SINA Cloud and supporting BSI certification.
- Architected an air-gapped OpenShift deployment on a custom bare-metal stack for a defense customer, collaborating directly with Red Hat engineering.
- Integrated Open Source components for classified networks, led customer workshops, and prototyped a cross-domain Web Application Gateway.
Cloud Architect, Central Tools & CI/CD
SAP SE
- Led three enterprise migrations across SAP's 1.5-petabyte Central Tools estate from on-premises infrastructure to Google Cloud, supporting 1,200 engineering teams.
- Established pull-request-based staging environments with automated load testing for SAP's central binary repository, replacing multi-day manual release validation.
- Established a follow-the-sun 24/7 support model for cloud migration platform services, then led its transition between external vendors and coordinated knowledge transfer.
Cloud Engineer
Endocode AG
- Operated a bare-metal Kubernetes CI/CD platform for 1,000+ SAP developers across OS, bootstrap, networking, and storage; led incident recovery and root-cause analysis.
- Automated provisioning and delivery workflows, cutting deployment lead time by a factor of 15; this work led to a direct hire into SAP's Global Cloud Services organization.
Software Engineer
Self-employed
- Developed C# automation systems with OpenCV, integrating video capture and reverse-engineered third-party APIs, from architecture to customer delivery.
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Experienced in Information Technology and Aerospace and Defense.
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Experienced in Information Technology and Product Development.
Summary
I design and operate business-critical Kubernetes platforms across cloud, bare metal and air-gapped environments, combining secure GitOps delivery with production-grade AI infrastructure.
Skills
Programming
- Go
- Typescript
- Python
- Rust
Infrastructure
- Gcp
- Openstack
- Hetzner
- Bare Metal
- Nixos
- Opentofu/Terraform
- Cluster Api
- Kubevirt
- Ceph/Zfs
Platform
- Kubernetes
- Multi-Cluster Platforms
- Gitops
- Fluxcd
- Argo Cd
- Tekton
- Helm
- Cilium
- Istio/Gateway Api
Intelligence
- Ai Automation
- Gpu Workloads
- Model Serving
- Vllm
- Llama.Cpp
- Cuda
- Agentic Workflows
- Rag
Compliance
- Platform Security
- Policy As Code
- Zero Trust
- Rbac
- Admission Policy
- Openbao
- Trivy
- Bsi
- Gdpr
Languages
Education
TU Berlin
Business Informatics · Berlin, Germany
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Robin is based in Berlin, Germany.
Robin speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Robin has at least 11 years of experience. During this time, Robin has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 2 months. Note that Robin may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Robin would be well-suited for roles such as: Founder & Consultant · Platform Engineering & AI Infrastructure, Cloud Security Architect, Cloud Architect, Central Tools & CI/CD.
Robin's most recent position is Founder & Consultant · Platform Engineering & AI Infrastructure at RootVector.ai.
In recent years, Robin has worked for RootVector.ai, SysEleven GmbH, and SAP SE.
Robin is most experienced in industries like Information Technology and Aerospace and Defense.
Robin is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development.
Robin has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Aerospace and Defense.
Robin has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology and Product Development.
Robin attended TU Berlin for Business Informatics.
Robin will be available full-time from September 2026.
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