Thomas Schuetz-Cloud Native Trainer and Architect
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Experience
Cloud Native Trainer and Architect / Owner
TSC Labs e.U.
Focus:
- Developing and providing Cloud Native Courses
- Architecture Consulting for Platform Engineering and Cloud Native
- Supporting Teams and People on their Cloud Native Journey
Delivered Trainings:
- Kubernetes Fundamentals - From Pods to Ingresses; 2 Days
- Platform Engineering on GKE - Operators, GitOps, Gateway API, Policy Management, Storage; 2 Days
- Platform Engineering on AKS - GitOps, External Secrets, Policy Management, Ingress/Gateway API and Storage; 4 Days
Currently In Progress:
- Platform Engineering Basic / Advanced on OpenShift - OpenShift/Kubernetes Basics, GitOps, External DNS, External Secrets; Multi-Step Program with 2 Course Blocks (3 and 2 Days) and self-paced projects
Lecturer (Part-Time)
University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten
Master Degree Program IT-Security Course Cloud Computing Security (Focus Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform)
Senior Enterprise Architect
karriere.at GmbH
- Architecting Platform Capabilities
- Driving and supporting cloud native transformation
- Standardizing cloud deployments
- Training and mentoring people on their path to the cloud
Principal Cloud Architect
Kapsch TrafficCom AG
- Designing Cloud Systems on Azure and AWS
- Driving and supporting cloud native transformation
- Standardizing cloud deployments on-premises and various cloud providers
- Enabling and mentoring people on their cloud journey
- Leading Training Initiatives
Cloud Engineering Consultant, Team Lead & Community Lead
WhizUs GmbH
- Building and leading a team of seven engineers
- Establishing agile processes and ceremonies in the team
- Architecting and implementing cloud native environments
- Organizing Community Events
- Delivering Kubernetes Trainings
Lecturer (Part-Time)
University of Applied Sciences Burgenland
- Master Course Cloud Computing Engineering (Courses Infrastructure Engineering - IaC, Kubernetes, Cloud Native)
- Bachelor Course IT Infrastructure Management (Virtualization and Infrastructure-as-Code)
Senior / Staff / Principal Cloud Engineer
Dynatrace Austria GmbH
- Automating Kubernetes environment setup for testing
- Development of a self-service and automation platform
- Initial implementation of Telegraf plugin and OpenTelemetry metrics exporter
- Driving platform infrastructure deployment and standardization
- Leading internal adoption for Open Source products
- Architecture of Open Source Project (Keptn Lifecycle Toolkit)
Infrastructure Automation Engineer
youniqx Identity AG
- Design and configuration of cloud infrastructure
- Configuration of Kubernetes Infrastructure
- Evaluation of emerging open source products and technologies
Head of IT Infrastructure & Operations
MANZ Solutions GmbH
- Technical leadership in numerous projects
- Technology management in the area of IT Infrastructure
- Operational responsibility for the "Urkundenarchiv der Architekten und Ingenieurkonsulenten")
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Experienced in Information Technology and Education.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Operations, Project Management, Product Development, and Strategy.
Summary
I help organizations build practical cloud-native platforms and develop the skills needed to run them long term. My work combines principal architecture consulting, platform engineering, and team mentoring.
How I help client organizations:
Enablement & Training: Designing and delivering cloud-native training, lecturing at academic levels (bachelor's/master's), and mentoring teams to make complex infrastructure understandable.
Cloud-Native Architecture: Standardized, secure deployments across GCP, AWS, Azure, and on-premises environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Kubernetes.
Platform as a Product: Building reliable "golden paths" and self-service platforms that developers actually want to use, driving high internal adoption.
My primary focus is training and guiding platform teams through cloud-native transitions. I bring hands-on experience leading engineering teams and a strong commitment to developer experience (DX).
Outside of enablement and consulting, I support the cloud-native ecosystem as a CNCF Ambassador, Golden Kubestronaut, and Tech Lead of the CNCF TAG Infrastructure.
Skills
- Cloud-Native Architecture
- Training & Enablement In The Cloud Native Space
- Kubernetes / Containers
- Gitops
- Google Cloud Platform
- Ci Workflows
- Amazon Web Services
- Azure
- Terraform / Opentofu
- Linux
- Virtualization
- Networking
- Go
- Kubernetes Operators
- Bash
- Latex
- Python
Languages
Education
Fachhochschule des bfi Wien
MBA · General Management - Leadership & Change Management · Vienna, Austria
University of Applied Sciences Burgenland
MSc · Cloud Computing Engineering · Eisenstadt, Austria
University of Applied Sciences Burgenland
BSc, Branch Security Management · IT Infrastructure Management · Eisenstadt, Austria
Certifications & licenses
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
FinOps Certified Practitioner
Golden Kubestronaut
Google Professional Cloud Architect
Google Professional DevOps Engineer
SAFe Architect
SAFe DevOps
Scrum.org Professional Agile Leader
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Thomas is based in Saint Pölten, Austria and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Thomas speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Thomas has at least 16 years of experience. During this time, Thomas has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 9 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 10 months. Note that Thomas may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Thomas would be well-suited for roles such as: Cloud Native Trainer and Architect / Owner, Lecturer (Part-Time), Senior Enterprise Architect.
Thomas's most recent position is Cloud Native Trainer and Architect / Owner at TSC Labs e.U..
In recent years, Thomas has worked for TSC Labs e.U., University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, karriere.at GmbH, Kapsch TrafficCom AG, and WhizUs GmbH.
Thomas is most experienced in industries like Information Technology and Education.
Thomas is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Project Management. Thomas also has some experience in Product Development and Strategy.
Thomas has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Education.
Thomas has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Product Development.
Thomas holds a Master in General Management - Leadership & Change Management from Fachhochschule des bfi Wien, a Master in Cloud Computing Engineering from University of Applied Sciences Burgenland and a Bachelor in IT Infrastructure Management from University of Applied Sciences Burgenland.
Thomas has 9 certificates. Among them, these include: Certified Kubernetes Administrator, Certified Kubernetes Application Developer, and FinOps Certified Practitioner.
Thomas is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.
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