Amazon EventBridge Experts in Germany

• It is like a startup within REWE, where we have to build a new forecasting system on Google Cloud Platform from the scratch. Although, officially my role is called MLOps, my actual tasks also include development of data processing pipelines (data engineering) and data scientists tasks such as feature engineering and model trainings.
• GCP: Terraform (tofu), Vertex AI (Kubeflow), Cloud Run, IAM, Google Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Artifact Registry
• Data engineering: Snowflake as the main data warehouse, Terraform, DBT for data model implementations
• CI/CD: GitLab. We have built a CI/CD pipeline that automates deployments of new releases up to production environment

• Datastage 11.7, dbt, Oracle 19, Python 3.12 / PySpark 3.5, Azure GitHub, Azure DevOps, Automic
• Development of migration jobs to transfer data from the collection DWH to the new Risk Mart, as well as development of ETL pipelines to migrate historical data from the old Mart to the new Risk Mart.
• Storage of the silver layer on Hadoop and the gold layer in Oracle.
• Translation of DataStage jobs into dbt to publish reporting data in Google Cloud to a PostgreSQL database.
• Creation and optimization of complex SQL queries for data extraction from a data vault, taking into account historical data in the point-in-time tables.
• Creation of Oracle table definitions (DDL) and adjustment of existing stored procedures.
• Versioning changes in GitHub and deployment via the CI/CD portal.
• Refactoring long-running DataStage jobs into Python using PySpark to reduce server load.
• Migration of SAS scripts to PL/SQL, including new development of distribution functions that have no direct equivalent in Oracle.
• Development of Automic jobs to run DataStage pipelines and Python scripts (PySpark jobs) that control the population of the SME and institutional risk tables in the Risk Mart and perform business calculations.
• Participation in the agile process, including creating user stories, estimations, and planning in Azure DevOps.
• Handling Azure DevOps tickets and close collaboration with testers and business teams for error analysis and resolution.

• Designed, built, and maintained scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines using Python, SQL, REST APIs, AWS Lambda, S3, PostgreSQL RDS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Docker, Apache Airflow, and BigQuery – integrating data from GA4, Google Ads, Meta Ads, CMS, CRM, newsletters, events, and B2C ordering systems into analytics-ready datasets.
• Built a cross-brand lakehouse architecture from AWS to BigQuery – transforming raw JSON/CSV data into structured, partitioned, and reusable reporting layers with staging, intermediate, canonical, and mart models.
• Designed relational and dimensional data models: 3NF staging models, star schemas, fact tables, dimension tables, daily KPI aggregates, and dashboard-optimized marts for marketing, content, subscription, event, CRM, and revenue analysis.
• Implemented production-grade data quality and pipeline reliability features: incremental loads, idempotent upserts, deduplication, schema validation, row matching, null checks, anomaly detection, freshness monitoring, logging, retries, and error alerts.
• Automated cross-brand reporting processes and data products – pipelines for 73 newsletter campaigns, 31 lead list syncs, 52 event partner reports, and a 500K-record company matching pipeline; reduced manual data preparation by approx. 70% and increased analyst productivity by approx. 30%.

• Concept creation and implementing AI Agents in AWS Cloud
• Continuously alignment with stakeholders
• Collaborate with DevOps
• Technologies: Git, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Python/ML, Streamlit, Deno/typescript, AWS SAM, AWS Bedrock, AWS Lambda, AWS Dynamo DB, AWS S3, AWS Event Bridge etc.

• Mobile: Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP), Kotlin, Swift, SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, Ktor, Room, Koin
• Backend: Spring Boot, GCP Cloud Run, GCP Load Balancer, GCP Eventarc
• Planned and developed a cloud backend architecture with Google Cloud Platform
• Developed a cross-platform architecture with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP)
• Tech lead for comprehensive large project including webshop, two apps and omnichannel backend

• Migrated the Electric Vehicle Charging SaaS App of the EV Division from on-premises and Azure to AWS Cloud, resulting in a hybrid multi-cloud multi-tenant solution
• Developed a streaming data pipeline using AWS MSK for Apache Kafka and implemented an event-driven architecture to ingest and process near real-time data from OCPI-protocol IoT devices
• Implemented multi-tenant strategies including database schema isolation, bridge model for resource sharing, and tenant-based RBAC controls
• Provisioned Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS with namespaces and RBAC for tenant isolation
• Led migration from on-premises and Azure to AWS using AWS DataSync, Snowball, and Database Migration Service
• Orchestrated collaboration across 5+ systems, vendors, service providers, and on-site teams
• Supported development and maintenance of IT strategy aligned with business requirements
• Managed €40 million infrastructure budget with AWS & Azure cost optimization, achieving 15% savings
• Led 50+ developers to implement advanced database procedures, increasing productivity by 20%
• Spearheaded multi-cloud, multi-tenant infrastructure migration for 30% faster processing times
• Negotiated vendor pricing to reduce payroll/benefits administration costs by 20%
• Developed a two-year infrastructure technology roadmap yielding 25% cost savings
• Tech stack: Kubernetes on AWS EKS, Docker, Kafka/AWS MSK, Terraform, AWS CDK, TypeScript, React, NextJS, Node.js, NestJS, Python, Aurora Serverless, RDS (MySQL, SQL Server), GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, AWS Security Hub, AWS Database Migration Service, AWS DataSync, AWS Organizations, AWS Control Tower, Odoo, Microsoft Navision, MS Dynamics

• Lead Architect to design and implement the data lake and ETL Pipeline using AWS Stack
• Performance Optimization of Data Ingestion of ETL Pipeline
• Development of Data Validation using Great Expectations
• Leading of the data migration for two sources exchanges
• Data Modeling in AWS Redshift

MLOps

• Model inference implementation by mlflow and AWS SageMaker
• Feature Engineering for the running ML Models ( Recommender Engineer, Clustering )
• Implementatino of Model Registry and artifactory using mlflow
• Historization an Profiling of the Input Data Using AWS Glue Crawler and AWS Data Catalog
• Feature importance using mlflow

Tech. Stack: Python 3, AWS Glue, AWS Step Fucntion, AWS Lambda, AWS EventBridge, AWS IAM Role, AWS SageMaker, AWS EC2, AWS Glue Crawler, AWS CloudWatch, MLFlow, ETL, Data lake, GitHub Action, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible playbooks (Infrastructure as Code), CI/CD, GitLab, SQL, PySparkSCRUM, Agile, Jira, BigData, VSCode, DBeaver, MSSQL, MySQL, grafana, Docker, Linux, Bash, MapReduce, Data Modeling (ORM), Pandas, YAML, SQL-Alchemy

• Co-authored enterprise cloud strategy including security and governance frameworks for 5 subsidiaries, and implemented part of the governance automation.
• Performed regular cloud cost optimization reviews across 10 teams resulting in ~20% cost reduction.
• Led the technology selection for the migration of in-house CIAM for 25M+ accounts to a SaaS solution, and worked with the product team through the migration.
• Supervised the technology selection and designed the architecture and delivery pipelines for the multi-tenant digital news and sports publishing platform, enabling ~250 editors within ~6 months of development start.
• Led the implementation of a multi-brand design system from idea and technical concept to implementation and rollout, enabling rapid UI prototyping for new products in a matter of hours.
• Managed a team of 4 architects and accelerated the professional growth of team members.
• Technologies: AWS cloud, Microservices, Docker, Python, Kafka, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Node.js, GraphQL, REST, Gitlab CI, Visual Studio Code, git.

• Consulting an NGO in the field of data center sustainability in publicly funded projects (BMUKN with NADIKI and Federal Environment Agency with SIEC)
• Development of Python APIs and web applications, deployment on AWS/ECS with Terraform
• Collecting power consumption metrics for servers, CPUs, GPUs running AI workloads
• Technologies used: AWS, EC2, ECS, Fargate, CloudMap, VPC, Route53, Lambda, EventBridge, CodeBuild/CodePipeline/CodeDeploy, Terraform, Docker, Linux, Bash scripting, Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, SQL, MariaDB, InfluxDB, Telegraf, Prometheus, Zabbix, Kubernetes, Letsencrypt, certificate management

• Extended the document management system with a standard CMIS (Content Management Interoperability Services) interface
• Implemented CMIS core services like navigation, access rights, search, CRUD operations, and versioning in Java
• Implemented based on RESTful / OpenAPI services
• Delivered as a fat-jar and native container image
• Deployed on-premises and serverlessly as an Azure Container Application using Terraform
• Improved team autonomy through infrastructure engineering and short feedback loops
• Established observability with OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, and Azure Logic Apps
• Introduced Terraform and trunk-based development processes
• Ensured quality with BDD tests in C# using SpecFlow and Testcontainers
• Created Azure DevOps pipeline integration tests
• Introduced cloud deployment processes
• Trained staff in cloud and Terraform

• Building and maintaining an event-driven microservice architecture around Shopify
• Documenting with Confluence and IcePanel (C4)
• Using PHP 8.2, Symfony, Shopify, Bref, AWS, SQS, EventBridge, Cloud, DevOps, Datadog, Docker, Kubernetes, Jira, GitHub, Scrum, Kanban, PHPUnit, Prophecy and Swagger

• Developed automated ETL pipelines with AWS Glue and Athena to ensure consistent data quality and governance requirements
• Implemented validation, anonymization, and encryption measures for data in compliance with GDPR
• Optimized cloud costs by introducing FinOps practices and increased transparency for business units
• Monitored performance, performed root cause analyses, and ensured adherence to SLAs
• Supported data and solution architects in building scalable data models for ML and analytics scenarios

• Creation of test concepts
• Development of test processes
• Coordination of test case development: stress tests, functional tests, performance tests, high data rate tests, integration tests, etc.
• Hardware testing: FPGA, RF
• Test automation and regression testing
• Ensuring 24/7 operation of the test system
• Analysis & reporting
• Regular coordination of the test team, meetings with other stakeholders
• Communication and coordination with stakeholders and project managers

• Built a fee proposal tool automating financial advisor fee calculations, reducing manual processing from hours to seconds.
• Developed Spring Boot microservices with REST APIs on Azure SQL, replacing mainframe procedures, improving latency by 60%.
• Migrated Tomcat applications from on-premises RHEL servers to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Automated testing and deployment processes using CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, reducing deployment time by 90%.
• Streamlined recurring reporting workflows by automating report generation using Spring Batch.