Elastic Stack Experts in Munich

• Build and operate an end-to-end MLOps platform on Azure ML and Kubernetes (Kubeflow) for the automated deployment, monitoring, and scaling of forecasting models (including Temporal Fusion Transformer, Informer, Autoformer).
• Implement CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for the full ML lifecycle – from resource provisioning (Terraform), data transformation (Hugging Face Datasets, Pandas, PyTorch, CUDA cluster) through training and evaluation to model registry and endpoint deployment.
• Integrate MLflow for experiment tracking, model versioning, performance monitoring, and automated registration in the Azure Model Registry.
• Develop and containerize PyTorch training jobs (Azure Notebook, Jupyter Notebooks) for price and time series forecasting (PFC models) with automatic rollout via Azure ML Endpoints and REST/gRPC interfaces, Docker containerization, secured with OAuth 2.0.
• Set up monitoring and alerting mechanisms (Prometheus, MLflow Metrics), log centralization, and cost monitoring.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and model deployment using Terraform, Helm, and Azure CLI; connect to existing market data systems and event pipelines.
• Migrate existing workloads and databases (IONOS → Azure, MongoDB) with integration into central MLOps workflows and internal networks.
• Extend the platform with LLM-based tools (LangChain, LangServe) to integrate GPT-based analysis modules into existing Spring Boot services for market anomaly detection and automated reports.
• Analyze and architect a software solution to process large volumes of data efficiently (>3000 messages/sec.) (market data store).
• Spring Boot / Java 21 container development with RabbitMQ for distributing stock market data via MongoDB (Kubernetes) with fast storage of data in Redis RMaps, deduplication, forwarding messages to Read Model queues, and building Read Models for UI display in MongoDB.
• Integration of RESTHeart to create a REST API for MongoDB.
• Build an Angular frontend to simplify data queries and master data maintenance.
• Agentic coding with remote and local LLMs (Claude Sonnet, Ollama Qwen) and MCP servers.
• Develop Python scripts for transforming and cleaning incoming stock market data (Pandas, scikit-learn).

• Managed end-to-end product development, overseeing the successful delivery of technical solutions.
• Led and mentored a team of highly specialised technical professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Oversaw the hiring process to build a talented and dedicated team.
• Built a scalable and robust backend microservices system from scratch, designing and extending it to meet evolving business needs.
• Ensured the system's high availability with a 99.99% up time, implementing resilient architecture and monitoring mechanisms.
• Developed and implemented technical strategies, aligning them with business goals and objectives.

I have worked across multiple international client projects, holding senior roles including Software Architect, Senior Software Developer, Technical Lead, and Lead Backend & DevOps Engineer. My experience spans complex enterprise environments in banking, financial services, telecommunications, engineering, and automotive domains, supporting organisations such as UniCredit Bank, Telefónica O2, and BMW.

At UniCredit Bank, within the Securities Domain Transformation program, I led the modernisation of legacy monolithic systems into cloud-native Spring Boot microservices and an Angular frontend deployed on Google Cloud Platform. Beyond implementation, I was responsible for defining the target architecture, producing system architecture diagrams and sequence diagrams, and preparing API contract documentation for clients. I designed RESTful APIs and integrated Apigee for secure and reusable cross-project service consumption of APIs. I architected Kubernetes-based deployments using Helm. CI/CD pipelines were built with Jenkins, automating code analysis using Sonar, as well as testing and deployment stages. Defining clean coding principles for the project, conducting regular code reviews, and mentoring junior developers were also among my tasks at UniCredit.

At Telefónica O2, I led the transformation of a legacy call centre desktop application into a cloud-native microservices and micro-frontend solution. I actively contributed to the platform architecture, creating system architecture diagrams, component diagrams, architecture documentation, and ADRs for future references. I improved the performance and scalability of the services. I optimised AWS infrastructure costs, particularly by minimising the use of DynamoDB and reusing test environments effectively. Observability was implemented using Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and Splunk dashboards. CI/CD pipelines were delivered using GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS. Conducted techinical sessions for teams.

• Retained post-acquisition (Wirecard to PagoNxt) as key product leader to drive platform migration and product transformation
• Led discovery-to-launch automation of 20+ multi-step onboarding workflows on a 22-system integration platform, cutting activation time by ~90% and reducing operational costs
• Launched Salesforce-based regulated B2B onboarding portals in UK & Spain, enabling new market entry
• Entrusted to recover a delayed, company-critical program; restructured a 20+ member team and revamped Agile processes, stabilizing execution in 6 weeks
• Coordinated platform migration to PagoNxt infrastructure across 12 teams, shipped 3 weeks early, maintaining a 99.9% uptime SLO
• Conceived a self-serve onboarding app for internal teams, validated MVP, and scaled it into a core system
• Owned the product roadmap and quarterly planning, prioritizing the backlog and making trade-offs to maximize delivery impact
• Improved delivery processes across teams, boosting collaboration, and speeding up throughput by ~30%
• Interviewed and onboarded 8+ PMs and engineers across teams; mentored key hires, improving delivery speed and cross-team execution
• Guided architecture discussions to balance rapid delivery, scalability, and long-term business goals
• Led product discovery workshops, validating hypotheses and driving data-informed feature improvements

• Worked as freelance Senior DevOps Consultant on-site for IBM at a European Union Agency, operating in a highly secure, air-gapped environment managing classified systems.
• Led automation and DevOps initiatives for a large-scale OpenShift platform (>400 nodes), driving deployment efficiency, GitOps adoption, and operational automation using Ansible, Python, and Bash while ensuring compliance with security requirements.
• Spearheaded automation of release and deployment workflows in a private cloud environment hosting 400+ OpenShift nodes, significantly improving deployment speed and reliability.
• Migrated existing playbooks, roles, and templates from Ansible Tower to Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), ensuring full compliance with fully-qualified collection names (FQCN) and preparing custom Execution Environments (EE) for containerized automation.
• Implemented GitOps Agent for AAP Controller Configuration as Code, enabling automated synchronization (CRUD) of Ansible Controller objects based on repository-stored configuration definitions using GitHub webhooks.
• Designed and automated complex multi-step operational workflows including environment cleanup, Helix cluster component re-creation, Kafka topic management, and OpenShift object lifecycle management across ~100 environments.
• Achieved a reduction of multi-day manual operations to under a few hours through automation improvements spanning multiple AAP clusters and OpenShift environments.
• Integrated Ansible Automation Platform with Thycotic (Delinea) Secret Server via lookup plugin to enhance secure credential management in automated processes.
• Managed deployment tasks, platform troubleshooting, and Istio network configurations while adhering to stringent EU PSC security and compliance standards.
• Collaborated with infrastructure and application teams to refine deployment procedures, develop naming conventions, and continuously improve automation coverage in an air-gapped, classified environment.

• Role: Software Engineer & Applied Mathematician (Mathematical optimization for scheduling; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: JuMP, Julia, Pluto, Svelte, JavaScript, TypeScript, JetBrains Space, Terraform, Nomad)

• Role: Software & Cloud & Web Engineer (Building scalable data science compute cluster from scratch; duration: 11 months; team setting: Team of 1, on-site; technologies: Terraform, Kubernetes, k8s ingress, k8s services, k8s RBAC, k8s networking, k3s, etcd, S3, DNS, certificates, Julia, Pluto, JavaScript, Tailwind, Astro, npm, Parcel, Preact, MUI, JWT, AWS SQS, AWS RDS, Python, GitLab, GitHub)

• Role: AI & Web Engineer (Custom ChatGPT service; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: Python, Poetry, LangChain, Tailwind, ChatGPT API, Flask, FastAPI)

• Role: Architect & Data Engineer (Central datalake setup and ingestion; duration: 9 months; team setting: Team of 5, remote; technologies: Infrastructure-as-code, AWS CDK, Python, Boto3, PySpark, AWS Glue, IAM, S3, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, Apache Hudi, DeltaLake, Databricks, GitHub, Jira, Miro)

• Role: Software Engineer (PoC Julia migration of scikit-decide; duration: 1 months; team setting: Team of 2, remote; technologies: Python, Julia, GitHub)

• 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

• Developed a C++ library using IDL for secure DDS system communication, focusing on protocol serialization and interface definition.
• Implemented rigorous validity tests and created a CLI window to simplify library integration and ensure optimal performance and security.

• Requirements analysis and planning of the software architecture
• Analysis and design of REST APIs
• Backend development with Java 17, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Spring Data
• Frontend development with Angular and TypeScript
• Setting up CI/CD pipelines
• Code review, QA, and testing
• Using MySQL, Docker, the ELK stack, and RabbitMQ

• Architected and implemented an enterprise-grade AI Agent Platform leveraging Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture to enhance clinical data insights.
• Established robust CI/CD pipelines for LLM applications using CDK and Jenkins, significantly reducing deployment times.
• Implemented comprehensive observability solutions that increased agent reliability across pharmaceutical environments.
• Designed scalable AI workflows with advanced orchestration that optimized context handling for enterprise data sources.
• Technologies: AI Agents (LangChain, LangGraph, Bedrock, Smolagents, Streamlit); LLM Operations (Tracing, Testing, Evaluation, LangSmith, LangFuse); Infrastructure-As-Code (AWS CDK, Terraform, Typescript, Jenkins); Vectors, Embeddings, RAG (OpenSearch, pgvector, PDF Extraction)

• Operations and extensions of Azure DevOps pipelines

• Operations and extensions of AWS services

• Citrix (Windows 10, Bitwarden)

• AWS: ECR, EKS, CloudFront CDN, Route 53, VPC peering and CNI upgrade, Atlas MongoDB, S3 buckets, static website hosting

• Azure: build and deploy with DevOps pipelines

• Network automation
• CI/CD and Docker environment
• Python Nornir for network automation
• pyATS for monitoring and test case automation
• Network Access Control (RADIUS) and device admin access control (TACACS) with AAA and Cisco ISE on Cisco/HP/Aruba devices
• Cisco ISE cluster configuration (2/4/8 nodes)
• Cisco ISE authentication and authorization configuration
• Cisco/HP/Aruba switch/WLC TACACS/dot1x/RADIUS configuration
• Cisco ISE automation with RESTCONF and Python

• The software supports the complete planning and approval of antennas for mobile telephony.

• The system was implemented using an event-driven microservice architecture for cloud-native deployment with Quarkus on the backend, Kafka for communication, and Angular for the frontend. Services run on Kubernetes in Google Cloud. A special challenge was synchronizing with the legacy system still used by some users.

• Specialized in cloud infrastructure design, optimizing AWS and SaaS usage.
• Empowered development teams by ensuring security, scalability and reliability.
• Expertise included robust monitoring and automation for streamlined deployments.
• Provided technical guidance for faster releases and supported microservices principles.
• Actively participated in architecture discussions and shared critical infrastructure knowledge with development teams.