Professional Journey

Deployed Renovate on cluster level with GitLab repository configuration support. Introduced Azure Kubernetes cluster management strategy and built a Deployment Manager tool with real-time pipeline status updates.

Developed Kubernetes SaaS Cost Optimization Operator analyzing Prometheus metrics to optimize workload placement and costs.

Migrate several hundreds of custom docker images into one base image to reduce the overhead of maintenance and improve build performance within GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

Manage several Kubernets Clusters via Terraform and provision a newer cluster based on Azure Service Operator v2.

Improved deployment workflows with Dockerization and GitLab CI/CD pipelines. Integrated Renovate for automated dependency updates and implemented Selenium-based E2E testing.

Migrated entire company infrastructure from pfSense to OPNsense firewall with secure network setup and 24/7 IPsec-tunnel integration.

Deploy and self-managed internal GitLab instance with self-hosted runners and GitLab CI/CD pipelines via Docker Compose and internal documentation on how-to manage/upgrade it.

Containerized enterprise issue tracking systems, migrating 20,000+ issues and hundreds of projects via custom GitLab CI/CD pipelines with zero downtime.

Co-designed and evaluated Kubernetes cluster architecture on Azure. Introduced BorgBackup for corporate website backup.

Migrated company website to high-availability Azure Kubernetes setup with Traefik Ingress and multi-replica deployment.

Developed custom web applications for client systems based on TYPO3 CMS. Introduced GitLab and its CI/CD pipelines for internal development processes via self-managed GitLab instance and automating the entire development lifecycle.

Modernized legacy backup systems within bare-metal servers. Migrated developer workflows and internal applications for day-to-day work to fully Dockerized setups/environment: also for production applications.

Championed Vite adoption over Gulp/Grunt, developing comprehensive tooling and documentation despite initial team pushback.

Specialized in application development with focus on modern software engineering practices and enterprise solutions.