Resume

Experience

  1. Advanced Platform Engineer

    December 2025 – present

    OBI Smart Technologies GmbH, Cologne, Germany (hybrid).
    • Architecture and continued development of the cloud platform on AWS and Google Cloud
    • Design and operation of production-critical Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS
    • Conception and architecture of the new identity platform with Saviynt (IGA)
    • Enablement of DevOps and engineering teams

  2. DevOps Engineer

    February 2024 – November 2025

    OBI Smart Technologies GmbH, Cologne, Germany (hybrid).
    • Building and running the cloud infrastructure on AWS
    • Operating multiple EKS clusters with Helm and GitLab CI/CD
    • Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
    • Design of identity provider solutions with Keycloak (SAML 2.0, OIDC)

  3. Junior DevOps Engineer

    July 2023 – February 2024

    OBI Smart Technologies GmbH, Cologne, Germany (hybrid).
    • Administration and continued development of EKS clusters
    • Setting up the observability stack with Prometheus, Grafana and Loki
    • Getting started with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD

  4. Junior System Engineer

    June 2022 – August 2023

    OBI Smart Technologies GmbH, Wermelskirchen, Germany.
    • Linux server administration, conception and lifecycle management
    • 3rd-level support
    • Administration of on-premise Kubernetes clusters

Certifications

  1. Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect (PCA)

    Issued: August 2026

    Google
    Certification for architecting, designing, and operating cloud solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
    Certificate ID: 09dbfcf3ccce47dab620bc9aad382b67
    Skills: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

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  2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (SAP-02)

    Issued: August 2024

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    Advanced AWS architecture and cloud solution design certification.
    Certificate ID: 1cef1aad1aac476f8b74fe71a661b65b
    Skills: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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  3. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

    Issued: November 2023

    The Linux Foundation
    Linux Foundation certification for Kubernetes Cluster Administration.
    Certificate ID: LF-9fr7eqizs9
    Skills: Kubernetes

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  4. ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

    Issued: May 2023 · Valid until: May 2026

    PeopleCert
    IT Service Management Foundation certification.
    Certificate ID: GR671521351DP

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  5. LPIC-1

    Issued: March 2023 · Valid until: March 2028

    Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
    Linux Professional Institute certification Level 1.

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Education

  1. IT Specialist for System Integration (Fachinformatiker)

    2019 – June 2022

    OBI Services, certified by IHK Cologne.
    Dual vocational training focused on system integration, network engineering and IT infrastructure.

  2. Internship – IT Specialist

    September 2017

    Barmenia Insurance, Wuppertal.
    First hands-on IT experience in a highly regulated insurance environment.

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Terraform
Docker
Linux
GitLab CI/CD
Identity and Access Management
Keycloak
SAML 2.0
OpenID Connect (OIDC)
Instana
Grafana
Claude Code
Cloudflare
Ansible
Python