About

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I am a...

  • Cloud Engineer
  • DevOps Consultant
  • Project Manager
  • Agile Coach
  • Linux Enthusiast
  • Theoretical Physicist

After working for some years as researcher and lecturer in the field of theoretical physics, I chose to leave university and specialize in cloud architecture and engineering, with a strong focus on cloud-native concepts and tooling.

My technical know-how is complemented by solid experience in agile team collaboration and project management.

Languages

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German
(native)

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English
(fluent)

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Mandarin
(basic)

Certifications

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Expertise

AWS

K8s / OpenShift

GitOps

Atlassian Stack

Azure

Observability

CI/CD

SCRUM / SAFe

Resume

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Education

PhD Theoretical Physics

Nov 2016 - Feb 2021

Technical University Freiberg, Germany

In my PhD years, I worked on combining electrodynamics in media with quantum field theory to obtain a microscopic description of matter based on fundamental microscopic field theories. Eventually, I was able to provide a proof-of-concept for the "Functional Approach" for the free electron gas.

Besides writing thousands of lines scientific code to support my research, I also tought numerous courses (from simple quantum theory to advanced density functional theory) and was heavily involved in university administration and project planning.

PhD Thesis (4.1 MB pdf)   •   Presentation (html)

M. Sc. Applied Natural Science

Oct 2014 - Oct 2016

Technical University Freiberg, Germany

While keeping theoretical solid-state physics as subject, I added high-performance computing and code parallelization to my focus areas. By then it was only reasonable to completely take over the institute's IT administration including our self-hosted HPC clusters.

As valedictorian, I was awarded the "Georgius-Agricola Medal" for outstanding performance 🎖️.

B. Sc. Applied Natural Science

Oct 2010 - Oct 2014

Technical University Freiberg, Germany

During my Bachelor studies, I already decided to strive for theoretical and computational solid-state physics as main subject while taking additional courses in other fields to gain a broad mathematical and scientific training.
On top, I gradually took over some of the institute's IT administration and started giving tutor lessons.

Professional Experience

Parental Leave #2

Feb 2024 - Aug 2024

Home Office, Berlin, Germany

  • Investing once more in my DevOps skill set by deep-diving in some trending CNCF projects.
  • Open for job offers!

Cloud Engineer and DevOps Consultant

Aug 2021 - Feb 2024

Scandio GmbH, Munich/Berlin, Germany

  • Developed a Kubernetes-based Confluence deployment (50k users) for one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers.
    ➜ OpenShift • ELK
  • Operated and developed the Connectivity Platform for 300+ tenants (2M+ end users) for a prominent home appliances manufacturer in Europe.
    ➜ Kubernetes • DBs • Storage • Logging & Monitoring • AWS
  • Operated and developed the entire Atlassian-based agile toolchain (140k+ users) for a leading player in the automotive sector.
    ➜ Atlassian Stack • Datadog • AWS
  • Maintained managed-hosting Atlassian products and migrated deployments from on-prem to cloud for several small to mid-sized German companies.
    ➜ Atlassian Stack

Parental Leave #1

Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

Home Office, Berlin, Germany

  • Completed multiple trainings in Machine and Deep Learning as well as different Cloud Techology topics.