About

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I am a...

  • Cloud Engineer
  • DevOps Consultant
  • Project Manager
  • Trained Theoretical Physicist
  • Linux Enthusiast

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.

I mainly focus on the implementation, deployment and automation of highly available cloud-based systems using state-of-the-art technologies and CI/CD tooling like Kubernetes + ArgoCD + Tekton.

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)

Technologies

AWS

Kubernetes

GitOps

Atlassian Stack

Azure

OpenShift

CaC / IaC

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 take over the complete IT administration including our self-hosted HPC clusters.

For outstanding performance I was awarded the "Georgius-Agricola Medal" 🎖️.

B. Sc. Applied Natural Science

Oct 2010 - Oct 2014

Technical University Freiberg, Germany

During my Bachelor studies, I already decided to go for theoretical and computational solid-state physics as main focus 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

Cloud Engineer and DevOps Consultant

Aug 2021 - now

Scandio GmbH, Munich/Berlin, Germany

  • Developed and maintained the Connectivity Platform for 300+ tenants for the leading home appliance manufacturer in Europe
  • Developed and maintained the Atlassian agile toolchain (140k+ users) for a leading player in the automotive sector
  • Planned and carried out migrations of Atlassian stacks (Confluence - Jira - Bitbucket) from on-prem to cloud for several small to mid-sized companies

Parental Leave

Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

Home Office in Berlin, Germany

  • Completed several further education courses in Machine and Deep Learning as well as different Cloud Techology topics