Profile
I help my customers to build and secure the platforms modern software runs on.
In the last 10+ years I've moved from data-warehouse administration into DevOps and cloud-native engineering - today I consult teams with FullStackS, having worked with 30+ customers across Europe on Kubernetes platforms, automation, and software supply-chain & runtime security.
I'm a CNCF Ambassador and Kubestronaut, organize the Austrian Cloud Native Days and the Cloud Native Graz community, speak across Europe, and lecture on cloud-native technologies at two Austrian universities of applied sciences.
I'm based near Graz, Austria.
Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer & Cloud-Native Consultant - FullStackS GmbH

June 2022 to Present · Graz, Austria

Consult 30+ customers across DevOps, automation, Infrastructure as Code, and software supply-chain & runtime security. Design and build self-service Kubernetes platforms and enable customer teams to operate and extend them independently. Implement policy-as-code and security guardrails spanning infrastructure, platform, and application layers.

IT Infrastructure Specialist - AVL List GmbH

January 2019 to June 2022 · Graz, Austria

Co-built AVL's internal DevOps platform. Delivered automation and GitOps workflows with Ansible, Kubernetes, and artifact management, establishing self-service infrastructure patterns that reduced manual operations toil.

Administrator & Information Architect - ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum GmbH

March 2014 to December 2018 · Innsbruck, Austria

Operated a central regulatory Data Warehouse for the finance sector. Administered ETL and BI platforms, developed ETL jobs powering regulatory reporting, and was part of the information architecture team for compliance-critical data pipelines.

Education

MBA IT Management

2021 to 2023 at AIM - Austrian Institute of Management

Management, controlling, leadership, IT and enterprise architecture. Focused on IT management.

MA Innovation Management

2019 to 2021 at Campus02 University of Applied Sciences, Graz

Management, marketing, leadership, law and business development. Focused on innovation management.

BSc Industrial Engineering

2015 to 2018 at MCI - Management Center Innsbruck

Science, engineering and management. Focused on industrial engineering. Foreign semester at Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.

Certifications
Skills
  • Kubernetes
  • DevOps
  • Cloud Native
  • Platform Engineering
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Terraform / OpenTofu
  • GitOps (Argo CD / Flux)
  • Ansible
  • CI/CD
  • Supply Chain Security
  • Container Security
  • Runtime Security
  • Policy as Code (OPA / cnspec)
  • SBOM & Signing
  • Helm
  • Linux
  • Automation
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Public Speaking
  • Technical Teaching
  • Agile / Scrum