Felix Faust

Migration of a Magento e-commerce platform from on-premises hosting to a GCP/GKE-based cloud platform with a new build, deployment, and cutover process.

• Owned the migration work mostly solo, from legacy hosting and external provider dependencies to a new cloud deployment pipeline.
• Containerized Magento and supporting services and prepared Kubernetes deployments with Kustomize.
• Set up GKE workloads and integrated Cloud SQL, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, imgproxy, Varnish, and NGINX.
• Connected New Relic and implemented Prometheus-based monitoring and alerting.
• Migrated traffic to Cloudflare and managed WAF configuration through Terraform.

• Owned the migration work mostly solo, from legacy hosting and external provider dependencies to a new cloud deployment pipeline.
• Containerized Magento and supporting services and prepared Kubernetes deployments with Kustomize.
• Set up GKE workloads and integrated Cloud SQL, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, imgproxy, Varnish, and NGINX.
• Connected New Relic and implemented Prometheus-based monitoring and alerting.

GCP, GKE, Kubernetes, Docker, Kustomize, Magento, Cloud SQL, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, Cloudflare

Stabilization and modernization of a regulated enterprise platform landscape with a focus on OpenShift compatibility, delivery reliability, and reduced production risk.

• Owned platform stabilization and modernization in a compliance-sensitive enterprise setup.
• Led migration of legacy applications to OpenShift.
• Hardened CI/CD pipelines and Dockerfiles in Azure DevOps.
• Designed and integrated ArgoCD-based GitOps workflows including Helm chart setup.
• Owned Neo4j deployments on OpenShift and resolved security context and compatibility issues.

• Owned platform stabilization and modernization in a compliance-sensitive enterprise setup.
• Led migration of legacy applications to OpenShift.
• Hardened CI/CD pipelines and Dockerfiles in Azure DevOps.
• Designed and integrated ArgoCD-based GitOps workflows including Helm chart setup.

OpenShift, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, GitOps, Azure DevOps, Docker, Helm, TypeScript, Entra ID, Neo4j

Delivery of the ALDI deals frontend as a production-ready greenfield application and setup of reliable deployment and handover processes.

• Built the ALDI deals frontend from scratch.
• Containerized the application and deployed it to Azure Kubernetes.
• Integrated third-party APIs via OpenAPI Generator.
• Connected the frontend to existing and newly developed backend services.
• Prepared and executed the production deployment with product and backend stakeholders.

• Built the ALDI deals frontend from scratch.
• Containerized the application and deployed it to Azure Kubernetes.
• Integrated third-party APIs via OpenAPI Generator.
• Connected the frontend to existing and newly developed backend services.

React, TypeScript, Next.js, Azure Kubernetes, Helm, OpenAPI Generator, Docker

Steering a high-risk platform transformation from proprietary OpenStack to a private Kubernetes foundation.

• Worked on migration from proprietary OpenStack to self-managed Kubernetes and on building a platform on Hetzner bare metal.
• Implemented infrastructure as code, GitOps, and reusable platform building blocks.
• Automated migration of hundreds of domains to Cloudflare.
• Developed and maintained GitLab CI pipelines.
• Expanded the observability stack with Grafana, Prometheus, Alertmanager, Coroot, and incident.io.

• Worked on migration from proprietary OpenStack to self-managed Kubernetes and on building a platform on Hetzner bare metal.
• Implemented infrastructure as code, GitOps, and reusable platform building blocks.
• Automated migration of hundreds of domains to Cloudflare.
• Developed and maintained GitLab CI pipelines.

Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform, OpenStack, Hetzner Bare Metal, S3, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, GitLab CI/CD

Migration from Kubernetes to OpenShift and from Jenkins to Tekton pipelines with a focus on automation and cross-team delivery.

• Played a key role in migrating Kubernetes to OpenShift on Open Telekom Cloud.
• Containerized applications and automated infrastructure processes.
• Implemented infrastructure-as-code workflows with Terraform and Ansible.
• Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines.
• Implemented monitoring and logging solutions.

• Played a key role in migrating Kubernetes to OpenShift on Open Telekom Cloud.
• Containerized applications and automated infrastructure processes.
• Implemented infrastructure-as-code workflows with Terraform and Ansible.
• Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines.

C#, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, Tekton

End-to-end technical responsibility in customer projects by combining software engineering and platform operations.

• Delivered frontend software for projects such as IGUS Configurator and rbtx.com.
• Built a solo full-stack solution for Netbid.
• Implemented backend services with Node.js.
• Deployed and operated infrastructure on AWS and Azure Kubernetes.
• Managed AWS EKS clusters with AWS CDK.

• Delivered frontend software for projects such as IGUS Configurator and rbtx.com.
• Built a solo full-stack solution for Netbid.
• Implemented backend services with Node.js.
• Deployed and operated infrastructure on AWS and Azure Kubernetes.

TypeScript, Angular, RxJS, Node.js, Kubernetes, AWS, AWS EKS, AWS CDK, Azure, Docker

Migration of legacy applications to Google Cloud and setup of a reliable service landscape.

• Led migration of legacy applications to Google Cloud.
• Set up and operated Kafka clusters, VPN, firewall, and IAM.
• Worked with GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, VPC, IAM, Cloud SQL, and Pub/Sub.
• Used Artifact Registry and Stackdriver.
• Developed and maintained B2B Java services.

• Led migration of legacy applications to Google Cloud.
• Set up and operated Kafka clusters, VPN, firewall, and IAM.
• Worked with GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, VPC, IAM, Cloud SQL, and Pub/Sub.
• Used Artifact Registry and Stackdriver.

Java, Gradle, Spring Boot, GCP, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Stackdriver, Terraform

Building solid software engineering foundations in agile product development.

• Worked in agile software delivery with Scrum and Kanban.
• Developed features in Java monolith systems.
• Worked on newer customer software versions with React and JavaScript.
• Gained early experience with AWS and infrastructure topics in a microservice context.

• Worked in agile software delivery with Scrum and Kanban.
• Developed features in Java monolith systems.
• Worked on newer customer software versions with React and JavaScript.
• Gained early experience with AWS and infrastructure topics in a microservice context.

Java, C#, JavaScript, React, PHP, AWS, WordPress Customizer