rbn

Hi, I'm Robin.

@rbnis

Dancing on the edge of Kubernetes madness 💃

GitOps is the rhythm that keeps me sane.

Skills

Kubernetes

Able to deploy, manage and maintain kubernetes clusters and workloads inside them.

Container

Experience with containerized applications and running them with docker and containerd.

GitOps

More than 4 years of experience with developing GitOps strategies and evolving them using flux and flagger.

Istio

Experience with setting up and maintaining clusters which run an service mesh using Istio.

Infrastructure as Code

Capable of writing and deploying infrastructure as code with OpenTofu and terraform.

CI/CD

Able to setup, maintain and evolve CI/CD Pipelines with Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, GitLab CI and GitHub Actions.

Git

Experience with git-based development. Including administration of GitLab and usage of GitHub.

Azure Cloud

Experience with various different services and resources in and around the Azure Cloud.

Linux

Used as the primary operating system for servers and some clients.

Scripting

Capable of writing Bash scripts on Linux and MacOS, as well as PowerShell on Windows.

Databases

Experience with maintenance and large-scale migrations of PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL servers.

Ansible

Able to write, maintain and deploy roles and playbooks using ansible.

Experiences

DevOps Engineer

Micromata GmbH

Jan. 2022 - present

  • Deploying and maintaining cloud infrastructures with terraform
  • Ensuring stable operation of applications in kubernetes clusters
  • Monitoring of complex cloud environments and applications using among others Prometheus and Grafana
  • Migrating large-scale applications from on-premise to cloud environments
  • Running and maintaining complex deployments using Istio service mesh
  • Developing and implementing GitOps strategies for various deployments and cluster management

Systemadministrator

eoda GmbH

Oct. 2020 - Dec. 2021

  • Teamlead IT
  • Maintain hybrid Linux / Windows infrastructure
  • Maintain bare-metal infrastructure using Proxmox
  • Write and maintain Ansible playbooks for Linux
  • Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana

System Engineer

AuE Kassel GmbH

Sep. 2010 - Sep. 2020

  • Active Directory administration
  • Maintain Windows network
  • Maintain bare-metal infrastructure using Hyper-V
  • Install and maintain Microsoft SQL servers
  • Maintain NetApp storage