Felix Faust

Cloud migration of a production e-commerce platform from on-premises hosting to GCP/GKE, including application containerization, deployment pipeline, observability, and cutover preparation.

• Owned the migration mostly solo, replacing legacy hosting and external provider dependencies with a reproducible GKE deployment path.
• Containerized Magento and supporting services and prepared Kubernetes deployments with Docker and Kustomize.
• Integrated Cloud SQL, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, imgproxy, Varnish, NGINX, Cloudflare, and Terraform-managed WAF configuration.
• Implemented New Relic and Prometheus-based monitoring to make the cutover observable and operationally controllable.
• Prepared k6 load tests, database migration, and complete production cutover for a production-critical e-commerce system.

• Owned the migration mostly solo, replacing legacy hosting and external provider dependencies with a reproducible GKE deployment path.
• Containerized Magento and supporting services and prepared Kubernetes deployments with Docker and Kustomize.
• Integrated Cloud SQL, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, imgproxy, Varnish, NGINX, Cloudflare, and Terraform-managed WAF configuration.
• Implemented New Relic and Prometheus-based monitoring to make the cutover observable and operationally controllable.
• Prepared k6 load tests, database migration, and complete production cutover for a production-critical e-commerce system.

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

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 with production-risk constraints.
• Led legacy application migration to OpenShift and resolved workload compatibility issues across container images, security contexts, and deployment configuration.
• Hardened Azure DevOps pipelines and Dockerfiles for OpenShift-compatible delivery.
• Designed Argo CD-based GitOps workflows and Helm chart setup for safer, repeatable production rollouts.
• Implemented SSO in TypeScript API and frontend services with Entra ID, and improved monorepo workflows with Turborepo.

• Owned platform stabilization and modernization in a compliance-sensitive enterprise setup with production-risk constraints.
• Led legacy application migration to OpenShift and resolved workload compatibility issues across container images, security contexts, and deployment configuration.
• Hardened Azure DevOps pipelines and Dockerfiles for OpenShift-compatible delivery.
• Designed Argo CD-based GitOps workflows and Helm chart setup for safer, repeatable production rollouts.
• Implemented SSO in TypeScript API and frontend services with Entra ID, and improved monorepo workflows with Turborepo.

OpenShift, Kubernetes, Argo CD, 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 with React, Next.js, and TypeScript for a production launch.
• Integrated third-party APIs via OpenAPI Generator and connected the frontend to existing and newly developed backend services.
• Containerized the application and deployed it to Azure Kubernetes with Helm-based delivery.
• Prepared and executed production deployment together with product and backend stakeholders.
• Onboarded new team members and handled structured handover to the Product Owner.

• Built the ALDI deals frontend from scratch with React, Next.js, and TypeScript for a production launch.
• Integrated third-party APIs via OpenAPI Generator and connected the frontend to existing and newly developed backend services.
• Containerized the application and deployed it to Azure Kubernetes with Helm-based delivery.
• Prepared and executed production deployment together with product and backend stakeholders.
• Onboarded new team members and handled structured handover to the Product Owner.

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 built a private platform foundation on Hetzner bare metal.
• Implemented infrastructure as code, GitOps, and reusable platform building blocks for handover-ready operations.
• 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 built a private platform foundation on Hetzner bare metal.
• Implemented infrastructure as code, GitOps, and reusable platform building blocks for handover-ready operations.
• 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.

Kubernetes, Argo CD, Terraform, OpenStack, Hetzner Bare Metal, S3, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, GitLab CI/CD, Cloudflare, Keycloak

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.
• Implemented monitoring and logging solutions.

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

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

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

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

TypeScript, Angular, RxJS, Node.js, Kubernetes, AWS, AWS EKS, AWS CDK, Azure, Docker, GitLab CI/CD

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.
• Developed and maintained B2B Java services.

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

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