Services

The services I am offering.

Cloud Consulting

I help teams get their AWS foundations right, from landing zone setup to production-ready workloads. Having co-organized AWS Community Day DACH (500+ attendees), led the AWS User Group Frankfurt, and contributed to open-source projects like superwerker and the AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA), I bring both deep hands-on experience and a strong network in the AWS ecosystem.

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What I typically help with:

  • Landing Zone & Account Strategy: Multi-account setups, guardrails, and governance, I’ve built and compared approaches from LZA to Nuvibit NTC and know the trade-offs
  • Cloud Migrations: Moving workloads to AWS with a clear migration path, including re-platforming to containers and serverless
  • DevOps & SRE: Observability, incident response, and reliability practices. All combined with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline) that make deployments fast, repeatable, and safe
  • AI-Supported Engineering: Integrating AI coding tools, such as Kiro and Claude Code into development workflows to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality.

Platform Engineering on AWS

I build Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) that let your dev teams ship independently, without waiting on a central ops team for every environment, permission, or deployment. The following image shows the reference architecture on AWS:

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  • Self-Service Infrastructure: Golden paths and reusable templates (AWS CDK constructs, Terraform modules, crossplane or kro) so developers can provision what they need through pull requests, not tickets.
  • Kubernetes as a Platform: EKS cluster design, namespace-as-a-service, and GitOps with Argo CD or Flux, giving teams their own deployment targets with built-in guardrails via kyverno or OPA Gatekeeper
  • Developer Experience: From local dev environments (cdk-vscode-server) to CI/CD self-service and automated preview environments, reducing the gap between “code written” and “code running”
  • Platform Strategy & Adoption: Helping you decide what to build vs. buy, defining a platform team’s scope, and rolling it out incrementally so you get value before the platform is “done”

Workshops & Trainings

Hands-on, modular workshops built from 38 lab modules across 6 levels, from container basics to platform strategy. Each workshop combines theory slides with real infrastructure exercises (no worries, I will an AWS account for each participant). Available as 1–3 day formats, tailored to your team’s level and on-site only!

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  • Mastering EKS on AWS: EKS bootstrapping (eksctl, Terraform, CDK), Auto Mode, VPC networking, storage CSI drivers, load balancing, Fargate, Karpenter scaling, and cluster upgrades
  • Kubernetes Enterprise: Enterprise-grade hardening, identity & access, secrets management (Vault, External Secrets), policy-as-code (OPA, Kyverno), runtime security, multi-tenancy, service mesh, and disaster recovery
  • Implementing GitOps with Kubernetes: End-to-end GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and Flux CD, CI/CD integration, release management (blue/green, canary), multi-cluster strategies, and GitOps at scale
  • Platform Engineering for Architects: Platform-as-a-product thinking, internal developer portals (Backstage), self-service onboarding, DORA metrics, FinOps, and technical debt management
  • …or fully custom: Get in touch with me and we see what we can tailor for you.

Why Work With Me?

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  1. Tailored Cloud Architectures and Development: Every organization is unique. I craft AWS solutions that align precisely with your business objectives and technical constraints.
  2. AWS Well‑Architected Excellence: All designs are built according to the AWS Well‑Architected Framework—reducing risk, improving performance, and enhancing cost control.
  3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Mastery: I use AWS CDK and Terraform to provision reliable, automated, and version-controlled environments
  4. DevOps & CI/CD Optimization: I build end-to-end pipelines—from GitHub Actions to GitLab CI and Kubernetes orchestration—so deployments are fast, repeatable, and resilient
  5. Cloud-Native Focus: I specialize in modern, cloud-native systems that embrace the full potential of AWS.
  6. Business-Driven Results: My focus is always on measurable impact: reducing costs, accelerating delivery, and strengthening compliance.

What is in for you?

  • IaC expertise: With deep expertise in AWS CDK and Terraform, I ensure your infrastructure is automated, maintainable, scalable and tested! Yes, I write unit and e2e tests for the infrastructure code!
  • DevOps and Automation Expertise: From CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and GitLab CI to container orchestration Kubernetes and GitOps workflows, I deliver workflows that are smooth and efficient.
  • Hands-On Experience: With almost 10 years of AWS experience and more in the tech world, I’ve delivered solutions for companies large and small. Feel free to take a look at my open-source contributions at my GitHub profile

Contact me!

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