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Delly Fofie

Dad of 2 daughters

Delly Fofie
Dreieich, Germany

Experience

Jan 2026 - Feb 2026
2 months

Dad of 2 daughters

Family

Sep 2025 - Dec 2025
4 months

Senior Fullstack & DevOps Engineer (backend-focused)

Pferdesporthaus Loesdau Co. KG

  • The goal of the project was to conceptually build a company-wide data platform that integrates an existing legacy ERP and enables high-performance reporting as well as automated business processes.

  • Designing and building a company-wide data warehouse to integrate the legacy ERP system

  • Designing a scalable backend and data architecture as a foundation for reporting, analytics, and process automation

  • Developing and automating data pipelines for structured and high-performance data processing

  • Introducing Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and automation

  • Setting up and establishing CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and quality assurance

  • Implementing monitoring and observability solutions for stable production processes

  • Working closely with internal development teams, providing technical consulting and quality assurance

  • Introducing DevSecOps principles in the team and pipelines

  • Central scalable data platform as a basis for company-wide reporting

  • Automated data processing and workflows with significantly reduced manual effort

  • Increased stability, transparency, and maintainability through CI/CD and monitoring standards

  • Optimized runtime of reports from, for example, 90 minutes to a few seconds for important reports

  • Technologies: Java 17, Python, Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, Jenkins, Apache Airflow, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, Trivy, AWS, Docker, Rocky Linux, Ansible, Grafana, Splunk, LDAP, Microsoft Active Directory, SSO, JUnit, Mockito, pytest, testcontainers

Jan 2023 - Aug 2025
2 years 8 months

Senior Fullstack & DevOps Engineer (backend-focused)

T-Systems GmbH

  • The goal was a scalable, event-driven microservice architecture for a highly available software platform handling 110 emergency calls.

  • Introducing Apache Kafka as the central event backbone

  • Designing and developing a standardized, reusable Kafka API

  • Designing and implementing an event router microservice for WebSocket frontends and REST backend services

  • Developing backend-heavy microservices with Java, Spring Boot, and Vert.x

  • Standardizing Spring Boot to modernize the service landscape

  • Building and evolving CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI and Ansible playbooks for Rocky Linux/OpenSUSE

  • Supporting production rollouts, incident analysis, and sustainable bug fixes

  • Working closely with development, architecture, and operations teams

  • Implementing API tests with Robot Framework in Python

  • Developing an Angular library for micro-frontend integration via WebSocket

  • Highly available, event-driven platform for safety-critical use cases

  • Clean decoupling of frontend and backend

  • Improved maintainability and scalability

  • Stable production operation with clear deployment and incident processes

  • Optimized build and run time from 90 minutes to a maximum of 30 minutes

  • Technologies: Java 17/21, Spring Boot, Vert.x, MariaDB, MySQL, Apache Kafka, REST, WebSocket, PostgreSQL, Liquibase, Hibernate, GitLab CI, Docker, Private Cloud, Grafana, Loki, SonarQube, SonarLint, Angular, ngRX, OpenID, OAuth 2, Keycloak, SSO, Robot Framework, JUnit, Mockito, testcontainers, Hamcrest

Sep 2021 - Dec 2022
1 year 4 months

Fullstack & DevOps Engineer (backend-focused)

Ecos system GmbH

  • The goal was to modernize a legacy ERP system by automating business processes, reporting, and observability, as well as developing internal applications.

  • Setting up and administering Splunk as a central BI and observability platform

  • Developing automated web crawlers for data collection and processing

  • Providing, operating, and maintaining Jenkins nodes for CI/CD

  • Developing backend-heavy applications with Django and FastAPI for item and inventory management

  • Developing an Angular 12 single-page application

  • Implementing REST and SOAP interfaces

  • Containerizing with Docker and Docker Swarm

  • Working closely in an agile environment

  • Improved transparency through central observability

  • Reduced manual effort through automation

  • More stable build and deploy processes

  • Sustainable modernization of the system landscape

  • 20% increase in customer revenue

  • Technologies: Python, Java, Django, FastAPI, REST, SOAP, PostgreSQL, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, Trivy, Docker, Docker Swarm, Splunk, AWS, CentOS 7, Rocky Linux 9, Ansible, Scrum, Angular, OpenID, OAuth 2, Keycloak, LDAP, Playwright, pytest, testcontainers

May 2018 - Dec 2021
3 years 8 months

Fullstack & DevOps Engineer (backend-focused)

Robert Bosch GmbH

  • The goal was a highly available, scalable microservice architecture for a company-wide production planning and controlling platform.

  • Developing and operating microservices with Java and Spring Boot

  • Running legacy Java EE 7 applications

  • Integrating the frontend with Angular

  • Designing, building, and operating CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab

  • Introducing automated UI tests with Selenium

  • Building logging and monitoring dashboards with the ELK stack

  • Migrating from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes/OpenShift

  • Supporting production operations including rollout, update, and failure strategies

  • Collaborating in scaled agile teams (SAFe)

  • Stable production system across multiple sites

  • Shortened release cycles through automation

  • Increased transparency and operational security

  • Sustainable Kubernetes platform

  • Accelerated release delivery from days to minutes

  • Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, Java EE 7, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Apache Kafka, Solace, Angular, Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, Go, SonarQube, SonarLint, ArgoCD, Selenium, ELK, Ansible, Scrum, Jira, OpenID, OAuth 2, Keycloak, LDAP, Mockito, JUnit5, Spring Boot Test

Industries Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology (4 years), Manufacturing (3.5 years), Government and Administration (2.5 years), and Retail (0.5 years).

Information Technology
Manufacturing
Government and Administration
Retail

Business Areas Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology (7.5 years), Operations (2.5 years), Quality Assurance (2.5 years), Business Intelligence (1.5 years), and Product Development (1.5 years).

Information Technology
Operations
Quality Assurance
Business Intelligence
Product Development

Summary

Software engineer with over 7 years of experience in developing and running distributed, highly available systems. Specialized in microservice architectures, DevOps automation, and cloud-native platforms in regulated enterprise environments (including industry, public sector, and e-commerce).

Languages

French
Native
German
Advanced
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2015 - Jun 2018

Bachelor of Science, Software-Engineering · Software-Engineering

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Where is Delly based?

Delly is based in Dreieich, Germany.

What languages does Delly speak?

Delly speaks the following languages: French (Native), German (Advanced), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Delly have?

Delly has at least 8 years of experience. During this time, Delly has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 7 months. Note that Delly may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Delly be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Delly would be well-suited for roles such as: Dad of 2 daughters, Senior Fullstack & DevOps Engineer (backend-focused), Fullstack & DevOps Engineer (backend-focused).

What is Delly's latest experience?

Delly's most recent position is Dad of 2 daughters at Family.

What companies has Delly worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Delly has worked for Family, Pferdesporthaus Loesdau Co. KG, T-Systems GmbH, Ecos system GmbH, and Robert Bosch GmbH.

Which industries is Delly most experienced in?

Delly is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Manufacturing, and Government and Public Administration. Delly also has some experience in Retail.

Which business areas is Delly most experienced in?

Delly is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Operations, and Quality Assurance (QA). Delly also has some experience in Business Intelligence and Product Development.

Which industries has Delly worked in recently?

Delly has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT), Manufacturing, and Government and Public Administration.

Which business areas has Delly worked in recently?

Delly has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Operations, and Quality Assurance (QA).

What is Delly's education?

Delly holds a Bachelor in Software-Engineering.

What is the availability of Delly?

Delly is immediately available for suitable projects.

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