Frank Eppink - DevOps

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Ismaning, Germany

Experience

Dec 2021 - Jun 2022

7 months

DevOps

Lauck-IT

Operation and extension of the Azure DevOps pipelines
Operation and extension of AWS services

Technologies:

Citrix (Windows 10, Bitwarden)
AWS: ECR, EKS, CloudFront CDN (JavaScript functions for redirects), Route 53, VPC Peering and CNI upgrade, Atlas MongoDB, AWS S3 buckets, static website hosting
Azure: build and deploy - DevOps pipelines

Oct 2021 - Present

3 years 10 months

DevOps Coordinator

Finanzinfomatik-Technologie Service

DevOps consulting, coordination, and operations
Implementation of 'docs-as-code' approach

Technologies:

Kubernetes: Helm charts, Kaniko, k9s, cloudctl, cluster upgrades 1.21–1.25, PSPs, Kyverno, Docker
'Docs-as-Code': markdown, Pandoc, MkDocs, Asciidoctor, docToolChain, OneNote API, LaTeX
Scripting: Bash, PowerShell, Python
PostgreSQL: pglogical extension, major upgrades, PG settings, pg-collector, Zalano operator/Patroni
Prometheus/Thanos, Grafana, Loki (distributed), fluent-bit/fluentd, ELK
GitLab: pipelines, runners, Ansible jobs
Java: Spring Boot 3.0.0, Maven, Hibernate
HSM-Thales: LunaCM client
Kafka: topology builder, AKHQ
Jitsi, Rocket.Chat, Linux (Ubuntu), Splunk, S3 storage (MinIO)
AWS migration: DMS-CDC, GitOps Flux, Terraform/Terragrunt, Crossplane, EC2, S3, EKS, KMS, DataSync

Jun 2021 - Sep 2021

4 months

Software Engineer

Giesecke+Devrient

Implementation of machine control
Implementation of reporting components

Technologies: C#, .NET (Core), ASP.NET, EF6, NuGet, Oracle DB, MongoDB, SQLite, Docker, ClearQuest, TFS, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, ComponentOne Reports, Visual Studio 2019 (ReSharper), Visual Studio Code

Dec 2020 - Nov 2021

1 year

Author

IUBH

Author of the following study scripts:

Requirements Management/Requirements Engineering (DLMIAM01)
IT Project Management: PRINCE2 (MWIT01)

Jul 2019 - Feb 2020

8 months

Software Development (Consultant)

Vitrolife

Programming, consulting, and code review

Technologies: C#/.NET, Visual Studio 2019, WPF (MVVM Prism), Entity Framework, PostgreSQL, Jira, GitLab

Dec 2018 - May 2021

2 years 6 months

DevOps Engineer/Product Owner

msgGillardon

Product owner and executor of the OpenShift migration
Setup and operation of the monitoring and logging stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, Graylog)
Automation of the CI/CD pipeline using Ansible and Jenkins (library)
Development of Spring Boot Docker components

Technologies:

Ansible, Jenkins, Nexus, GitLab, Jira, SonarQube, Docker (Docker Compose), OpenShift (v3.11–v4.6.4, Helm charts, Kubernetes), Visual Studio Code, Spring Tool Suite, IntelliJ, Groovy, Java (Spring Boot, REST API), microservices architecture, Python, Asciidoc/Markdown, Scrum (SAFe), HDP/Hortonworks (Apache Atlas, Ambari, HDFS, Solr, Zookeeper, HBase), Vue.js, VirtualBox, Vagrant, Maven, Sourcegraph, Nginx, Jaeger, Graylog, Prometheus (Pushgateway, Alertmanager, node-exporter, cAdvisor, jmx-exporter), Grafana, Dynatrace, Oracle 12.2, Camunda, MinIO Object Store, Wireshark

Feb 2018 - Mar 2018

2 months

Software Development Consultant

MTG/OCTAX/Vitrolife

Consulting on DIN EN 62304, software release documentation, software development processes
Support and consulting for CFDA approval, medical device software registration

Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

1 year

DevOps Engineer

Alphabet (BMW Group)

Technologies:

Ansible, Jenkins, Nexus, Gitblit, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Contrast Security, Linux: SUSE, Ubuntu, OpenText, OpenStack, OpenShift (Kubernetes, Docker), IntelliJ IDEA, Crowd, SSL certificates, Java, Groovy, Jira, Confluence, EFK stack (Elastic, Fluentd, Kibana), Kafka, Prometheus, Grafana, Scrum (LeSS)

Aug 2017 - Aug 2017

1 month

Software Development Consultant

MTG/OCTAX/Vitrolife

Consulting on DIN EN 62304, software release documentation, software development processes
Support and consulting for CFDA approval, medical device software registration

Jul 2015 - Dec 2017

2 years 6 months

Project Management

Alphabet (BMW Group)

Consulting and coaching on BMW IT processes (ITPM)
Startup management
Requirements Engineering

Technologies/Tools:

LSV, Connect-IT, CMDB, BRI, IT-SSP, Jira, Confluence, HP ALM, Payara Application Server (GlassFish v4), PostgreSQL, Java EE, REST, Jenkins (plugins, Groovy/Jenkinsfile), Git, Maven, Informatica PowerCenter 9.x, Linux (SUSE, Red Hat, cron jobs, SSH, Expect scripts), OpenShift (Docker)

Mar 2014 - Jun 2016

2 years 4 months

Software Development/Scrum Master

Giesecke & Devrient

Scrum Master and software development for:
Integration of external devices (cutting systems)
Implementation of protocols (RFID)
Machine control

Technologies: Visual Studio 2013, Visual C++ 6.0, C#, C++, .NET 4.0, XML, XSLT, TFS, VS Unit Testing, Windows Workflow Foundation, XAML, WPF, MFC, Infragistics, Windows 7/Embedded, Oracle 11g (SQL, PL/SQL), Sparx Enterprise Architect, ClearQuest, ClearCase

Apr 2013 - Dec 2014

1 year 9 months

IT Project Management

BMW Financial Services

Startup management
Ordering and organizing infrastructure (servers, software)
Ensuring smooth transition and operations
Organizing knowledge transfer

Technologies:

J2EE (GlassFish 2.1, Apache, Oracle 11, SUSE Linux, Subversion, Servlets, SOAP/REST), BRI, CONNECT IT, IDAS, PISA, CMDB/SARA, HP Quality Center, LSV, Monitoring (Nagios, Icinga), SOAP-UI, WebInject, Remedy, Resolve-IT, OPTIS/ITSM-Suite, ITPM

Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

1 year 1 month

IT Operations & Software Development

Allianz

Software development of TeamMate logon procedure in Visual Basic
Support for the TeamMate application including IIS server maintenance
Development of stored procedures and SSIS packages for SQL Server 2000–2008
Upgrades from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 R2

Technologies: VB, .NET 3.5, VS2010, SQL Server, SSIS, SQL, stored procedures, TeamMate, IIS

Nov 2011 - Jan 2012

3 months

Software Development Coaching

imbus AG

Technologies: C#, Visual Studio 2010

Nov 2010 - Jan 2014

3 years 3 months

Software Development

Bosch Sicherheitssysteme

Software development of a database-based configuration tool
Database access with Entity Framework and ADO.NET
GUI with WPF, distribution of configuration with WCF
Implementation of VdS2465 protocol
Creation and execution of test cases

Technologies: C#, .NET 4.0, XML, VS2010/12 with TFS/FxCop, MS Test Manager, Sparx Enterprise Architect, SQL Server (CE), SQL, O/R mapper: Entity Framework, WPF, MVVM, WCF, LINQ, VS Unit Tests, VdS2465

Oct 2006 - Oct 2010

4 years 1 month

Consulting & Software Development

Giesecke & Devrient

Software development of reporting
Consulting on code analysis, architecture management, UML tools

Technologies: VC++, C#, .NET 1.1–4.0, XML, XSLT, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Windows XP, Sotograph, Enterprise Architect, Reporting Service: ComponentOne, Crystal Reports, Oracle 9i/11g (SQL, PL/SQL)

Jun 2002 - Sep 2006

4 years 4 months

Project Management & Software Development

Siemens Mobile

Software development of PC-mobile phone synchronization software
Implementation of messaging and conversion
Software architecture design
Project management
Coordination of international partners (Brazil, Canada, Taiwan), planning & risk management
Setup of project structure and workflow

Technologies: VC++, C#, COM, XML, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Symbian, Windows 2000/XP, protocols: AT commands, OBEX, IrMC, SyncML, 3GP protocols (SMS/EMS/MMS)

Jun 2001 - May 2002

1 year