Henning Schwister
Infrastructure & Deployment Optimization in E-Commerce
Experience
Dec 2023 - Mar 2025
1 year 4 monthsInfrastructure & Deployment Optimization in E-Commerce
WTFitworks
- Assessment and analysis of existing CI/CD pipelines and IT infrastructure
- Developing optimization proposals to improve continuous delivery, automated tests, and deployments
- Enhancing provisioning of server, logging, monitoring, and database infrastructures
- Advising on the introduction and implementation of Kubernetes and Docker technologies
Jan 2022 - Present
4 years 1 monthFounder / Cloud Engineer / Consultant
WTFitworks
Jan 2022 - Nov 2025
3 years 11 monthsCI/CD Optimization in Publishing
WTFitworks
- Consolidation and standardization of the CI/CD infrastructure (Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitLab, Nexus)
- Introducing a centralized CI/CD stack (GitLab & Nexus) with a container-based setup
- Setting up a test environment for safe system updates
- Automated updates for Helm-based applications (e.g., Kafka, Postgres)
- CI/CD pipeline for Kubernetes cluster provisioning with automated tests
- Helm chart releases with automated deployment in test environments
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, GitOps)
- Technical training for DevOps teams on automation and deployment
Jan 2022 - Sep 2025
3 years 9 monthsCloud Infrastructure & System Design
WTFitworks
- Commissioning and deployment support for internal and external developments in an open-source environment
- Linux system administration and cloud administration
- Automation with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and monitoring of operational processes
- Monitoring and optimizing hybrid cloud and on-premises systems
- Designing system architectures in Java, Linux, and cloud environments (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker)
- Providing technical support to development teams for deployment, operations, and system issues
Oct 2020 - Dec 2021
1 year 3 monthsGermany
DevOps Engineer
Euroleasing GmbH
- Planning, provisioning, and deploying modern infrastructures and services into production with the team (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker)
- CI/CD with GitLab and Concourse CI
- Monitoring with CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana
- Automating setup of Linux servers and clusters (EKS) using Terraform and Ansible
- Troubleshooting and documentation
- Close collaboration with the development team
Jul 2018 - Sep 2020
2 years 3 monthsHamburg, Germany
DevOps Engineer
ISA GmbH
- Maintenance of Linux systems (mainly Debian)
- IaC with Ansible
- Installation and operation of Kubernetes clusters based on Rancher
- Monitoring / logging of the systems (PRTG, ELK)
- Network analysis and process optimization
- Troubleshooting and documentation
- Close collaboration with the development team
Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
5 monthsHamburg, Germany
DevOps Engineer
Surf Media GmbH
- Provisioning of development systems and tools and supporting developers in using them
- Early detection and elimination of bottlenecks and outages before they become a problem (site reliability)
- Administration and optimization of the infrastructure
- Development of Saltstack code for managing the technology
- Consultant role in various projects within the company
Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
1 yearHamburg, Germany
IT Specialist
mgm Technology Partners GmbH
- Expert knowledge in technical project infrastructure as well as build and deployment topics
- Provision of central infrastructure components and project-specific build and test systems
- Supporting projects with know-how and R&D activities on new technologies
- DevOps engineer within the project team
- Consultant role for various projects
- Creation of build pipelines (Jenkins)
- Improvement and extension of the cluster (monitoring, logging)
Apr 2013 - Jan 2017
3 years 10 monthsHamburg, Germany
QA Manager
NEXMO Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
- QA of all developed software components and products
- Setup, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of cross-platform IT infrastructure (Linux and Windows)
- Server virtualization, monitoring of complex server services (e.g. Icinga2)
- Continuous development and optimization of all tools
- Applying operational feedback to improve processes and procedures
- DevOps interface between software development and IT operations
- Integration of new hardware and software solutions into the existing system
- 2nd level support (Java/PHP, databases: Postgres, MSSQL, MySQL)
Dec 2009 - Apr 2013
3 years 5 monthsHamburg, Germany
Team Lead for Customer Support
NEXMO Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
- Leading projects
- Administration of client/server systems
- Analysis, planning, and support of IT solutions
- Process and procedure improvement based on operational experience
- Integration of new hardware and software solutions
- Problem solving
- 1st level support
- Quality assurance
Languages
German
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