Patrick Eichler

Kubernetes Expert | Site Reliability Engineer

Patrick Eichler
Wildau, Germany

Experience

Nov 2022 - Jun 2024
1 year 8 months

Kubernetes Expert | Site Reliability Engineer

Anonymous Customer

  • Management, further development, optimization and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters with over 600 applications (Rancher)
  • DevOps transformation from on-premise applications to Kubernetes using IaC, Helm Charts, GitOps and manifests
  • Automated integration and deployment with GitLab CI/CD (.NetCore, Java, Golang, NodeJS), using jobs such as builds, tests, vulnerability scans, integration tests, deployment and notifications
  • Introduction of GitOps using ArgoCD and Gitlab runners
  • Integration of logging, tracing and monitoring using Grafana, Prometheus, Grafana Mimir, Jaeger, Opentelemetry, Opensearch, InfluxDB, and Sentry
  • Integration of endpoints with Prometheus metrics in applications (.NetCore, Java, Golang, NodeJS), as well as sidecar tracing using OpenTelemetry Operator
  • Full provisioning of Grafana manifests (dashboards, alerts, etc.) using IaC and Helm Charts
  • Introduction of a decoupled IAM system using Keycloak (Operator)
  • Education and training of developers and system administrators in Kubernetes, observability and SRE approaches
  • Consultant for architecture decisions regarding microservices in Kubernetes and tools, as well as databases
  • Introduction of DevSecOps in CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes - with tools such as HashiCorp Vault and Trivy
  • Evaluation of the Confluent Kafka Operator in Kubernetes
  • Introduction of integration tests with K6 Grafana
  • Implementation of a notification system with Angular, NestJs, GraphQL, Postgres, VerneMQ and Golang
  • Web development with Angular and NestJs

Industry 4.0

Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
3 months

Kubernetes Expert | Site Reliability Engineer

SICK AG

  • Management, optimization and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters (Rancher)
  • DevOps transformation from on-premise applications to Kubernetes using IaC, Helm Charts, GitOps and manifests
  • Automated integration and deployment with GitLab CI/CD (.NetCore, Java), using jobs such as builds, tests, vulnerability scans and deployment
  • Introduction of GitOps using ArgoCD and Gitlab runners
  • Integration of logging, tracing and monitoring using Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger, Opensearch, Loki and InfluxDB
  • Integration of endpoints with Prometheus metrics in applications (.NetCore, Java)
  • Consultant for architectural decisions regarding microservices in Kubernetes and tools, as well as databases such as Postgres and MSSQL
  • Web development with Angular, NestJs, GraphQL, and Postgres

Industry 4.0

Mar 2022 - Jun 2022
4 months

Tech Lead

SmartLoC GmbH

  • Creation of an IT architecture overview for business use cases using a microservice and domain-driven approach
  • Working with AWS and creating EKS clusters (Kubernetes), Route53, S3 and EC2 instances
  • Management, optimization and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters (EKS)
  • Management of VPCs and EC2 instances using Ansible and Terraform
  • CI/CD pipelining with GitHub Actions, Helm Charts and ArgoCD (GitOps)
  • Monitoring of applications and systems using Grafana, Prometheus and Influx Stack
  • Creation and administration of Postgres databases
  • Deployment of microservice applications in Kubernetes using ArgoCD (GitOps), as well as the creation of its manifests with Helm Charts (IaC)
  • Web development with Angular, NestJs, GraphQL, and Postgres

Digital B2B Payment Solution

Jan 2021 - Feb 2022
2 months

Tech Lead

Async Software GmbH

  • Working with Digital Ocean and creating Kubernetes clusters, droplets and container registries
  • Administration and management of Kubernetes clusters
  • CI/CD pipelining with GitHub Actions, Helm Charts and ArgoCD (GitOps)
  • Deployment of microservice applications in Kubernetes using ArgoCD (GitOps), as well as the creation of its manifests with Helm Charts (IaC)
  • Monitoring of applications and systems using Grafana, Prometheus and Influx Stack
  • Web development with Angular, NestJs, GraphQL, and Postgres

IT Service Consultant

Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
3 months

Fullstack Developer

Exxeta AG

  • Introduction of CI/CD pipelines for Angular applications, coupled with Nx
  • Deployment of applications from GitLab to AWS servers (Apache)
  • Further development of Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
  • Conceptual design and implementation of a Kong gateway in an existing Azure Kubernetes Cluster (AKS)
  • Architecture conception and presentation of Module Federation
  • Web development with Angular, NestJs, GraphQL, and Postgres

IT Service Consultant

Jul 2020 - Sep 2021
1 year 3 months

Fullstack Developer

e2m Energy2market GmbH

  • Working with Rancher Kubernetes clusters
  • Implementation of monitoring endpoints in NodeJs
  • Work with Azure DevOps
  • Continuous development and improvement of deployments (IaC) for Kubernetes using Helm Charts
  • Maintenance and improvement of Azure DevOps pipelines (CI/CD)
  • Monitoring of applications with Grafana, Prometheus and Influx Stack
  • Management and migration of MongoDB and Postgres databases
  • Web development with Angular, NestJs, GraphQL, and Postgres

Energy Market

Oct 2018 - May 2020
1 year 8 months

Fullstack Developer

Orgadata Software-Dienstleistungen AG

  • Deployment of web applications to Apache servers
  • Management and improvement of CI/CD pipelines
  • Migration of an existing desktop application to a web application
  • Technical evaluation, conceptualization and design of the microservice landscape of the new web application (C#, Delphi, SignalR, COM)
  • Web development with Angular and NestJs

Construction Industry

Jan 2018 - Sep 2021
3 years 9 months

DevOps Engineer

Wunderding UG & Co. KG

  • Introduction and integration of a Google Firebase database
  • Linux server management (CentOS) with Ansible
  • Integration and administration of OnPremise Kubernetes systems
  • Integration and administration of Nexus Registry Server, SonarQube, Keycloak, InfluxDB, Dependency-Track, ELK Stack, Ingress Controllers, Redis and Postgres databases
  • Creation of CI/CD pipelines with TeamCity, Helm Charts, and ArgoCD
  • Introduction of monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki and Influx Stack
  • Management and integration of IoT devices
  • Web development with Angular and NestJs

Web Marketing

Jul 2009 - Dec 2017
8 years 6 months

Software Developer

Karl Storz Endoskope GmbH Berlin OR1

  • Development of medical IT-Products and systems in Delphi and C#
  • Working with Firemonkey
  • Administration and migration of Interbase Firebird databases
  • Introduction and migration of CI/CD pipelines using TeamCity

Medical Technology

Summary

I am a 35-year-old Kubernetes Expert, Full Stack Developer and Site Reliability Engineer from Germany, currently living in Wildau. I love everything that has to do with computers and software development, especially DevOps and Kubernetes. I have over 15 years of experience in the "software development scene" and I have worked for many different companies. I am open to new challenges, programming languages, technologies and IT cultures. I enjoy working with professionals who share the same love and passion for IT, DevOps and software programming as I do. By reading IT books, magazines and blogs, as well as through self-taught studies, I am constantly expanding my horizons with up-to-date expertise and modern technical skills, which I not only use in my daily work and personal projects but also write about in my blog to help other people and constantly share my knowledge. With these skills, I could also help your company.

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 2022 - Jun 2022

The Linux Foundation

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

Oct 2009 - Jun 2012

OSZ IMT Berlin

Mathematical-technical Software Engineer · Berlin, Germany

Certifications & licenses

CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

The Linux Foundation