Alexander Gottschlich

• • Building and evolving an AWS Landing Zone based on Terraform / OpenTofu (multi-account structure, IAM baselines, network and security standards)

• • Designing and operating platform-oriented AWS architectures for standardizing infrastructure and operational processes Building and operating Kubernetes-based platforms (EKS) as a shared execution environment for application teams Establishing GitOps-based deployments with Argo CD and FluxCD Developing and operating central CI/CD platforms (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) Enabling developer and project teams through reusable platform building blocks Introducing and implementing FinOps structures (AWS Cost Explorer, CUR + Athena, Infracost, Grafana dashboards) Building and operating central observability platforms

• Architecture and consulting role in the cloud environment with a focus on modernizing existing system landscapes and building scalable platform architectures

• Analysis of existing application and infrastructure architectures, as well as derivation of modernization, migration, and platform options

• Conception of target cloud architectures, including network, security, and operating models

• Development of migration strategies for existing applications and services to cloud-based environments

• Definition of architectural principles and guardrails for cloud and platform solutions

• Advising business and development teams on architectural decisions and accompanying technical implementation

• Building and operating a central CI/CD platform to standardize build, test, and deployment processes for multiple development teams

• Introduction of standardized deployment pipelines and automation workflows to accelerate release cycles and improve deployment stability

• Infrastructure automation and provisioning of cloud and platform resources with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible

• Establishing reproducible infrastructure and deployment processes based on Infrastructure-as-Code principles

• Supporting development teams with onboarding to the CI/CD platform and introducing automated build and release processes