Projects

Engineering work in context

Most of the work I can show publicly lives in my Talos Kubernetes homelab. This page also includes a few examples from my professional experience, kept high-level where the underlying systems are private.

Public project

Built to be inspected

The repository contains the declarative cluster configuration and documents the platform as it changes.

repositorycluster

Talos Kubernetes Homelab

A four-node Raspberry Pi 5 Kubernetes platform running Talos Linux and managed declaratively through ArgoCD.

I use the cluster to test GitOps workflows, platform services and operational choices on hardware I manage myself.

Talos Linux
Kubernetes
ArgoCD
Helm
Kustomize
Cilium
External Secrets
1Password

Explore the homelab View repository

Git repositoryDeclarative desired state

ArgoCDGitOps reconciliation

Talos KubernetesFour Raspberry Pi 5 nodes

Platform services
Networking
Observability
Storage
Applications

Git defines the intended state; ArgoCD reconciles the cluster and its platform layers.

Selected professional work

Work behind private systems

Professional examples are kept high-level because the underlying systems and customer environments are private.

Cloud platform engineering

TrueFullstaq

At TrueFullstaq, I worked on Azure environments delivered and maintained with Terraform. My work included private networking, managed identities, Key Vault integration, monitoring, troubleshooting and documenting practical follow-up actions.

What I worked on

Building and adapting reusable Terraform configuration for Azure environments.
Investigating application and Kubernetes connectivity problems, including virtual-network integration and outbound connectivity.
Using monitoring and diagnostic data to trace failures and explain the available technical options.

The useful output of an investigation was a concrete next step. Depending on the cause, that could mean adjusting monitoring, changing part of the network architecture or improving the Terraform configuration used for later environments. I also discussed findings with customers and colleagues, keeping the explanation close to the evidence rather than treating a failed deployment or connectivity issue as an isolated fix.

TechnologiesAzure · Terraform · Infrastructure as Code · Private networking · Managed identities · Key Vault · Monitoring

Application delivery automation

Suite Seven

At Suite Seven, I combined backend development with responsibility for the systems used to build, test and deploy Magento and Shopware applications. I built and maintained GitLab CI/CD pipelines and worked with the Linux hosting environments behind them.

What I worked on

Maintaining build, test and deployment steps in GitLab CI/CD.
Developing Magento and Shopware applications in PHP, which gave me the application context needed when changing a pipeline.
Working with Linux environments over SSH for deployment and operational maintenance.

Blue/green deployments were already part of the delivery workflow for larger e-commerce platforms. Not every site used the same deployment model. The available hosting environment, application size and cost of maintaining parallel environments determined whether blue/green deployment was appropriate. Smaller WordPress environments used a simpler approach when an additional test environment and two production environments were not justified.

TechnologiesGitLab CI/CD · Linux · Magento · Shopware · PHP · Deployment automation · Blue/green deployments