About Me

I'm Chris, a Cloud Native and DevOps Engineer, Solution Architect and IT-Coach based in Nürnberg, Germany.

I have a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Computer Science from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. My current certifications in the Cloud-Native and Linux world:

Kubernetes

1. Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
2. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
3. Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA)
4. Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
5. Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
6. Developing Helm Charts
7. Fundamentals for Kyverno
8. Istio Certified Associate (ICA)
9. Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA)
10. Certified Argo Project Associate (CAPA)
11. Cilium Certified Associate (CCA)

Red Hat OpenShift

1. Certified Specialist in MultiCluster Management
2. Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization
3. Certified Specialist in OpenShift Automation and Integration
4. Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
5. Certified Specialist in OpenShift Data Foundation
6. Certified Specialist in OpenShift Application Development
7. Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes

AWS

1. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA)
2. AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF)

Cloud & DevOps

1. Advanced Cloud Engineer
2. Cloud Engineer
3. Cloud Native Developer
4. Certified Cloud Technician (LFCT)
5. DevOps IT Professional

Git & GitOps

1. Certified GitOps Associate (CGOA)
2. GitOps Enterprise
3. GitOps at Scale
4. GitOps Fundamentals
5. Source Control Management with Git (SC102)

HashiCorp

1. HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate (HCCA0)
2. HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (HCTA0)
3. HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate (HCVA0)

YAML

1. Open Data Formats YAML (SC101)

Linux

1. LPIC-1
2. Certified Systems Administrator (LFCS)
3. Certified IT Associate (LFCA)
4. Linux Essentials
5. Shell Scripting using Bash (SC103)