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. Golden Kubestronaut
2. Kubestronaut
3. Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
4. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
5. Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA)
6. Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
7. Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
8. Kyverno Certified Associate (KCA)
9. Fundamentals for Kyverno
10. Istio Certified Associate (ICA)
11. OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA)
12. Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA)
13. Certified Argo Project Associate (CAPA)
14. Cilium Certified Associate (CCA)
15. Certified Backstage Associate (CBA)
16. Developing Helm Charts (SC104)

Platform Engineering & GitOps

1. Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE)
2. Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate (CNPA)
3. Certified GitOps Associate (CGOA)
4. GitOps Enterprise
5. GitOps at Scale
6. GitOps Fundamentals

Red Hat OpenShift

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

Public Clouds

1. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA)
2. AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF)
3. Azure DevOps Expert
4. Azure Developer Associate
5. Azure Adminstrator Associate
6. Azure Fundamentals

Cloud & DevOps

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

Linux

1. LPIC-1
2. Certified Systems Administrator (LFCS)
3. Certified IT Associate (LFCA)
4. Linux Essentials
5. Shell Scripting using Bash (SC103)
6. Source Control Management with Git (SC102)
7. Open Data Formats YAML (SC101)

HashiCorp

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