Senior Platform Engineer & Architect · ZürichThe trust behind critical platforms
20+ years designing and operating secure, scalable and resilient platforms for banks, telcos and international institutions – with Kubernetes, IaC and GitOps, increasingly for AI and MLOps workloads.
About
For 20+ years I've delivered secure, scalable and resilient platform solutions across enterprise environments – banking, telecommunications and international institutions.
My focus is Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps and cloud-native platform engineering, on a deep foundation of Linux, automation and observability – and increasingly the platform layer for AI and MLOps workloads.
Services
I design, build and run robust, secure and sovereign IT infrastructure – from architecture to production. Technical focus: Linux, Kubernetes, OpenShift, IT automation and AI platforms.
Ways to work together
- 01
Architecture Consulting
As a trusted advisor I translate your business requirements into solid, vendor-independent technical architectures – with a focus on digital sovereignty.
- 02
Engineering Support
I reinforce your team as a senior engineer: design, implementation and operation of platforms, automation and infrastructure – hands-on.
- 03
Open Source Projects
I develop and contribute to open-source technologies – focused on open solutions without vendor lock-in.
Technical focus areas
- S/01
Container Platforms & Kubernetes
I design and operate scalable, secure container environments on OpenShift and Kubernetes: multi-cluster setups, vulnerability management and continuous delivery via GitOps – so your teams keep shipping on a platform that stands up to production load and audits.
- S/02
IT Automation & Configuration Management
Repetitive tasks are a source of errors. I standardize and automate them end to end with Ansible and GitOps workflows: provisioning, lifecycle management and API integration.
- S/03
Enterprise Linux & Virtualization
I design, harden and operate Linux environments at scale: architecture planning, secure supply chain, performance tuning and high availability on RHEL and KVM virtualization – a foundation your workloads can rely on for years.
- S/04
AI Platforms & MLOps
AI workloads need a solid platform, not a bolted-on setup. I build and operate the infrastructure for them: GPU scheduling, model serving and reproducible MLOps/LLMOps pipelines on Kubernetes – with the GitOps, observability and security you expect from any production platform.
- S/05
Observability & SRE
Monitoring, logging and SRE practices for end-to-end reliability and visibility. Your teams see what's happening and react before it hits the business.
- S/06
Open Source & Cloud-Native Engineering
I build on open, vendor-independent technology – upstream-first and close to the CNCF ecosystem. Instead of vendor lock-in I rely on open-source building blocks I actively contribute to: for digital sovereignty and platforms that stay maintainable long-term.
Experience
Senior Platform Engineer & Architect
Freelance - Santiago Vilas Creo
Senior Platform Engineer
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer
Bank Julius Bär
Senior DevOps Engineer
UBS Card Center AG
Unix & Linux Engineer
Sunrise Communications AG
Sectors
Banking · Insurance · Telecommunications · International institutions
Focus
Kubernetes · IaC · GitOps · Observability
Languages
EN · DE · ES · IT · PT
Education
TBZ Technische Berufsschule Zürich
- Solutions Architect - Associate
- Azure Fundamentals
- RHCSA
- LPIC-2
- LPIC-1
- Linux+
- Linux Network Pro (CLNP)
- IT Operations Specialist (CIOS)
- Systems Support Specialist (CSSS)
- Network+
- A+
- Certified Professional · vSphere
- Certified Associate
- v4 Foundation
- v3 Foundation
Shall we build something solid?
Tell me about your project – you'll get a straight answer on whether and how I can help.