Consulting

As an experienced DevOps Engineer, I can assist customers & organizations in finding and implementing a suitable automation strategy.

I offer different consultings:

Infrastructure as Code

Designing, implementing & reviewing an automation strategy using modern automation frameworks and best practices, such as Terraform, Ansible, Packer & Git on various Cloud Provider or OnPremise.

This consulting incldues:

• Infrastructure as Code with state-of-the-art technologies (Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Git)
• Terraform module composition
• Staging (Dev, QA, Prod)
• Testing
• CI/CD (Gitlab, GitHub, Atlantois)
• Code Quality
• Enforcing of best practices
• Documentation
• Integrations (TFE/TFC, Selfservice Onboarding, …)

Terraform Provider Development

I have written various production ready Terraform Provider and thus can help to develop custom Terraform Provider Plugins for any Inhouse API followed by official best practices guidelines and test driven development.

This consulting incldues:

• Terraform Provider Creation for any inhouse/custom API
• Testing
• Documentation
• CI/CD
• Implementation & Usage in Terraform
• Migration existing provider from the legacy Plugin SDKv2 framework to the new Terraform Plugin Framework

Secrets Management with HashiCorp Vault

I have intensively setup and integrated HashiCorp Vault (Enterprise) in various environments, enabling teams to implement a modern, secure and flexible workflow when working with any sensitive data.

This consulting includes:

• Installation using any of Terraform, Packer or Ansible on any Cloud Provider
• Staging (Dev, QA, Prod)
• Initialization & Unsealing
• Codification using Terraform
• Snapshots
• Lifecycle Management (Update, Upgrade, Rollback)
• Enforcing of best practices (e.g Security Guidelines)
• Documentation
• Integrations (Auth & Secret Engines, RBAC, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Selfservice Onboarding, …)