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Hey there! I'm Heiko Rothe, an engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure and web backend development. Well-versed in numerous cloud-native technologies, such as Kubernetes, Serverless and Terraform. Knowledgable in many programming languages, including Java, TypeScript and Golang. Fable for creating solid cloud platforms and DevOps tooling to build on. Proven track record in creating and managing modern applications as well as servers. Eager to be challenged in order to grow and improve my skills.
Managed 50+ large-scale, globally distributed Kubernetes clusters in AWS. Built Infrastructure-as-Code serving various teams using Terraform and Terragrunt. Improved observability into infrastructure tooling. Planned modernization and unification efforts of infrastructure. Contributed to multiple Golang services.
Pivotal role in cloud migration project, building a foundation for an enterprise with hundreds of AWS accounts. Advocated for a secure cloud environment with only short living credentials and defense-in-depth as well as zero trust approaches. Created fully automated, self-service AWS account vending machine. Worked Infrastructure-as-Code first in highly complex environments. Led development for a new, state-of-the-art container platform based on Kubernetes, rolled out automatically into many AWS accounts. W