Summary
Solution Architect and Team Lead with expertise in Cloud, DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Skilled in designing scalable architectures, leading technical teams, and implementing automation strategies that improve reliability and speed.
Professional Experience
SUE
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Solutions Architect (Nov 2024 – Present)
- Act as technical backbone for sales, projects, and managed services.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, value-driven solutions.
- Collaborate with partners to align technology with business goals.
- Create technical content and thought leadership materials.
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Team Lead (May 2022 – Present)
- Guide and mentor engineers and consultants.
- Ensure resources and strategic direction for team success.
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Consultant (Nov 2023 – Jan 2025)
- Advise on cloud, containerization, and connectivity strategies.
- Acted as Product Owner and Scrum Master for process improvement.
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Engineer (Feb 2021 – Oct 2023)
- Specialized in automation and Linux solutions.
- Deployed GitLab and AWX for seamless automation workflows.
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Afstudeerstagiair IT (Sep 2020 – Jan 2021)
- Researched vertical application monitoring for improved observability.
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Medewerker Operations (Feb 2019 – Aug 2020)
Politie Nederland
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DevOps Engineer (Apr 2024 – Feb 2025)
- Managed Kubernetes clusters with GPU accelerators for AI workloads.
- Optimized infrastructure for high availability and performance.
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Scrum Master (Oct 2023 – Mar 2024)
- Guided two development teams in refining Scrum processes.
- Coached management on Scrum principles and cross-team collaboration.
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DevOps Engineer (May 2023 – Sep 2023)
- Designed scalable infrastructure for forensic operations.
- Implemented OpenSearch across Kubernetes clusters using ArgoCD.
Tilaa
- DevOps Engineer (Aug 2022 – Apr 2023)
- Designed and implemented Cloud Database product for high availability.
de Volksbank
- Technical Team Lead (Feb 2022 – Jul 2022)
- Led team and technical delivery of IaC pipeline using Terraform, Ansible, AWS.
- DevOps Automation Engineer (Mar 2021 – Jan 2022)
- Built CI/CD pipelines and IaC solutions with Jenkins and AWS CodeBuild.
Other Roles
- Student Assistant (Sep 2017 – Aug 2018) — Hogeschool Utrecht
- ICT Medewerker (2015 – 2018) — Mega Bite bv
- Internships (2013 – 2015) — Mega Bite bv, UMC Utrecht
Certifications
See certifications
Skills
| Cloud Computing | Artificial Intelligence | Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
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| Google Cloud Platform (GCP) | Microsoft Azure | Kubernetes |
| Cloud Architecture | Cloud Infrastructure | Machine Learning |
| Cloud Security | DevOps | Infrastructure as Code (IaC) |
| Identity and Access Management (IAM) | Cloud Storage | Cloud Migration |
| Observability | Security | Git |
| Agile Management | Scrum | Continuous Integration |
| Continuous Delivery | DevSecOps | Data Security |
| Data Engineering | Data Governance | Data Science |
| Applied Machine Learning | Deep Learning | Natural Language Processing (NLP) |
| Large Language Models (LLM) | Generative AI | ML Ops |
| Cloud Data Management | Business Service Management | Project Management |
| Product Management | Leadership | Scalability |
| Scheduling | Site Reliability Engineering | Clustering |
| Hashicorp Terraform | Hashicorp Vault | Hashicorp Consul |
| Event Logging | Grafana | Prometheus |
| Rancher | Helm | Infrastructure Automation |
| Computer Network Management | Network Load Balancing | Firewalls |
| Switches | Routers | IPv4 / IPv6 |
| Network Security | Reverse Proxy | Security Policies |
| Encryption | PKI | WireGuard |
| Tailscale | VMware | Proxmox |
| Linux | Windows | MacOS |
| Kanban | Version Control | Professional Services |
| Managed Services | API | Databases |
Education
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HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
- Bachelor – System and Network Engineering, Information Technology
- Sep 2017 – Jan 2021
- Activities: Advanced Networking, ICT Platforms, System & Network Integration, Automation, Infrastructure & Network Security, SDN, Cloud Administration, Embedded Devices, Research Semester, Graduation Thesis.
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Utrecht University
- Minor – Informatics
- Sep 2019 – Jan 2020
- Activities: Computer Architecture & Networks, Functional Programming, Logic for Informatics, Languages & Compilers.
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HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
- Propedeuse HBO-ICT – Computer Engineering
- Sep 2016 – Jul 2017
- Activities: Python Programming, ICT & Organization, Embedded Systems, Professional Development.
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ROC Midden Nederland
- Network Administrator (Level 4 MBO), ICT & Telecommunications
- 2014 – 2015
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ROC Midden Nederland
- ICT Support (Level 3 MBO), ICT & Telecommunications
- 2012 – 2014