49181d3 — 2024-06 → currently
Senior System Administrator / Platform Engineer
@DKMS gGmbH
Currently Unavailable
Hi, I'm
Michael Raeck
Platform Engineering & Tech Leadership
Career Timeline
Development
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Product
Infrastructure
4e3b794 — 2024-06 → 2025-11
Cloud DevOps Engineer
@airQ / Corant GmbH
737e5a5 — 2023-02 → 2024-06
Technical Product Owner
@SDA SE
2a5b73d — 2020-01 → 2023-02
Lead Developer
@1337 UGC GmbH
d3d4f4c — 2018-02 → 2019-12
CTO
@Eisbär Media GmbH
594c7a7 — 2008-06 → 2018-02
Managing Director & Founder
@Mucona Media
Development
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Product
Infrastructure
49181d3 2024-06→ currently
Senior System Administrator / Platform Engineer
@DKMS gGmbH
Kubernetes Platform Engineering in ISO 27001 compliant healthcare environment
- many K8s clusters & Linux VMs in ISO 27001 environment
- GitOps with ArgoCD: Self-Service in 20 seconds
- Hybrid Cloud On-Prem ↔ AWS
4e3b794 2024-06→ 2025-11
Cloud DevOps Engineer
@airQ / Corant GmbH
K8s on Hetzner, 1TB PostgreSQL Migration
- K8s cluster on Hetzner with Terraform
- GitOps Setup with ArgoCD
- 1TB PostgreSQL → CNPG zero-downtime migration
737e5a5 2023-02→ 2024-06
Technical Product Owner
@SDA SE
Multi-Cloud Platform Engineering, Team Leadership
- Leading 5 Cloud Architects
- Own Multi-Cloud K8s Platform: AWS + GCP + Azure
- 60% cost reduction through FinOps
2a5b73d 2020-01→ 2023-02
Lead Developer
@1337 UGC GmbH
Scaled crosswordsolver.com to 1.5M MAU
- Scaled 0 → 1.5M Monthly Active Users
- International expansion: EN, FR, IT
- Today: 5M visits/month
d3d4f4c 2018-02→ 2019-12
CTO
@Eisbär Media GmbH
Team Leadership, K8s introduction, kreuzwortraetsel.de
- Built B2B2C Platform for Praktiker.de with a Team of 4 Engineers
- Built kreuzwortraetsel.de from scratch
- Exit: Sold to 1337 UGC
594c7a7 2008-06→ 2018-02
Managing Director & Founder
@Mucona Media
Full-Service Digital Agency, 8 FTE, 450k €/year
- Built team: 0 → 8 employees
- 120+ web projects for University of Leipzig, TRUMPF, City of Leipzig
Skills & Expertise
Cloud & Infrastructure
I build and scale cloud infrastructure
AWSGCPAzureHetzner CloudKubernetesTerraformOpenTofuDocker
Platform Engineering
I automate and optimize developer experience
GitOpsArgoCDHelmPrometheusGrafanaPostgreSQLCI/CDObservability
Leadership & Strategy
I lead engineering teams to success
Team BuildingTechnical StrategyStakeholder ManagementHiringConsultingArchitecture Reviews
kubectl get pods --all-namespaces | wc -l → running
Contact
Interested in working together?
I'm open to exciting projects in Platform Engineering, Cloud Architecture, or Tech Leadership.