Octavian Helm
(he/him)reason before dogma
Senior Platform Engineer at BearingPoint
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Senior Platform Engineer
BearingPoint
Vienna, Vienna, AT · Hybrid
Jan 2025 - Present
Senior Platform Engineer
BearingPoint
Vienna, Vienna, AT · Hybrid
▪ Internal Developer Platform design ▪ Team transformation ▪ Knowledge management ▪ Driving initiatives ▪ Product management ▪ Operating and evolving an Apache Kafka cluster on Kubernetes via Strimzi Operator with GitOps (ArgoCD)
Technical Director
SmartDigital Group
Tulln, Lower Austria, AT · Hybrid
Jan 2024 - Jul 2024
Technical Director
SmartDigital Group
Tulln, Lower Austria, AT · Hybrid
▪ Transition process analysis and planning ▪ Defining candidate profiles ▪ Interviewing candidates ▪ Project management ▪ Strategic technical roadmap and development planning ▪ Technical debt reduction ▪ Leading an agile team of 6 developers ▪ New product planning and design ▪ Use case development ▪ Requirements gathering ▪ Continued DevOps responsibilities from prior role at Integrated Object Oriented Satellite Information GmbH
Lead DevOps Engineer
Integrated Objectoriented Satellite Information
Hybrid
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023
Lead DevOps Engineer
Integrated Objectoriented Satellite Information
Hybrid
Note: A subsidiary of SmartDigital Group DevOps Engineering • Managing GitLab CI pipelines • Optimising Docker builds • Maintaining Kubernetes deployments • Managing and evolving GCP infrastructure via Terraform/Terragrunt (IaC) Linux Server & Services Administration • Ubuntu Server, Proxmox • AI tooling (CVAT, FiftyOne, etc.) • Prometheus/Grafana deployment • FlashBlade array (data backup and migrations) Satellite Data Processing — Product Development • Use case development • Product integration
Head of DevOps Engineering
LEAN-CODERS
Hybrid
Mar 2023 - Aug 2023
Head of DevOps Engineering
LEAN-CODERS
Hybrid
▪ DevOps Engineering — continued responsibilities from prior role ▪ Building and managing a small DevOps team ▪ Delivering Docker/Kubernetes training for external partners
Senior DevOps Engineer
LEAN-CODERS
Hybrid
Aug 2022 - Aug 2023
Senior DevOps Engineer
LEAN-CODERS
Hybrid
DevOps Engineering ▪ Maintaining and optimising GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, Docker builds, and Kubernetes deployments Systems Administration (Microsoft Stack) ▪ Azure AD ▪ Microsoft 365 ▪ Exchange administration Azure Cloud Infrastructure Management ▪ Codifying existing infrastructure as Terraform (IaC)
Senior DevOps Consultant
Consensium Processing Services
Remote
Aug 2022 - Jun 2023
Senior DevOps Consultant
Consensium Processing Services
Remote
Note: A subsidiary of SmartDigital Group DevOps Engineering ▪ Creating and managing GitLab CI pipelines ▪ Application containerisation ▪ Authoring and maintaining Kubernetes manifests ▪ Managing and evolving GCP infrastructure via Terraform (IaC) ▪ Developing data pipelines using ArgoCD Workflows and Events ▪ Monitoring via Prometheus/Grafana Software Development (Scala, Go, Python)
DevOps/Software Engineer
University of Graz
On-site
Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
DevOps/Software Engineer
University of Graz
On-site
DevOps Engineering ▪ Creating GitLab CI pipelines ▪ Managing Jenkins pipelines ▪ Application containerisation Web presence maintenance and development (TYPO3/PHP) Developing web components for the University of Graz web stack
Technical Assistant — Psychology Department
University of Graz
On-site
Mar 2019 - Jul 2022
Technical Assistant — Psychology Department
University of Graz
On-site
▪ IT systems administration ▪ Infrastructure management via SaltStack and Ansible ▪ Psychology Institute web presence administration ▪ Building and operating a human-robot interaction research lab ▪ Robot development (Python) ▪ Software development (Python, .NET/C#) ▪ Installing and operating an on-premises Kubernetes cluster
Interpreter
Styrian Regional Police Directorate
On-site
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020
Interpreter
Styrian Regional Police Directorate
On-site
▪ Interpreter for police witness interviews and suspect interrogations ▪ Telephone surveillance support for the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
Freelance Fullstack Engineer
competence.rocks
Dec 2013 - Dec 2020
Freelance Fullstack Engineer
competence.rocks
▪ Hardware and software project delivery (GPS tracking, CRM development) ▪ General IT support ▪ High-availability systems (DB clustering and replication) ▪ Web development
Full Stack Engineer
AEH Automatisierung
On-site
Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Full Stack Engineer
AEH Automatisierung
On-site
▪ Frontend development (mobile web) ▪ Backend development (Python, Node.js, Perl) ▪ Linux server and services deployment ▪ Hardware and software contract delivery
Lead Android Applications Developer
House of Technology
On-site
Jan 2009 - Dec 2011
Lead Android Applications Developer
House of Technology
On-site
▪ Developing a location-based marketing application (Java — Android) ▪ Onboarding and mentoring interns
Technical IT Support
Inode GmbH/UPC Austria GmbH
On-site
Aug 2006 - Dec 2008
Technical IT Support
Inode GmbH/UPC Austria GmbH
On-site
▪ First-line support (telephone and email) ▪ Developing an internal router configuration simulator for training and support
Education: 1
HTL BULME Graz
Electronics / Computer Engineering with a specialisation in Networking
HTL BULME Graz
Electronics / Computer Engineering with a specialisation in Networking
Credentials: 3
Volunteering: 2
Board Member
Cloud Native Austria
Organiser
Cloud Native Days Austria