Anton Huck
Solutions Architect & Site Reliability Engineer
Zurich, CH.About
Highly passionate Solutions Architect and Site Reliability Engineer with extensive experience in emerging technologies and entrepreneurship across diverse industries. Proven ability to lead and implement web applications, optimize established products, and drive high-impact technical solutions. Excels in problem-solving, demonstrating strong initiative and a pragmatic approach to complex challenges.
Work
Netlight Consulting AG
|IT Consultant
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Summary
Provided expert IT consulting services, specializing in technical delivery, cloud architecture, data solutions, and infrastructure resilience for diverse clients.
Highlights
Coached and mentored development teams across Netlight, enhancing technical capabilities in Kafka, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, AWS, and Azure.
Evaluated and piloted various cloud and data warehouse vendor combinations, presenting results to the Board to shape the data strategy for one of Germany's largest insurers.
Architected and integrated a Minio-based Object Store for exchanging large records, overcoming Kafka cluster limits using Minio, Kafka, Java, OpenShift, Ansible, Prometheus, and Grafana.
Set up a robust Cloud environment, including migration and instrumentation of all application-related .NET Microservices utilizing Azure AppServices, App Insights, and SQL.
Designed, implemented, and integrated custom data lake, stream processing, and data visualization solutions on AWS using Kinesis, Lambda, ECS, ES, DMS, S3, Postgres, dbt, Java, Python, Tableau, Grafana, and Kibana.
Led fast-response disaster recovery for business-critical infrastructure and implemented proactive prevention strategies using OpenShift, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenStack.
Deployed and handed over a production-ready Kafka Cluster within 2 weeks of preparation and 2 on-site days for load-testing and training, leveraging Kafka, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and VMWare.
Netlight Consulting GmbH
|IT Consultant
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Summary
Delivered specialized IT consulting services, focusing on solution architecture, site reliability engineering, and DevOps for automotive, reinsurance, and media sectors.
Highlights
Optimized reliability and cost of a centralized logging stack for dozens of product teams, evaluating infrastructure suppliers for outsourcing using Elasticsearch, Kafka, Confluent Cloud, Elastic Cloud, and AWS.
Implemented and integrated a self-serviced technical telemetry solution for multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters, leveraging Azure AKS, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Jaeger, and Zipkin.
Implemented build and release pipelines, managed deployments, automated tasks, and coordinated on-call schedules for four development teams, utilizing OpenShift, Kafka, Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana, Java, Python, and Vue.js.
Sportakus GmbH
|Founder
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Summary
Led the development and market launch of a sports trainer booking platform, overseeing technical implementation, strategic market research, and risk mitigation.
Highlights
Developed a comprehensive sports trainer booking platform utilizing AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and S3 with a Vue.js frontend.
Conducted in-depth user segmentation and market research to inform product features and optimize user acquisition strategies.
Performed thorough risk analysis and implemented mitigation strategies to ensure platform stability and business continuity.
TRVLMIND
|Founder
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Summary
Spearheaded the development of a multi-media management platform and cross-platform mobile applications, driving product strategy and market engagement.
Highlights
Developed a multi-media management platform and cross-platform mobile applications using AWS Lambda, Cloudinary, AngularJS, iOS, Android, Cordova, and Ionic.
Executed comprehensive marketing and user research initiatives to drive platform adoption and enhance user experience.
andrena objects ag
|DevOps Engineer (50%)
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Summary
Provided critical infrastructure support and full-stack web development, ensuring operational stability and enhancing public-facing digital platforms.
Highlights
Provided robust infrastructure support for diverse environments, including Windows Server, Debian, and Cisco systems.
Maintained and developed multiple public event booking platforms, ensuring high availability and seamless user experience.
Coordinated the technical aspects of a company website relaunch with external providers, leveraging PHP, JavaScript, AngularJS, Symfony, and Drupal for successful project delivery.
Education
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
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M.Sc.
Informatics
Courses
Telematics
Anthropomatics
Software Engineering
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
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B.Sc.
Informatics
Courses
Cognitive Systems
Operations Research
Security
Languages
German
Russian
English
Certificates
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Issued By
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Professional Scrum Master I
Issued By
Scrum.org
Skills
Methodologies
Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Problem Solving, Pragmatism.
Cloud Platforms
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, OpenStack, Cloudinary, AWS AppServices, AWS Lambda, AWS Kinesis, AWS ECS, AWS ES, AWS DMS, AWS S3.
DevOps & SRE Tools
Kubernetes, OpenShift, Prometheus, Grafana, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, Alertmanager, Jaeger, Zipkin, VMWare.
Data Technologies
Kafka, Elasticsearch, Minio, Postgres, dbt, Tableau, Kibana, Confluent Cloud, Elastic Cloud, Streaming Architecture, Data Warehousing.
Programming & Frameworks
Java, Python, Vue.js, PHP, JavaScript, AngularJS, Symfony, Drupal, .NET Microservices, iOS, Android, Cordova, Ionic.
Operating Systems & Networking
Windows Server, Debian, Cisco.
General Skills
Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Computing, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Technical Mentoring, Disaster Recovery, System Integration, Solution Architecture, Project Management.