Cloud infrastructure · Platform engineering · Reliability
Oliver Herschmann
Principal DevOps Engineer
Building reliable cloud infrastructure and developer platforms for engineering teams. Specialized in Azure, Kubernetes, automation, and production systems that scale with confidence.
About
Oliver began his career as a Systems Administrator in Chicago before transitioning into DevOps and cloud infrastructure. After relocating to Germany in 2015, he has worked with SaaS, EdTech, and FinTech companies, helping engineering teams build scalable cloud platforms, automate deployments, and improve system reliability.
He enjoys simplifying infrastructure, mentoring engineers, and creating tools that improve developer productivity.
Core Competencies
Cloud
- Azure
- Virtual Machines
- Azure RBAC
- Virtual Network
- Azure DNS
- Azure SQL Database
Containers
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm
Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- Azure Bicep
- Ansible
CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI
Monitoring
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Loki
Languages
- Go
- Python
- Bash
Professional Experience
Principal DevOps Engineer
- Leads cloud infrastructure and platform reliability initiatives
- Designs Kubernetes-based deployment platforms for production workloads
- Improves CI/CD, observability, and incident response practices
- Mentors platform and DevOps engineers on infrastructure architecture
Senior DevOps Engineer
- Led full migration from on-premises infrastructure to Azure
- Replatformed a monolithic backend into a Kubernetes-based high-availability system
- Designed resilient AKS architecture for production workloads
- Automated infrastructure and deployments across cloud environments
- Improved reliability, scalability, and release confidence for engineering teams
DevOps Engineer
- Automated infrastructure using Terraform
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines
- Introduced Docker platform
- Improved monitoring and incident response
Systems & DevOps Engineer
- Migrated workloads to Azure
- Automated Linux provisioning
- Managed hybrid infrastructure
Systems Administrator
- Linux administration
- Python automation
- Jenkins pipelines
- VMware infrastructure
Featured Projects
Developer Platform
Created a self-service infrastructure platform allowing engineering teams to provision environments within minutes.
Azure Kubernetes Migration
Led the migration from on-premises monolithic infrastructure to a highly available Azure Kubernetes platform.
Observability Platform
Designed centralized logging and monitoring platform for engineering teams.