Principal Cloud Engineer · Karlsruhe, Germany
I’m Mikael, a cloud and platform architect with a hands-on background in infrastructure and operations.
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A Norwegian in Karlsruhe, happiest when architecture survives first contact with implementation.
I’ve spent my career making cloud environments more secure, repeatable, and pleasant to operate. That has taken me from hands-on infrastructure and support to Kubernetes platforms, cloud adoption, solution architecture, and technical leadership.
I enjoy turning an ambiguous requirement into a practical system: clear boundaries, useful automation, sensible defaults, and enough documentation that the next person does not need archaeology skills. I care about the engineering details, but always in service of something people can actually use.
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I design and build secure, resilient Azure infrastructure across solution architecture, technical leadership, project delivery, and pre-sales. I drive automation, standardization, and security improvements across the Azure practice, including leading our GitOps adoption and expanding our DevOps capabilities.
As the sole Senior DevOps Engineer, I supported the e-commerce team by building and maintaining cloud infrastructure and delivery pipelines. I standardized tooling and workflows to improve consistency, reliability, and repeatability across projects.
I built infrastructure automation platforms and scalable Kubernetes solutions using Terraform, Argo Workflows, PowerShell, Bash, and Python. I led improvements to Terraform modules and CI templates, aligned delivery with Microsoft’s Well-Architected Framework, and mentored junior engineers.
I delivered secure, automated, and standardized solutions across Azure and Microsoft 365, helping customers and partners streamline operations and strengthen their cloud environments.
I began my career supporting hosted platforms, Exchange, and Microsoft and Google cloud services, finishing my apprenticeship as an external consultant focused on monitoring, reliability, and service stability.
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A few NDA-safe snapshots of platforms I’ve designed, built, and helped teams operate.
Developer experience
As part of a platform team for a large German chemicals manufacturer, I built Azure-based components using App Services and Functions to make application delivery faster and more consistent.
GitOps & delivery
For a German dental wholesaler, I built an Azure developer platform, designed its CI/CD workflows, and introduced GitOps for application lifecycle management.
Regulated environments
Across financial and public-sector projects, I designed Azure developer platforms, built custom compliance reporting, established security guardrails, and advised clients on technical direction.
Infrastructure as code
This résumé is delivered globally by Cloudflare Pages. Its Pages project and domains are described with Terraform, with private state in R2 and reviewable GitHub Actions workflows.
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I bridge engineering and architecture: translating business needs into technical direction while staying involved in delivery. I care about clear standards, useful automation, strong documentation, and systems that remain understandable under operational pressure.
Norwegian and English — native or bilingual
German
— professional working proficiency
Danish &
Swedish — I've worked with both languages in
professional settings.
IKT-Servicefag
Lillehammer videregående skole,
2014—2016
Let’s talk
If you think my experience aligns with what you’re looking for, or you’d simply like to talk, feel free to reach out.