OpenShift Consultant Germany | Kubernetes Services Frankfurt

Cloud-Native Without Cloud Lock-In

The “cloud-first” era is quietly becoming “cloud-appropriate.” In banking, energy, and other regulated industries, I’m seeing more projects that deliberately stay on-premise or hybrid—not because teams lack cloud skills, but because data sovereignty, latency, and economics make it the right choice.

I specialize in building cloud-native patterns without cloud dependency: OpenShift on bare metal, Kubernetes in your datacenter, containerized workloads alongside virtual machines.

What I Deliver

Cluster Architecture & Deployment

OpenShift installation on bare-metal, VMware, or Proxmox. High-availability design, network topology planning, and storage integration. Documentation and knowledge transfer for your operations team.

OpenShift Virtualization

Running VMs alongside containers on the same platform. Migration strategies for legacy workloads that aren’t ready for containerization but benefit from unified management.

Workload Migration

Assessment of existing applications for container readiness. Phased migration plans that reduce risk. Dockerfile/Containerfile optimization and image security scanning.

GitOps & CI/CD Integration

ArgoCD or OpenShift GitOps deployment. Continuous delivery pipelines that deploy to multiple environments with proper promotion gates. Image lifecycle management with Harbor or Quay.

Certifications

• CKA – Certified Kubernetes Administrator (The Linux Foundation)
• CKAD – Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (The Linux Foundation)

Typical Engagements

• Greenfield OpenShift deployment on bare-metal infrastructure
• Migration from Docker Swarm or legacy orchestration to Kubernetes
• Hybrid architecture connecting on-premise clusters with cloud resources
• Troubleshooting and performance optimization of existing clusters

Enterprise Context

I’ve deployed OpenShift in banking environments where the platform runs both containerized applications and virtualized legacy workloads (OpenShift Virtualization), with strict network segmentation and integration into existing monitoring infrastructure.