Senior Solutions Architect ? GenAI, MLOps, AWS EKS, Kubernetes (CKA)
Aktualisiert am 23.06.2026
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Verfügbar ab: 22.06.2026
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Solution Architect
Cloud Computing
AWS
GenAI
Kubernetes
MLOps
Terraform
Python
RAG
LangGraph
DevOps
Platform Architect
English
fluent
German
A2 Beruf, progressing to B1

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Munich (+50km)
Deutschland
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

2 years 5 months
2024-02 - now

Self-employment

AI Platform Architect, Solutions Architect GenAI RAG Architecture LLMOps ...
AI Platform Architect, Solutions Architect
  • Deliberate sabbatical following role transition; used to deepen technical currency in cloud, Kubernetes, and AI platform engineering. Focus on hands-on platform engineering over theory.
  • Earned CKA (hands-on exam: cluster operations, networking, storage, security, troubleshooting); built the two production-grade portfolio platforms above.
  • German language progression ? A2 Beruf certified 11/2024; B1 targeted 2026.
GenAI RAG Architecture LLMOps MLOps AWS Kubernetes Terraform Python LangGraph Solution Architecture DevOps GitOps EKS ArgoCD Qdrant Langfuse Mistral KServe vLLM Prometheus Grafana GitHub Actions
Independent Architecture Practice - Cloud, Kubernetes & AI Engineering
Munich (Germany)
5 months
2023-09 - 2024-01

In-house product development ? Financial Services prototype

Developer & Solution Architect
Developer & Solution Architect
  • Architected and built an end-to-end prototype for a Financial Services product for financial advisors ? workflow, CRM-based customer capture, calculation functions.
  • Delivered the full stack: React front-end, Spring Boot API layer, pluggable persistence (MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase); presented a working demo supporting the product investment decision.
PegaOne GmbH
4 years 2 months
2019-07 - 2023-08

Integration of Reporting and Observability

Integration Architect Solution Architecture Integration Architecture AWS ...
Integration Architect
  • Owned solution architecture and development integrating Marine and Financial Lines applications with downstream financial reporting systems; reporting data model in Spring Boot/ Hibernate.
  • Integrated PEGA-based Financial Lines with pricing and admin backends via JBoss EAP and Apache Camel; stack: AWS, Kubernetes, microservices, REST, OAuth, DevOps CI/CD.
  • Designed real-time observability (ELK) across the Product Liability landscape; built performance dashboards giving ops and engineering consolidated visibility previously fragmented across systems.
Solution Architecture Integration Architecture AWS Kubernetes Microservices DevOps REST APIs Java Spring Boot Apache Camel JBoss EAP ELK Stack REST OAuth CI/CD
Allianz Commercial (AGCS)
Munich, Germany
3 years
2016-07 - 2019-06

American Transformation Program ? Document Generation & Management

Solution & Integration Architect Solution Architecture Enterprise Architecture Legacy Modernisation ...
Solution & Integration Architect
  • Led solution architecture for Document Generation and Document Management (FileNet) within new business and claims workflows - part of a multi-year Mainframe-to-PEGA legacy modernization.
  • Coordinated across vendors, business stakeholders, and enterprise architecture to align design and drive implementation end to end.
Solution Architecture Enterprise Architecture Legacy Modernisation PEGA Document Management Stakeholder Management FileNet Mainframe Java REST APIs
AGCS
Munich (Germany)
10 months
2015-09 - 2016-06

Design of the persistent data model

Data Modeller/ Innovation Champion
Data Modeller/ Innovation Champion
  • AGCS London ? designed the persistent data model for the Front Office Underwriting workflow across Financial Lines and Entertainment Lines.
  • Visa Europe London ? drove innovation management for Visa's start-up entity via structured 90-day PoC experiments with academic and start-up partners.
TCS - Clients: AGCS London; Visa Europe
4 years 11 months
2010-10 - 2015-08

Responsibility for an innovation lifecycle

Innovation Evangelist & Champion
Innovation Evangelist & Champion
Evangelized TCS Research across Insurance and Financial Services clients ? data marketplaces, payments, blockchain, NLP. Embedded with USAA CTO office (2012?13) managing the idea-to-exploit innovation lifecycle.
TCS - Corporate CTO Office/ Client: USAA
5 years 9 months
2005-01 - 2010-09

Integration Architect & Innovation Lead ? US Financial Services & Insurance Clients

Integration Architect Integration Architecture Solution Architecture Enterprise Architecture ...
Integration Architect
  • Hartford ? led a shared services team delivering P&C data services (data quality, matching, geocoding) as SOAP web services for enterprise-wide consumption.
  • Prudential ? architected integration between Life Insurance New Business front office and servicing systems using Interchange Server / Message Broker with hub-and-spoke and ACORD canonical model.
Integration Architecture Solution Architecture Enterprise Architecture SOAP REST Java Innovation Management Financial Services Insurance Message Broker Spring Boot Mainframe COBOL
TCS · Clients: Hartford Insurance; Prudential Financial
USA, London, Munich
6 years 7 months
1998-06 - 2004-12

various

Earlier Roles (Developer & Business Analyst)
Earlier Roles (Developer & Business Analyst)
  • USAA - Consumer Loan front office application and Disaster Recovery strategy. AIG - re-engineered Claims/Litigation client-server application into web-based J2EE.
  • UBS - COBOL data migration pilot (Unisys to IBM Mainframe). Prudential ? Life Insurance front office. ADIC Stuttgart - Assembly firmware for Automated Tape Library robotic controllers.
TCS · USAA, AIG, UBS, Prudential, ADIC

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

1998
Study - Power Systems Operation & Control
Sri Venkateshwara University India
Degree: Master of Technology (M.Tech)

1996
Study - Electrical Engineering
Osmania University, India
Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Certifications
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Position

Position

Senior Solutions Architect - GenAI & MLOps Platforms - AWS - Kubernetes (CKA) - Financial Services

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Solution Architect Cloud Computing AWS GenAI Kubernetes MLOps Terraform Python RAG LangGraph DevOps Platform Architect

Schwerpunkte

  • AI/ GenAI Platforms
    • MLOps on AWS EKS, RAG architecture, LangGraph agent orchestration, hybrid retrieval (dense + BM25), vector databases (Qdrant), model serving (KServe, vLLM), LLM evaluation (Ragas), Mistral / Llama
  • Cloud & Infrastructure
    • AWS (EKS, VPC, IAM, Secrets Manager), Docker, Kubernetes (CKA), Karpenter autoscaling
  • DevOps & Automation
    • Terraform, ArgoCD (GitOps), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Infrastructure as Code, External Secrets
  • Observability
    • Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Grafana Alloy, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
  • Integration & Architecture
    • REST, SOAP, Microservices, Kafka (event-driven), API design, Hub-and-spoke, ACORD
  • Programming
    • Python, Java, Spring Boot · Legacy depth: COBOL, MF COBOL, Assembler
  • Compliance & Domains
    • DSGVO/ BDSG, BaFin-regulated context, Life & Commercial Insurance, P&C, Banking, Payments

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Solution Architect

Profile

Senior Solutions Architect with 25+ years designing and delivering production systems for large financial services and insurance clients across the USA and Europe. Deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes (CKA-certified), DevOps, and enterprise integration, with a track record of translating complex business problems into pragmatic, cost-aware cloud architectures. Now operating at the platform layer for AI/ML workloads ? building a production-grade MLOps platform on AWS EKS and a compliance-aware GenAI/RAG system on EU-sovereign tooling for German regulated enterprises. Known for rapid technology adoption, strong stakeholder communication, and the architectural judgment that comes from shipping across technology generations, from mainframe through cloud-native to AI infrastructure.

Professional Experience/Skills

  • Business Domain: Commercial Insurance, Life Insurance, P&C, Banking, Financial Services, BaFin-regulated enterprises, DSGVO/BDSG compliance.
  • AI/GenAI: RAG architecture, LangGraph agent orchestration, hybrid retrieval (dense + BM25), vector databases (Qdrant), LLM evaluation (Ragas, P@1 80%), Mistral, Llama, EU-sovereign AI stack.
  • MLOps: AWS EKS, Karpenter, KServe, vLLM, model serving, model lifecycle management, Terraform IaC, ArgoCD GitOps, GitHub Actions CI/CD.
  • Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, VPC, IAM, Secrets Manager), Kubernetes (CKA certified), Docker, External Secrets Operator.
  • Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Grafana Alloy, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
  • Integration: REST, SOAP, Microservices, Kafka, Apache Camel, API design, Hub-and-spoke, ACORD.
  • Programming: Python, Java, Spring Boot. Legacy depth: COBOL, MF COBOL, Assembler.
  • Methodologies: Agile (SAFe), DevOps, GitOps, ADR-driven architecture documentation.

Programmiersprachen

Java
Python
Springboot

Branchen

Branchen

Financial Services & Insurance (primary): Commercial Insurance, Life Insurance,
P&C Insurance, Asset Management, Banking, Payments

Technology & Platforms: Cloud Architecture, AI/GenAI Platforms, MLOps,
DevOps, Enterprise Integration

Clients served: Allianz Commercial (AGCS), Prudential Financial, Hartford
Insurance, USAA, Visa Europe, UBS, AIG

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Munich (+50km)
Deutschland
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

2 years 5 months
2024-02 - now

Self-employment

AI Platform Architect, Solutions Architect GenAI RAG Architecture LLMOps ...
AI Platform Architect, Solutions Architect
  • Deliberate sabbatical following role transition; used to deepen technical currency in cloud, Kubernetes, and AI platform engineering. Focus on hands-on platform engineering over theory.
  • Earned CKA (hands-on exam: cluster operations, networking, storage, security, troubleshooting); built the two production-grade portfolio platforms above.
  • German language progression ? A2 Beruf certified 11/2024; B1 targeted 2026.
GenAI RAG Architecture LLMOps MLOps AWS Kubernetes Terraform Python LangGraph Solution Architecture DevOps GitOps EKS ArgoCD Qdrant Langfuse Mistral KServe vLLM Prometheus Grafana GitHub Actions
Independent Architecture Practice - Cloud, Kubernetes & AI Engineering
Munich (Germany)
5 months
2023-09 - 2024-01

In-house product development ? Financial Services prototype

Developer & Solution Architect
Developer & Solution Architect
  • Architected and built an end-to-end prototype for a Financial Services product for financial advisors ? workflow, CRM-based customer capture, calculation functions.
  • Delivered the full stack: React front-end, Spring Boot API layer, pluggable persistence (MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase); presented a working demo supporting the product investment decision.
PegaOne GmbH
4 years 2 months
2019-07 - 2023-08

Integration of Reporting and Observability

Integration Architect Solution Architecture Integration Architecture AWS ...
Integration Architect
  • Owned solution architecture and development integrating Marine and Financial Lines applications with downstream financial reporting systems; reporting data model in Spring Boot/ Hibernate.
  • Integrated PEGA-based Financial Lines with pricing and admin backends via JBoss EAP and Apache Camel; stack: AWS, Kubernetes, microservices, REST, OAuth, DevOps CI/CD.
  • Designed real-time observability (ELK) across the Product Liability landscape; built performance dashboards giving ops and engineering consolidated visibility previously fragmented across systems.
Solution Architecture Integration Architecture AWS Kubernetes Microservices DevOps REST APIs Java Spring Boot Apache Camel JBoss EAP ELK Stack REST OAuth CI/CD
Allianz Commercial (AGCS)
Munich, Germany
3 years
2016-07 - 2019-06

American Transformation Program ? Document Generation & Management

Solution & Integration Architect Solution Architecture Enterprise Architecture Legacy Modernisation ...
Solution & Integration Architect
  • Led solution architecture for Document Generation and Document Management (FileNet) within new business and claims workflows - part of a multi-year Mainframe-to-PEGA legacy modernization.
  • Coordinated across vendors, business stakeholders, and enterprise architecture to align design and drive implementation end to end.
Solution Architecture Enterprise Architecture Legacy Modernisation PEGA Document Management Stakeholder Management FileNet Mainframe Java REST APIs
AGCS
Munich (Germany)
10 months
2015-09 - 2016-06

Design of the persistent data model

Data Modeller/ Innovation Champion
Data Modeller/ Innovation Champion
  • AGCS London ? designed the persistent data model for the Front Office Underwriting workflow across Financial Lines and Entertainment Lines.
  • Visa Europe London ? drove innovation management for Visa's start-up entity via structured 90-day PoC experiments with academic and start-up partners.
TCS - Clients: AGCS London; Visa Europe
4 years 11 months
2010-10 - 2015-08

Responsibility for an innovation lifecycle

Innovation Evangelist & Champion
Innovation Evangelist & Champion
Evangelized TCS Research across Insurance and Financial Services clients ? data marketplaces, payments, blockchain, NLP. Embedded with USAA CTO office (2012?13) managing the idea-to-exploit innovation lifecycle.
TCS - Corporate CTO Office/ Client: USAA
5 years 9 months
2005-01 - 2010-09

Integration Architect & Innovation Lead ? US Financial Services & Insurance Clients

Integration Architect Integration Architecture Solution Architecture Enterprise Architecture ...
Integration Architect
  • Hartford ? led a shared services team delivering P&C data services (data quality, matching, geocoding) as SOAP web services for enterprise-wide consumption.
  • Prudential ? architected integration between Life Insurance New Business front office and servicing systems using Interchange Server / Message Broker with hub-and-spoke and ACORD canonical model.
Integration Architecture Solution Architecture Enterprise Architecture SOAP REST Java Innovation Management Financial Services Insurance Message Broker Spring Boot Mainframe COBOL
TCS · Clients: Hartford Insurance; Prudential Financial
USA, London, Munich
6 years 7 months
1998-06 - 2004-12

various

Earlier Roles (Developer & Business Analyst)
Earlier Roles (Developer & Business Analyst)
  • USAA - Consumer Loan front office application and Disaster Recovery strategy. AIG - re-engineered Claims/Litigation client-server application into web-based J2EE.
  • UBS - COBOL data migration pilot (Unisys to IBM Mainframe). Prudential ? Life Insurance front office. ADIC Stuttgart - Assembly firmware for Automated Tape Library robotic controllers.
TCS · USAA, AIG, UBS, Prudential, ADIC

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

1998
Study - Power Systems Operation & Control
Sri Venkateshwara University India
Degree: Master of Technology (M.Tech)

1996
Study - Electrical Engineering
Osmania University, India
Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Certifications
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Position

Position

Senior Solutions Architect - GenAI & MLOps Platforms - AWS - Kubernetes (CKA) - Financial Services

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

Solution Architect Cloud Computing AWS GenAI Kubernetes MLOps Terraform Python RAG LangGraph DevOps Platform Architect

Schwerpunkte

  • AI/ GenAI Platforms
    • MLOps on AWS EKS, RAG architecture, LangGraph agent orchestration, hybrid retrieval (dense + BM25), vector databases (Qdrant), model serving (KServe, vLLM), LLM evaluation (Ragas), Mistral / Llama
  • Cloud & Infrastructure
    • AWS (EKS, VPC, IAM, Secrets Manager), Docker, Kubernetes (CKA), Karpenter autoscaling
  • DevOps & Automation
    • Terraform, ArgoCD (GitOps), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), Infrastructure as Code, External Secrets
  • Observability
    • Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Grafana Alloy, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
  • Integration & Architecture
    • REST, SOAP, Microservices, Kafka (event-driven), API design, Hub-and-spoke, ACORD
  • Programming
    • Python, Java, Spring Boot · Legacy depth: COBOL, MF COBOL, Assembler
  • Compliance & Domains
    • DSGVO/ BDSG, BaFin-regulated context, Life & Commercial Insurance, P&C, Banking, Payments

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Solution Architect

Profile

Senior Solutions Architect with 25+ years designing and delivering production systems for large financial services and insurance clients across the USA and Europe. Deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes (CKA-certified), DevOps, and enterprise integration, with a track record of translating complex business problems into pragmatic, cost-aware cloud architectures. Now operating at the platform layer for AI/ML workloads ? building a production-grade MLOps platform on AWS EKS and a compliance-aware GenAI/RAG system on EU-sovereign tooling for German regulated enterprises. Known for rapid technology adoption, strong stakeholder communication, and the architectural judgment that comes from shipping across technology generations, from mainframe through cloud-native to AI infrastructure.

Professional Experience/Skills

  • Business Domain: Commercial Insurance, Life Insurance, P&C, Banking, Financial Services, BaFin-regulated enterprises, DSGVO/BDSG compliance.
  • AI/GenAI: RAG architecture, LangGraph agent orchestration, hybrid retrieval (dense + BM25), vector databases (Qdrant), LLM evaluation (Ragas, P@1 80%), Mistral, Llama, EU-sovereign AI stack.
  • MLOps: AWS EKS, Karpenter, KServe, vLLM, model serving, model lifecycle management, Terraform IaC, ArgoCD GitOps, GitHub Actions CI/CD.
  • Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, VPC, IAM, Secrets Manager), Kubernetes (CKA certified), Docker, External Secrets Operator.
  • Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Grafana Alloy, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
  • Integration: REST, SOAP, Microservices, Kafka, Apache Camel, API design, Hub-and-spoke, ACORD.
  • Programming: Python, Java, Spring Boot. Legacy depth: COBOL, MF COBOL, Assembler.
  • Methodologies: Agile (SAFe), DevOps, GitOps, ADR-driven architecture documentation.

Programmiersprachen

Java
Python
Springboot

Branchen

Branchen

Financial Services & Insurance (primary): Commercial Insurance, Life Insurance,
P&C Insurance, Asset Management, Banking, Payments

Technology & Platforms: Cloud Architecture, AI/GenAI Platforms, MLOps,
DevOps, Enterprise Integration

Clients served: Allianz Commercial (AGCS), Prudential Financial, Hartford
Insurance, USAA, Visa Europe, UBS, AIG

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