Patrick Riegler

Joined as a freelancer and became productive within days, delivering and demonstrating initial results within the first two weeks. Quickly took ownership of key platform initiatives and, after the first month, expanded my contribution to mentoring, knowledge sharing and supporting the team’s technical development.

• Drive technology strategy and modernization of the platform stack
• Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption using Terraform and Ansible
• Lead JFrog Xray implementation to secure the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Integrate security scanning and vulnerability management into CI/CD pipelines
• Maintain and improve Kubernetes / OpenShift platform infrastructure
• Design and implement an AI-powered chatbot to enable self-service capabilities and improve developer experience
• Standardize infrastructure provisioning and configuration management
• Improve platform security, reliability, scalability and operational efficiency
• Evaluate and introduce technologies to improve engineering productivity
• Promote security best practices and compliance across the organization

Senior DevOps Engineer specializing in Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, and Cloud Automation. Driving developer experience, CI/CD modernization, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps (ArgoCD), security improvements, and building scalable internal developer platform.

• Built and evolved Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) using Crossplane, Backstage, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code principles
• Modernized CI/CD delivery by migrating deployments from Spinnaker, Jenkins, and Bitbucket to ArgoCD and GitHub
• Managed enterprise Kubernetes platforms across Rancher and Azure AKS, including deployment automation, scaling, and operational excellence
• Improved developer productivity through Azure AVD, DevSpace, platform automation, and standardized deployment processes
• Strengthened security and compliance by implementing secret management, vulnerability management with JFrog Xray, and acting as DevSecOps Security Champion

Maintained and modernized enterprise CI/CD platforms, improved developer productivity, automated delivery pipelines, and increased platform stability for one of Switzerland's largest banks.

• Managed enterprise CI/CD platforms including GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube and Harness
• Built standardized Kubernetes deployment pipelines using Helm and Harness
• Containerized Jenkins builds to improve flexibility and scalability
• Developed and maintained Jenkins shared pipeline libraries
• Resolved major stability and performance issues in Jira
• Supported development teams with CI/CD adoption and vulnerability management (blackduck)

Established and led the Swiss subsidiary while delivering DevOps, Cloud, AWS, and Atlassian consulting for enterprise customers.

• Established and managed the Swiss subsidiary
• Delivered AWS, DevOps and Cloud consulting projects
• Provided Atlassian consulting and Agile coaching

Advised customers on DevOps transformation, cloud adoption, Agile practices, and Atlassian tooling.

• Delivered DevOps consulting engagements
• Provided Agile coaching and digital transformation support

Drove containerization and DevOps adoption across multiple business units, enabling hundreds of developers to migrate to Docker, OpenShift, and modern CI/CD practices.

• Led enterprise adoption of Docker and OpenShift
• Supported over 400 developers migrating to container platforms
• Managed enterprise Atlassian platform and development tools

Defined enterprise architecture, technology strategy, and IT standards while aligning technology initiatives with business objectives.

• Defined enterprise architecture and IT strategy
• Established development standards and governance
• Optimized shared platforms and infrastructure

Owned multiple international software products, driving architecture, releases, service quality, supplier management, and continuous service improvement.

• Managed seven software products across more than 20 countries
• Led release management and software lifecycle processes with external partners
• Improved performance of products integrated in AutoScout24, AutoTrader, Mobile.de, and other large automotive platforms
• Introduced ITIL-based service management practices

Led international software projects from requirements through delivery, managing budgets, suppliers, and customer implementations.

• Managed international software development projects
• Owned project budgets and delivery
• Led requirements engineering and solution design
• Managed external suppliers and customer implementations

Built and led a software development team delivering internet applications while defining architecture and supporting business stakeholders.

• Built and led a client development team
• Defined software architecture and technical direction

Supported international infrastructure, networking, and server operations while connecting country organizations to a centralized IT environment.

• Connected over 20 country organizations to a shared network
• Supported central email and web server infrastructure
• Migrated infrastructure to Windows NT domains

Joined an early-stage startup and helped scale operations while leading production support, development, and technical training.

• Led production support and development activities
• Contributed to the Car4you platform