Hans Jörg Wieland

Hajo · /ˈhaːjo/ · SRE / Platform Engineer · Munich

Hi 👋 I’m Hajo (/ˈhaːjo/), an IT freelancer from Munich 🥨, Germany 🇩🇪.

With over 15 years of experience in tech, I’ve worked with a wide range of customers and technologies. I’m passionate about building scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure.

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Full work history

All freelance engagements and permanent positions.

08/2025 - presentPermanent

Helsing

Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineering at Helsing.

04/2025 - 05/2025Freelance

Uni Erlangen

Kubernetes GPU Consulting

Consulting on Kubernetes & CNCF ecosystem regarding NVIDIA GPU research clusters.

01/2025 - 03/2025Freelance

STACKIT

Kubernetes Security Expert

Implemented Security controls, evaluated guidelines and supported the team regarding BSI C5 compliance for the central STACKIT Kubernetes Engine (“SKE”) in a high security environment.

06/2024 - 04/2025Freelance

Markant

DevOps & Grafana Expert

Established an enterprise-wide modern observability stack with Infrastructure as Code running On-Premise and in Azure using Docker, Grafana Cloud, Loki and Mimir

06/2023 - 03/2024Freelance

HanseMerkur

Kubernetes Consultant

Supported with the migration from On-Premise Kubernetes to AWS EKS, developed a custom Kubernetes controller, reviewed Terraform code, evaluted CNI setup and Service Mesh solutions.

10/2021 - 05/2024Freelance

Eventim

Kubernetes Engineer

Established a multi-account AWS EKS infrastructure for Olympic ticket sales, implementing comprehensive observability, security, and automation while optimizing costs and performance through GitOps, service mesh, and autoscaling solutions.

01/2019 - 09/2021Freelance

Munich Re

Kubernetes Engineer

Built and managed a comprehensive AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure across five accounts for financial services, implementing security best practices, GitOps workflows, and cost optimization while maintaining high availability and compliance standards.

10/2018 - 03/2024Permanent

ventx

DevOps Engineer

Lead Kubernetes consultant in a cloud & infrastructure agency, working in various DevOps and K8s projects

08/2015 - 09/2018Permanent

BWG

Linux Administrator

IT-Administrafor the in-house and later cloud infrastructure multiple for e-commerce shops