Javad Zahrabi

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Javad Zahrabi

Cloud & DevOps Engineer

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Strategic DevOps engineer focused on platform engineering and cloud-native transformations. Experienced in the technical leadership of externalised teams and the design of scalable hybrid-cloud (Azure / AWS) infrastructures. Specialist in building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) using GitOps and AI-supported process optimisation. Certified expert (AZ-305, AZ-400) delivering end-to-end DevSecOps solutions that accelerate software delivery and elevate operational excellence.

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Methods

  • DevOps
  • GitOps
  • Platform Engineering
  • Agile (SAFe/Scrum)
  • Software Architecture

Cloud

  • Azure (Expert)
  • AWS
  • Bosch/ETAS-DevCloud
  • Hybrid-Cloud (On-Prem/Cloud Integration)

Monitoring

  • Grafana
  • Prometheus

Infrastructure as Code

  • Terraform
  • Bicep
  • Ansible
  • Packer
  • Kubespray

Containers

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AKS
  • Helm
  • Kustomize
  • Docker Compose & Swarm
  • Podman

Programming

  • Python
  • Groovy
  • Django
  • Git
  • Bash
  • PowerShell
  • REST API

CI/CD

  • Jenkins
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • ArgoCD
  • Argo Workflows
  • Flux CD

Build & Artifacts

  • CMake
  • Ninja
  • Conan
  • Artifactory

Experience

  1. DevOps Engineer / CI/CD Expert — ETAS GmbH (Bosch Group), Stuttgart

    2022 - Present

    • Technical leadership of an external team and architecture ownership for the migration of complex on-prem systems into hybrid-cloud environments (Azure, AWS).
    • Platform engineering: design and build of a Kubernetes-based Internal Developer Platform (IDP) on a GitOps stack (AKS, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, Kubespray, Ansible).
    • AI innovation: piloted and built AI agents for automated error remediation (auto-fix) inside the IDP, intelligent log analysis and root-cause identification.
    • End-to-end CI/CD: highly automated pipelines on Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions and Jenkins, including branching strategies, signing and automated releases.
    • DevSecOps & quality: integrated security gates and compliance checks (SonarQube, SBOM Dependency-Track, FOSSID, OWASP) plus benchmark testing into the build chain.
    • Infrastructure as Code: global blueprint design and implementation with Terraform, Packer and Ansible for consistent multi-cloud deployments.
    • Self-service & automation: automated onboarding for new projects, increasing developer productivity through standardised tool setups and "Infrastructure-as-a-Service".
    • Observability & stability: designed and operate central monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana) to safeguard system availability.
    • Contributed projects: RALO (Logging Network Suite), RALO-Video, RALO-Replay, GETK-P4 (ADCU Messadapter), MHD (parallel video / XCP / Ethernet recording for ADAS) and MCD-Core (MDA add-on for MATLAB / Python).

  2. DevOps Engineer — IT Baden-Württemberg (BITBW), Stuttgart

    2020 - 2022

    • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines on Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD.
    • Automated deployments and infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible and Bash.

  3. Master Thesis — BettercallPaul, Stuttgart

    Feb 2022 - Jul 2022

    • Evaluation of Environment and Secret Management Based on GitOps Principles.

  4. Backend Developer — Alton Pardaz Aban, Hamedan

    2013 - 2017

    Education

    1. M.Sc. Software Engineering (Softwaretechnik) — University of Stuttgart, Germany

      2018 - 2022

      • Cloud Computing Concepts and Technologies (Grade: 1.3)
      • Architecture of Application Systems (Grade: 1.0)
      • Loose Coupling and Message-based Application (Grade: 1.3)

    2. Intensive German Course (C1) — University of Stuttgart, Germany

      2017 - 2018

    3. B.Sc. Information Technology — University of Hamedan

      2007 - 2012

    Certifications

    Languages

    Projects

    1. Internal Developer Platform

      GitOps-native IDP on AKS and on-prem Kubernetes: multi-environment app deployments via ArgoCD App-of-Apps, Terraform-provisioned infrastructure, Cloudflare DNS with automated TLS via cert-manager, and full observability with Prometheus and Grafana.

      • Kubernetes
      • ArgoCD
      • Terraform
      • Azure
      • Helm
      • Cloudflare

    2. Kreditrechner

      Loan calculator web app with Django REST backend and React/TypeScript frontend. Containerised with Docker, CI/CD via GitHub Actions, deployed to AKS across dev/staging/prod environments using Helm and ArgoCD.

      • Django
      • React
      • TypeScript
      • Docker
      • Kubernetes
      • GitHub Actions