Hein Køien
Independent Managing Consultant at KØIEN AS
Tønsberg, Norway
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Top SchoolHein Køien is an independent managing consultant and hands-on technology leader with 25+ years of experience modernizing cloud, telecommunications, and enterprise systems across energy, finance, healthcare and the public sector. He specializes in Azure Landing Zones, Enterprise-Scale IaC (Terraform/Bicep), Kubernetes, and Microsoft Teams Direct Routing, and has repeatedly delivered measurable outcomes like 99.95%+ uptime SLAs and dramatic provisioning time reductions. Currently focused on AI agent orchestration and Model Context Protocol (MCP) development, he’s building agent-based workflows that bridge traditional cloud infrastructure with next-generation LLM-driven automation. A former military systems engineer, he brings disciplined operational rigor and regulatory savvy to complex migrations—recently helping organizations transition from legacy Terraform enterprise modules to Microsoft Azure Verified Modules. Fully booked through January 2026, Hein is open to CTO or Tech Lead roles in AI-focused startups where deep technical craft and strategic thinking are required.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Java programming, Java programming at Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST)1.-year electro., 1.-year electro. at Åsnes CollegeSpecialization in information technology, Specialization in information technology at HSBS (The Army Communication Headquarter Educational Center)
Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English
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Github Skills (76)
terraform10
arm10
architecture10
azure10
azure-resource-manager10
landing-zone10
caf10
terraform-provider10
azure-policy10
design-principles10
resource-manager10
pac10
scale9
management9
powershell9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
blinqas/git-diff-sort
Sep 2023 - Jul 2024
Git Diff Sort is a GitHub Action that enhances CI/CD workflows by providing various Git diff outputs. It offers distinct folder and file lists, alphabetical sorting, and metadata-based sorting. Ideal for Terraform workflows, it allows for dynamic folder processing based on custom metadata.
Contributions:4 releases, 2 reviews, 21 PRs in 10 months
blinqas/rover
Dec 2022 - Mar 2024
The rover is a docker container in charge of the deployment of the Azure CAF Terraform landingzones
Contributions:3 PRs, 25 pushes, 22 branches in 1 year 2 months
deploymentdockercaflandingzonescharge
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