Kim Wüstkamp
Software Developer Infrastructure Architect Founder at Killercoda
Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolKim Wüstkamp is a software developer, infrastructure architect and founder with 11 years of experience building cloud-native, maintainable systems—most notably the interactive learning platforms killer.sh and killercoda.com. A triple-certified Kubernetes specialist (CKS/CKA/CKAD) and AWS Developer, he blends hands-on engineering in Go, Python, PHP and JS with infrastructure-as-code practices using Terraform and managed clouds. He leads both product and platform development, from KubeVirt-powered lab environments to exam simulators, and maintains course infrastructure where he actively modernizes Kubernetes installation and runtime compatibility. Based in Oberhausen, Germany, Kim is also a prolific content creator and educator who turns deep operational knowledge into teaching material and tooling that bridges the gap between learning and real-world cluster operations.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
diploma, advanced technical college certificate, Telecommunications Engineering, diploma, advanced technical college certificate, Telecommunications Engineering at Hans Sachs Berufskolleg, OberhausenApprenticeship (on the job), vocational school, computer science, Apprenticeship (on the job), vocational school, computer science at Heinz Nixdorf Berufskolleg, Essen
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
kubernetes10
ubuntu10
containerd10
kubernetes-pods10
dockers9
bash9
docker9
symfony9
cicd7
svg6
firefox6
php6
jquery6
mouseleave6
javascript6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
killer-sh/cks-course-environment
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:68 commits, 97 PRs, 115 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Kim primarily focused on infrastructure and deployment-related tasks, configuring and updating Kubernetes clusters. They made changes to installation scripts for Kubernetes versions 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 1.22, 1.23 and 1.25, and also addressed issues related to container runtimes and containerd. They also addressed dependency and compatibility issues across multiple Kubernetes versions. The work demonstrates a focus on automation and ensuring a functional and up-to-date environment for the course.
killer-sh/cks-challenge-series
Dec 2020 - Mar 2022
Kubernetes CKS Challanges
Contributions:13 commits, 4 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 2 months
seccompkuberneteschallangescks
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