Matthias Bertschy is a Senior Kubernetes Developer with nine years of hands-on experience modernizing cloud-native platforms, currently at ARMO and formerly shaping OpenShift-based transformation at Lombard Odier. He holds RHCA, CKA, CKAD, CKS and CISSP certifications and combines deep operational expertise with security-first thinking to drive resilient, production-grade container platforms. A regular contributor and reviewer on flagship projects like kubernetes/kubernetes, fabric8io/kubernetes-client and kubescape, he bridges test automation, client integrations and security tooling—adding features such as cert-manager/VPA support and Bitbucket scanning. Matthias pairs platform architecture and developer productivity work with practical automation skills (Go, Python, CI/CD) and a track record of founding an OSPO, reflecting both technical depth and organizational impact. Notably, he aims to be recognized as a containerization expert in Suisse Romande and actively promotes sustainable, security-minded DevOps practices in the region.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Information Technology, Master's degree, Information Technology at CPE Lyon
Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for your IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and clusters. It includes risk analysis, security, compliance, and misconfiguration scanning, saving Kubernetes users and administrators precious time, effort, and resources.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:316 reviews, 9 commits, 297 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Matthias primarily focused on enhancing the `kubescape` platform by implementing features to list controls, add control IDs to lists, and deprecate the "id" flag. Their work included modifying core functionalities related to control retrieval and display, which involved code changes across various files, including `core/cautils/getter/downloadreleasedpolicy.go`, `core/core/list.go`, and `cmd/list/list.go`. Additionally, they introduced support for Bitbucket scanning, which demonstrates DevOps capabilities by expanding the platform's integration with various code repositories. Furthermore, the user made commits related to removing deprecated packages and refactoring, improving the codebase.
Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Contributions:181 reviews, 32 commits, 60 PRs in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Matthias primarily focused on adding and modifying end-to-end (e2e) tests within the Kubernetes codebase. Their contributions involved writing tests to cover startup probe scenarios, including cases with and without readiness probes. The user also addressed test flakiness by adjusting probe parameters and timing in the test configurations. Furthermore, they refactored parts of the testing framework to improve reliability and synchronization.
containersschedulingdockergradeproduction-grade
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Matthias Bertschy - Senior Kubernetes Developer at ARMO