Michael Weinrich
Technical Lead DevOps Engineer Security Champion at Allianz Technology
Putzbrunn, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolMichael Weinrich is a Technical Lead and DevOps engineer with 19 years of experience building and operating cloud-native platforms, multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters, and internal DevOps toolchains at Allianz. As a designated Security Champion he blends hands-on infrastructure and software development with pragmatic security stewardship, shaping secure platforms used across large enterprise teams. He has a track record of driving migrations, automation, and scalable architectures—from MySQL virtualization and CI/CD improvements to CloudFormation-based AWS setups—and mentors teams through operationalizing those practices. An active open-source contributor, he implemented a secure TOTP authenticator plugin for the popular xbar-plugins repository, reflecting his focus on usable security tooling. Based in Putzbrunn, Germany, he holds an MSc in Computer Science and combines deep technical breadth with a long history of delivering production-grade, auditable systems.
19 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Honours, Computer Science, Bachelor of Honours, Computer Science at The University of BoltonBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at HTWK LeipzigMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig (FH)
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
xmobar10
bash10
x10
plugin10
security9
apple-silicon8
apidoc7
api7
json6
kubernetes6
php6
jq6
perl6
regex6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
matryer/xbar-plugins
Feb 2022 - Sep 2023
Plugin repository for xbar (the BitBar reboot)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 PR, 1 comment in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on developing a plugin for xbar, a tool for displaying information in the macOS menu bar. The user implemented a secure TOTP authenticator plugin, including logic for generating and copying tokens to the clipboard. They improved the plugin's structure, added dependencies, and updated the path for Apple Silicon. They also addressed code improvements and added an image to the plugin.
xbarpluginbitbarpluginsplugin-repository
micxer/ansible-role-docker-compose-homestack
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
An Ansible role which procedurally generates docker-compose.yml files for your home server
Contributions:1 release, 5 reviews, 70 PRs in 8 months
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