Mikael Barfred is a Site Reliability Engineering Manager based in Copenhagen with 11+ years steering DevOps, CI/CD and IT operations across large enterprises. He combines deep hands-on experience in software configuration management, automation and release pipelines with a clear preference for Linux and open source tooling. Mikael has led teams and built scalable deployment automation for hundreds of servers using Jenkins, Puppet, Artifactory and related ecosystems, and has driven change and audit processes in regulated environments. His background spans long tenures at Novozymes and Nokia where he progressed from build manager to leadership roles, reflecting strong process discipline and people development. Trained in mathematical modelling and continuous delivery practices, he brings a methodical, data-informed approach to reliability engineering. A pragmatic automator and process improver, he focuses on “automation of everything” to reduce manual toil and increase predictable delivery.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Requirement Management processes for S60 SW, Requirement Management processes for S60 SW at Internal Nokia training
Synergy/CM developer & Build Manager training, Synergy/CM developer & Build Manager training at Telelogic (IBM)
• Modelling the Earth's Climate and it’s variability, • Modelling the Earth's Climate and it’s variability at Ecole d'Eté de Physique Theorique
Software Configuration Management, Software Configuration Management at Learning Tree International
Veritas Cluster Server, Veritas Cluster Server at Veritas
Personal Growth and Impact, Personal Growth and Impact at DIEU
Continuous Delivery workshop, Continuous Delivery workshop at Thoughtworks, London
Oracle SQL for developers, Oracle SQL for developers at Oracle
Technical University of Denmark
Informix Database Administration, Informix Database Administration at Informix
Perl Programming, Perl Programming at SuperUsers
• Numerical Methods and Adiabatic Formulation of Models, • Numerical Methods and Adiabatic Formulation of Models at European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast, ECMWF
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Mikael Barfred - Site Reliability Engineering Manager at Novonesis