Nils Knieling
Senior Cloud Architect Google Cloud at T-Systems International
Hamburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolNils Knieling is a Senior Cloud Architect specializing in Google Cloud with 12+ years of experience designing and operating cloud-native and SAP landscapes for large enterprises. Based in Hamburg, he combines hands-on infrastructure-as-code and automation skills (Terraform, GitLab, Ansible) with deep SAP Basis expertise from running 100+ server SAP environments and leading migrations to HANA. A longtime entrepreneur, he founded and still operates VeloHero, applying full-stack Linux/Perl web expertise to production services. His open-source contributions span backend integrations and DevOps tooling—everything from fitness-data sync (tapiriik) to scripting automated GPU miner images—illustrating a pragmatic blend of backend engineering and operational resilience. Colleagues rely on him for customer-facing architecture, mentoring, and turning complex legacy landscapes into automated, cloud-ready platforms.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Fachinformatiker (Fachrichtung Systemintegration), Information Technology, Fachinformatiker (Fachrichtung Systemintegration), Information Technology at Gewerbeschule 18 Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
English, German
Github Skills (22)
crypto10
fitness10
apim10
back-end-development10
python10
bash10
cryptocurrencies10
ubuntu10
cryptocurrency10
automation10
script10
api10
python-requests10
http-request10
automations10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
Cyclenerd/ethereum_nvidia_miner
Jun 2017 - Jan 2020
💰 USB flash drive ISO image for Ethereum, Zcash and Monero mining with NVIDIA graphics cards and Ubuntu GNU/Linux (headless)
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:3 releases, 118 commits, 22 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Nils primarily contributed to the configuration and scripting of an Ubuntu-based ISO image for cryptocurrency mining. They focused on automating tasks such as setting up NVIDIA graphics card configurations, including overclocking and power limits, and also creating scripts for system updates and monitoring, and a script to check for GPU crashes and reboot. The user's changes also included setting up Ethereum mining with ethminer, Zcash, and XMR-Stak monero miner.
ethereumusb-flashusbgnugnu-linux
cpfair/tapiriik
Oct 2014 - May 2021
tapiriik keeps your fitness in sync
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 4 comments in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Nils focused on integrating the Velo Hero fitness service into the tapiriik platform. Their contributions involved developing backend logic for activity uploads and data synchronization, including file format handling for FIT, TCX, and GPX. They implemented features for setting activity details like start time, sport type, and comments, and also incorporated user authentication and API interactions. Furthermore, the user added custom user agents and made the use of HTTPs with TLS.
healthfitnesssynctapiriik
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