Rainer Hermanns
Architect, Consultant at The Apache Software Foundation
Herzogenrath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRainer Hermanns is a seasoned cloud-native architect and consultant with 19 years of hands-on experience building resilient, scalable systems and founding aixcept. He specializes in Kubernetes, GitOps, and IaC, backed by certifications in Kubernetes administration, application development, and security, and he blends practitioner-level engineering with team coaching to drive adoption across developer and operator teams. Rainer has balanced enterprise and open-source leadership—contributing as a core developer and release manager for Struts2 at The Apache Software Foundation—bringing rare depth in both legacy Java ecosystems and modern cloud platforms. Currently advising KfW after roles as an enterprise architect and Kubernetes specialist at Volue and igus, he excels at translating complex requirements into practical, secure production architectures. Colleagues describe him as a founder-minded technologist who stays deeply involved in implementation while mentoring organizations through cultural and technical change.
19 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
IT Specialist for Software Development, IT Specialist for Software Development at IHK AachenRWTH Aachen University
Github Skills (74)
api-client10
rest-api10
api10
sdk10
angular10
kubernetes10
yeoman-generator10
java10
spring-boot10
docker10
generator10
webpack10
jhipster10
react10
rest9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rainerh/pipelinedoc
Apr 2021 - Aug 2022
Generate documentation from Azure Pipelines YAML templates
Contributions:9 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
azure-pipelinespipelines-yamlcode-generatortemplatesazure-pipelines-yaml
rainerh/hugo-docker
Nov 2019 - May 2020
A docker image for a Hugo + AsciiDoctor toolchain
Contributions:18 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
hugodocker-imageasciidoctordockertoolchain
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