Robert Volkmann
Technical Lead UMetal at UhuruTec AG
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Volkmann is a cloud-native architect and technical lead with 9 years of experience designing and delivering on-premise bare-metal Kubernetes and OpenStack Ironic platforms, currently leading uMetal at UhuruTec in Munich. He combines deep systems thinking—backed by an MS in Mathematics—with hands-on expertise in CI/CD automation, Metal3/Cluster API, and Layer 3 networking to build high-performance, secure infrastructure for regulated and large-scale environments. Robert has managed global OpenShift fleets and driven migrations to microservices, often acting as the bridge between engineering teams and business stakeholders. An active contributor to open-source projects, he improved build and CI/CD workflows for the widely used FOSSology project and strengthened test suites in java-design-patterns, reflecting a practical focus on maintainability and release reliability. Known for mentoring teams and delivering tailored employee training, he emphasizes sustainable, operable platforms rather than one-off deployments.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Mathematics, Master of Science - MS, Mathematics at Technische Universität Berlin
German, English
Github Skills (18)
docker10
testing10
dockers10
java10
cicd10
javas10
junit10
mockito10
docker-compose9
bash9
design-patterns9
refactoring9
test-automation8
dependency-management8
build-automation7
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
fossology/fossology
Jul 2018 - Oct 2018
FOSSology is an open source license compliance software system and toolkit. As a toolkit you can run license, copyright and export control scans from the command line. As a system, a database and web ui are provided to give you a compliance workflow. License, copyright and export scanners are tools used in the workflow.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:24 commits, 22 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to improving the FOSSology project's build and deployment processes. They implemented multi-staged Docker builds, refactored Docker Compose configurations, and addressed dependencies in the Docker environment. They also modified the testing procedures and CI/CD configuration, focusing on streamlining the project's overall integration and release workflows.
spdxcompliancefossologycopyrightcompliance-check
iluwatar/java-design-patterns
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Design patterns implemented in Java
Role in this project:Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:14 reviews, 16 commits, 16 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Robert primarily focused on refactoring code to remove code smells and upgrading dependencies related to testing, specifically Mockito. Their commits demonstrate improvements to test suites across several design patterns, indicating a focus on ensuring code quality and maintainability. They updated testing frameworks and corrected test logic, contributing to the overall reliability of the design patterns' implementations. The user's work also included refactoring test structures.
principlessnippets-collectionsnippetspatternsdesign-patterns-implemented-in-java
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