Summary
Steef-Jan Wiggers is a Domain Architect based in Gelderland, Netherlands, with over 8 years of focused experience in cloud, integration and DevOps architecture across enterprise and public sector clients. He combines hands-on Azure and integration platform expertise with strategic roles—currently at VGZ and as Principal Consultant Cloud/DevOps—while contributing as a long-standing InfoQ cloud editor and Microsoft MVP. His career spans implementation and advisory work at firms like i8c, HSO and Codit, where he led integration initiatives for major retailers and housing organizations, and he often steps into interim and platform-ownership roles. Beyond consultancy, he runs SJW-IT, co-organizes Azure community events, and has a track record in shaping integration community efforts (Global Integration Bootcamp, WAZUG). Colleagues value his ability to translate complex integration landscapes into pragmatic platform solutions and governance, informed by deep Microsoft certification roots and a scientific background in biochemistry. Notably, he blends technical depth with public thought leadership—editing InfoQ’s cloud coverage while still delivering hands-on architecture.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MCSD .NET Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, MCSD .NET Microsoft Certified Solution Developer at Self Education/Job Experience
LEAP IT, LEAP IT at Microsoft Netherlands
LEAP 2008
MCDBA SQL Server 2000, MCDBA SQL Server 2000 at Self Education
Bachelor's degree Biochemistry/Biotechnology, Bachelor's degree Biochemistry/Biotechnology at HAN University of Applied Sciences
KQED - PUBLIC MEDIA FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Renewable Energy, KQED - PUBLIC MEDIA FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Renewable Energy at Stanford University
English, German, Dutch