Summary
Walter Stroebel is an experienced Infrastructure Engineer and freelance DevOps/Generative AI specialist with a long ICT career dating back to 1984 and independent contracting since 2007. He blends hands-on skills across Linux, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Java, containerization, automation (Ansible), and cloud platforms with practical security, DBA and IoT experience. Walter has led migrations and platform builds for major Dutch organizations (UWV, RWE, Rijkswaterstaat, Capgemini) and architected resilient delivery systems for critical use cases like pharmacy logistics and secure transaction apps. A pragmatic problem-solver, he often selects fit-for-purpose technologies (e.g., championing Kubernetes for heterogeneous deployments) and focuses exclusively on freelance engagements.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Dutch, English, German, French