Sebastian Fontius

With over 20 years of experience as a system administrator and DevOps engineer at Bosch, Alstom, General Electric, and my own company, I focus on the development and operating of infrastructure, to enable smooth usage by the end-users. My expertise includes devising and managing complex IT systems, support, documentation, CI/CD integration and automation, IaC/GitOps practices, and well-optimized and scalable solutions. I hold two degrees in Applied Computer Science.

CIO, Performance Engineer

2024 - Present · Efficientware

• Founded Efficientware to offer Performance Engineering services.
• Developed prototypes for customers.
• Devised, implemented and maintained the infrastructure according to GitOps principles based on Docker/Kubernetes.

Development Engineer

2017 - 2024 · Robert Bosch GmbH

• Devised, implemented and maintained Yocto-based SOEs and integrated them into CI.
• Set up memory and runtime measurement on physical devices and integrated them into CI.
• Brought up, maintained and enabled full remote usage of development hardware.
• Participated in self-driving car project Athena with Daimler.

System Administrator

2004 - 2017 · Alstom / General Electric

• Responsible for maintenance and AV security of 6,500+ client PCs.
• Devised, implemented and maintained the Linux SOE.
• Migrated 30,000+ Windows PCs of recently acquired business unit into exisiting AD.
• Ported Interix-based highly confidential app for air-gapped business unit.

Diplom (BA) in Angewandte Informatik

2004 - 2007 · Berufsakademie Mannheim

B.S. in Applied Computer Science

2004 - 2007 · The Open University

• Linux
• Star Trek
• Cooking