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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +share: false |
| 3 | +# Display name |
| 4 | +name: Cedric Kienzler |
| 5 | +avatar_image: "user-2.png" |
| 6 | +# Username (this should match the folder name) |
| 7 | +authors: |
| 8 | +- cedi |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +# resume download button |
| 11 | +btn: |
| 12 | +- url : "/files/CV_Cedric-Kienzler_2025.pdf" |
| 13 | + label : "Download CV" |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +# Is this the primary user of the site? |
| 16 | +superuser: true |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +# Role/position |
| 19 | +role: Technical Lead Site Reliability Engineer / Azure Platform SRE |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +# Organizations/Affiliations |
| 22 | +organizations: |
| 23 | +- name: Microsoft |
| 24 | + url: "https://microsoft.com" |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +# Short bio (displayed in user profile at end of posts) |
| 27 | +bio: I specialize in building and maintaining large-scale distributed systems, driving reliability, and leading technical initiatives to improve platform resilience. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +# Should the user's education and interests be displayed? |
| 30 | +display_education: false |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +interests: |
| 33 | +- Reliability Engineering |
| 34 | +- Software Engineering |
| 35 | +- Cloud Computing & Cloud-Native Platforms |
| 36 | +- Automation & Infrastructure as Code |
| 37 | +- Distributed Systems Architecture |
| 38 | +- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) |
| 39 | +- Chaos Engineering & Resilience Testing |
| 40 | +- Kubernetes & Container Orchestration |
| 41 | +- Observability & Monitoring (Metrics, Logging, Tracing) |
| 42 | +- Low-Level Systems Programming |
| 43 | +- Networking & Security |
| 44 | +- DevOps & CI/CD Pipelines |
| 45 | +- Technical Leadership & Mentorship |
| 46 | +- Open Source Contributions & Cloud-Native Advocacy |
| 47 | +- Public Speaking & Knowledge Sharing |
| 48 | +- Home Lab Experimentation (Kubernetes, IoT, LoRaWAN, ESP32) |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +education: |
| 51 | + courses: |
| 52 | + - course: PhD in Artificial Intelligence |
| 53 | + institution: Stanford University |
| 54 | + year: 2012 |
| 55 | + - course: MEng in Artificial Intelligence |
| 56 | + institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 57 | + year: 2009 |
| 58 | + - course: BSc in Artificial Intelligence |
| 59 | + institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 60 | + year: 2008 |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +# Social/academia Networking |
| 63 | +# For available icons, see: https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/widgets/#icons |
| 64 | +# For an email link, use "fas" icon pack, "envelope" icon, and a link in the |
| 65 | +# form "mailto:[email protected]" or "#contact" for contact widget. |
| 66 | +social: |
| 67 | +- icon: github |
| 68 | + icon_pack: fab |
| 69 | + link: https://github.com/cedi |
| 70 | +- icon: linkedin |
| 71 | + icon_pack: fab |
| 72 | + link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cekienzl/ |
| 73 | +- icon: instagram |
| 74 | + icon_pack: fab |
| 75 | + link: https://www.instagram.com/c3di1 |
| 76 | +- icon: 500px |
| 77 | + icon_pack: fab |
| 78 | + link: https://500px.com/p/c_kienzler_photograpy?view=photos |
| 79 | +- icon: mastodon |
| 80 | + icon_pack: fab |
| 81 | + link: https://hachyderm.io/@cedi |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +# Enter email to display Gravatar (if Gravatar enabled in Config) |
| 84 | +email: "" |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +# Organizational groups that you belong to (for People widget) |
| 87 | +# Set this to `[]` or comment out if you are not using People widget. |
| 88 | +user_groups: |
| 89 | +- Engineers |
| 90 | +--- |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +Hi! |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +I'm Cedric, a Senior Site Reliability Engineering Tech Lead from Germany, currently working at Microsoft Azure, where I focus on distributed systems, large-scale reliability, and resilience engineering. My passion lies in SRE principles, including chaos experimentation, release engineering, improving SLIs/SLOs, and cloud-native architectures, ensuring that highly available systems remain robust and efficient. |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +Beyond work, I was actively involved with the Chaos Computer Club, where I led the GPN Network Team (GPN-NOC) for two years. I’ve contributed to various event infrastructure projects, handling networking, planning, and logistics for events like the Chaos Communication Congress. During the pandemic, I helped build online services like jitsi.rocks and the Kubernetes-powered infrastructure for rC3 - NOW HERE. |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +In my spare time, I love experimenting with Kubernetes, Linux, Raspberry Pis, and low-level distributed systems programming. I run a K3s cluster on Raspberry Pis and frequently recompile the Linux Kernel to explore new features. I also maintain a CEPH cluster at home for hands-on storage system experimentation and operate a Stratum 1 grandmaster clock with NTP and PTP time servers. In the cloud, I manage a Kubernetes cluster using Cluster API, hosting a full observability stack powered by the Grafana LGTM Stack. |
| 99 | + |
| 100 | +Outside of tech, I have a deep passion for analog photography, collecting 35mm and medium format cameras like the Hasselblad 500 c/m, Leica M6, and Canon A1. I also develop my own film at home and have a darkroom setup with an enlarger, allowing me to fully engage in the film development process. |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | +To stay active, I spend time on the tatami practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and powerlifting. |
| 103 | + |
| 104 | +Let’s connect and talk reliability, cloud, or classic cameras! |
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