Experience

Hybrid cloud networking

• Architected the organization's new hybrid cloud networking solution based on Azure Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, and Telenor Secure Cloud Connect under Stø MCA ownership.

• Implemented the complete multi-region topology with separate ExpressRoute circuits per region and environment for strict prod/non-prod traffic isolation, fully private connectivity with no public internet exposure, improved high availability and disaster recovery.

• Planned and executed a phased, per-team and per-environment migration of 39 VNets across 10 product teams, coordinating routing changes with the carrier and on-premises providers and optimizing cutover downtime to ~7 minutes.

Private cross-tenant global connectivity

• Enabled private connectivity from a customer's tenant in Brazil to a Norwegian on-premises data center over the Azure backbone and ExpressRoute, supporting a major new customer contract.

• Analyzed and optimized end-to-end latency, using a connection-reuse reverse-proxy (TLS 1.3 0-RTT early data with pre-shared keys) design to minimize cold start frequency and handshake latency cost.

Operator access

• Development on an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) solution providing product teams secure, controlled access to critical production environments.

Kubernetes upgrade automation

• Automated Kubernetes version upgrades across 35 single-tenancy fleet-managed AKS clusters.

• Evaluates each environment's current version, selects the next supported version, and creates phased upgrade PRs in lab → dev → test → prod for review.

Platform Engineering for Stø AS – folka bak BankID og BankAxept:

• Development on a fleet management Azure Kubernetes Services platform using FluxCD for GitOps.

• Development of hybrid cloud networking infrastructure based on Virtual WAN and ExpressRoute.

• Migration from Bicep/PowerShell to Terraform, and from Azure DevOps to GitHub.

• Enabling role for the organization's autonomous product teams adopting modern cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and GitOps principles.

• Migration of on-premises resources and workloads to Azure.

Internal Developer Platform (IDP)

• Development on a multi-cloud IDP based on Kubernetes. Cloud resource provisioning using Terraform and GitOps using Argo Workflows, CD, and Events.

• Design and development of a scalable and cloud agnostic microservice architecture. Implemented using .NET 7, Python, TypeScript/React depending on the requirements.

• Configuration and administration of an OpenShift Kubernetes cluster, using Kustomize and Helm for management and configuration of development, staging and production environments.

• Self-hosted HashiCorp Vault for secrets management, with automated injection into Kubernetes pods via Agent Vault Containers, allowing applications to securely consume secrets as environment variables.

• Implementation of GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated quality control and deployment for each microservice.

• The design and administration of a MSSQL relational database.

Development of a file storage CRUD API for multiple storage mediums, including Amazon Web Services S3 and Azure Blob Storage. One key feature was implementation of file streaming between API client and storage medium to optimize memory usage on the server. The quality of the final product was ensured by test driven development and documentation on functionality, relevant challenges and discoveries for future development. The engagement provided experience with .NET 5, C#, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS and Azure.

Full stack development of microservices and websites deployed to production environments. The engagement has provided experience with C#, .NET Core, TypeScript, React, Azure, Kubernetes and Docker. Furthermore, I acquired valuable knowledge about software development methodologies and teamwork in a fast-paced and innovative environment.

Backend development using .NET Core and C#. The project involved setting up a REST API used for accessing database metadata and statistics. The application had to be modular and support multiple relational database types. Performance optimization was an important aspect of the project. We implemented threads that updated a cache with data continuously. When a client sent a request, the application could fetch the data from cache instead of a potentially slow request to the database.

Built using JavaScript and React with a custom UX and design. The project is hosted on Netlify and features a complete Content Management System. Furthermore, the website facilitates users to book online video consultation with a lawyer on available dates. Calendar events and video conference invitations are automatically sent to all participants.

Implementation of autonomous control on a boat modelled after Yara Birkeland which was equipped with various sensors from Kongsberg Gruppen. If there were obstacles on collision course, the boat would detect and classify these, and then autonomously generate a new route to pass the objects in accordance with the maritime rules. I had the main responsibility for detection and classification in real-time using a dedicated camera. The detection and classification algorithms were implemented using TensorFlow and Python.