Streamline Your Infrastructure & Scaling Automation

## Details

Two exciting topics, two very experienced speakers and much networking opportunity. We are very much looking forward to the next DevOps Meetup Zurich. Here's what's planned for the evening:

17:30 - 18:00 - Arrival and first drinks
18:00 - 18:50- Streamline Your Infrastructure by Ralf Weber
18:55 - 19:40 - Scaling Automation by Marcel Neidinger
19:40 - 20:30 - Networking & more drinks

Streamline Your Infrastructure: Kubernetes-Native Resource Management with Crossplane
While many are familiar with Terraform, Crossplane offers a seamless experience to manage your infrastructure as code that integrates directly into your Kubernetes workflow - eliminating context-switching and the need to learn a new language. In this talk, we'll explore how Crossplane enhances visibility into your cloud resources, tackles configuration drift, and enables opinionated developer self-service. Through a live demo, you'll learn how to manage both cloud and on-prem resources effectively with Crossplane, and how to build an abstraction layer between vendor-specific resources and developers - significantly improving Developer Experience (DX).

Ralf Weber
As a Platform Engineer at Cistec, I focus on streamlining the Developer Experience by building abstraction layers and improving visibility such that our developers can focus on what they do best: delivering features. Operating in the healthcare sector, we work primarily with on-premise client clusters and rely heavily on open source software to maintain flexibility and independence. With a background in a finance startup and a strong foundation in cloud-native tooling, I focus on making open source technologies like Crossplane and ArgoCD work for teams - not the other way around.

Scaling Automation - People, Process & Technology
As organisations implement automation, it often follows a typical pattern. After the initial low hanging fruits are covered, automation is often seen as cumbersome. In this talk we’ll explore the technical and process-related aspects of scaling automation while keeping the people pillar in mind.
Attendees will learn practical strategies for developing automation-first cultures, establishing standardized processes, and selecting appropriate technologies that enable the scaling of automation practices. We'll dive into specific challenges faced during scaling efforts, including team upskilling, process optimization, and technology integration.

Marcel Neidinger
Marcel is a developer turned solutions architect currently working as a Senior Solutions Architect for AWS in Zurich. He is passionate about (cloud) networking, automation, distributed systems, and the application of machine learning to build intelligent, efficient, and resilient networks.

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