Kilian Dargel

Education

Ostfalia Wolfenbüttel

Thesis: “Conception and Implementation of Online Optimization Methods of Disposition Problems within Robotic Fulfillment Systems” - Grade: 1,7

Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, France

Ostfalia Wolfenbüttel

Thesis: “Development of a Virtualized Network Function in the 5G Context Using the COHERENT SDK ‘EmPOWER’ of the 5G-PPP” - Grade: 1,0

Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium Wolfsburg, Grade: 2,3

Mar 2022 - Now

Operate and advance cloud-native remote mobile packet-cores (3G/LTE+/5G) and application infrastructures supporting 5mio+ concurrent users.
Provision and maintain serverless, hybrid-, and bare-metal environments across multiple providers (IBM/EQMX/AWS).
Virtualise legacy software stacks for a variety of container runtimes (Docker/Containerd/Podman) and target platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift).
Build and maintain configuration and Infrastructure-as-Code using GitOps principles and DevOps practices (Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, etc.).
Plan and optimize hierarchical HA monitoring stacks, focusing on end-user observability and alerting.

Jun 2017 – Feb 2022

Trainee turned full-time developer on in-house cloud-native applications and EU Horizon 2020 research project contributions.
Integrated CUPS-based 4G Packet Core (EPC) into OAI/FlexRAN in collaboration with Institut Eurécom (Nice, France).
Developed hands-on expertise in telecommunication standards (s5/s8, SGi) VNFs and specialized routing functions.

Nov 2016 – Feb 2017

Supported interdisciplinary simulation projects across tourism, BA-, and computer science faculties.
Co-developed simulation frameworks (Siemens Plantsim) for use in business games under supervision of thesis advisor.