CJ

Christoph Jonathan Schulthess

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I am a Security expert and infrastructure engineer with over seven years of experience spanning operations, development, architecture, and research.

About

I am a Security expert and infrastructure engineer with over seven years of experience spanning operations, development, architecture, and research. I specialize in secure SDLC, infrastructure automation, and Kubernetes security, with proven expertise in designing and implementing cloud-native security solutions. My approach emphasizes lean system design, robust security practices, and pragmatic architectural decisions. As a certified Cloud-Native Security Expert, I bring deep technical knowledge combined with strong communication and knowledge transfer capabilities.

Beyond technical expertise, I excel at facilitating collaborative processes and bringing structure to team workflows. I have a talent for coordinating cross-functional work, leveraging team members’ strengths and interests to drive effective outcomes. My background in mediation and conflict resolution enables me to navigate complex stakeholder dynamics and keep projects moving forward constructively.

  • 6 years' experience
  • Joined December 2025

Languages

  • GermanFluent
  • EnglishAdvanced
  • ItalianIntermediate

Industry experience

  • Computers & Electronics
  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services
  • Education
  • Media & Entertainment

Work experience· 4 roles

Security Expert, DevSecOps Engineer & Software Architect · MGM Security PartnersMay 2022 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Software architect for an in-house application security posture management tool; designed and implemented a Kubernetes-based architecture with key components developed in Java. Conducted market analysis and implemented proof-of-concept solutions for company-wide secret management tooling; created and maintained Helm charts for application deployments and infrastructure components; developed audit automation tools; maintained legacy environments with Ansible.

Researcher, Chair of Service-Centric Networks (Snet) · Technical University BerlinJan 2021 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr

Developed industry use-case of anomaly detection data pipelines for large volumes of sensor data; explored decentralized name systems, peer-to-peer architectures and governance in decentralized networks.

DevOps Engineer · Endocode AGAug 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

Designed and developed cloud architectures in GCP; provisioned environments via Terraform on Kubernetes GKE; automated container security scanning; wrote shared libraries for Jenkins CI/CD; refactored code for QMSTR, a tool for automated license checking.

System Engineer · initSep 2018 – Jul 2019 · 11 mos

Education

M. Sc. Computer Science · Albert-Ludwig-University, Freiburg im Breisgau2014 – 2017
Erasmus Term · Dokuz Eylül University2016
B. Sc. Computer Science and Media · Hochschule der Medien, Stuttgart2010 – 2013
B. A. History/Comparative Religious Sciences · Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg2008 – 2009

Certifications and awards· 11

Certified Cloud-Native Security Expert (CCNSE)2030 – 2025
Practical DevSecOps2030 – 2025
Microservice architecture2030 – 2025
Containers & container security2030 – 2025

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