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Hi, I’m Pim Hakkert, a dedicated Cloud & Platform Engineer based in the Netherlands with over four years of hands-on experience building reliable, scalable cloud and container platforms. I specialize in AWS and Kubernetes (OpenShift) and stay current through practical practice and certifications. I thrive on automating operations to reduce toil and improve reliability, and I enjoy sharing knowledge with peers to uplift the team. I’m passionate about turning complex requirements into transformative cloud-native solutions, mentoring engineers, and delivering demos and customer value. I love building maintainable platforms, exploring new technologies, and collaborating across disciplines to drive organizational success.…Hi, I’m Pim Hakkert, a dedicated Cloud & Platform Engineer based in the Netherlands with over four years of hands-on experience building reliable, scalable cloud and container platforms. I specialize in AWS and Kubernetes (OpenShift) and stay current through practical practice and certifications. I thrive on automating operations to reduce toil and improve reliability, and I enjoy sharing knowledge with peers to uplift the team. I’m passionate about turning complex requirements into transformative cloud-native solutions, mentoring engineers, and delivering demos and customer value. I love building maintainable platforms, exploring new technologies, and collaborating across disciplines to drive organizational success.

Pim Hakkert

DevOps Developer, Cloud Developer, Back-End Developer

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Hi, I’m Pim Hakkert, a dedicated Cloud & Platform Engineer based in the Netherlands with over four years of hands-on experience building reliable, scalable cloud and container platforms. I specialize in AWS and Kubernetes (OpenShift) and stay current through practical practice and certifications. I thrive on automating operations to reduce toil and improve reliability, and I enjoy sharing knowledge with peers to uplift the team. I’m passionate about turning complex requirements into transformative cloud-native solutions, mentoring engineers, and delivering demos and customer value. I love building maintainable platforms, exploring new technologies, and collaborating across disciplines to drive organizational success.…Hi, I’m Pim Hakkert, a dedicated Cloud & Platform Engineer based in the Netherlands with over four years of hands-on experience building reliable, scalable cloud and container platforms. I specialize in AWS and Kubernetes (OpenShift) and stay current through practical practice and certifications. I thrive on automating operations to reduce toil and improve reliability, and I enjoy sharing knowledge with peers to uplift the team. I’m passionate about turning complex requirements into transformative cloud-native solutions, mentoring engineers, and delivering demos and customer value. I love building maintainable platforms, exploring new technologies, and collaborating across disciplines to drive organizational success.

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Hi, I’m Pim Hakkert, a dedicated Cloud & Platform Engineer based in the Netherlands with over four years of hands-on experience building reliable, scalable cloud and container platforms. I specialize in AWS and Kubernetes (OpenShift) and stay current through practical practice and certifications. I thrive on automating operations to reduce toil and improve reliability, and I enjoy sharing knowledge with peers to uplift the team.

I’m passionate about turning complex requirements into transformative cloud-native solutions, mentoring engineers, and delivering demos and customer value. I love building maintainable platforms, exploring new technologies, and collaborating across disciplines to drive organizational success.

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Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

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English

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Dutch

Fluent

Work Experience

Cloud Engineer at Devoteam

July 1, 2024 - Present

Gained AWS certificates for Solution Architect Associate & Developer Associate, and the Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification. Contributed to in-house events for information sharing and presented relevant information for software- and cloud engineers. Furthered knowledge of Ansible and Terraform and implemented these tools together with AWS. Created multiple tech demos with AWS for customers, showcasing AWS capabilities, and participated in the Devoteam AWS Gameday.

Platform Engineer at Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport

April 1, 2025 - Present

Managed the full lifecycle (LCM) and operational health of a critical OpenShift cluster, guaranteeing high availability and performance. Delivered key platform services to internal customers and created a standardized Products and Services Catalogue. Performed migrations from End-of-Life applications to alternatives. Investigated and solved multiple issues impacting end-user usability of the platform.

DevOps Engineer at VodafoneZiggo

September 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025

Performed FinOps activities on key AWS accounts, reducing recurring expenses of serverful resources (EC2, EBS) and serverless resources (S3, Lambda) by 75%. Created an inventory on existing resources together with custom QuickSight supported dashboards. Built automated file processing tools with EC2 and TypeScript. Contributed to several serverless state machines (Step Functions), GitLab pipelines, and helped create web applications using Amplify and API Gateways supported by Lambda functions to interface with AWS resources for data engineers. Learned about and worked with CDK to perform infrastructure as code operations on multiple platforms.

Backend Developer at GuestCompass

February 1, 2020 - June 1, 2024

Researched possibilities to integrate Kubernetes clusters for scaling existing monolithic applications. Created a tool to duplicate customer data into templates for automation, reducing human errors by 25% and increasing content team productivity from 8 hours to under 2.5 hours per customer. Led the creation of a new content management system, doubling team productivity and cutting error rates by 90%. Developed an intuitive platform that streamlined content creation, significantly speeding up delivery times and enhancing content quality. Created an automated file optimization process using AWS Lambda, reducing resource usage monthly. Designed and developed an automated billing system for the SaaS platform, reducing monthly billing errors by 10%. Developed an internal ORM duplication system to safely duplicate entities according to business needs. Implemented agile development and deployment lifecycles to reduce errors and increase development speed. Led hiring and mentorship of softwar

Freelance Developer at Hakkert Media

September 1, 2017 - June 1, 2024

Developed simple blockchain programs for customers in the EVM ecosystem. Wrote an efficient inter-chain rewards system to reduce blockchain fees by 90%, resulting in over $7.5k savings per month. Created arbitrage tools written specifically for the Solana blockchain, increasing monthly profit for a customer from $7k to $35k in a single quarter. Performed in-depth security audits on Solidity code bases, uncovering and addressing critical flaws, directly preventing potential losses of over $40k in company funds. Engineered a mission-critical tablet application for animal ambulances with an offline-first focus and automated client-to-server synchronization, utilizing canary deployments with Ploi.io and AWS EC2 instances. Oversaw the migration to a new animal ambulance system and conducted staff training, reducing operational costs by over €2k per month and enhancing efficiency across the volunteer team, directly resulting in a 20% increase of animals rescued every month.