Ruud Voorjans

Cloud / DevOps Engineer

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More than 10 years of sysadmin experience across different environments and operating systems.

Experienced in maintaining (micro)services in Kubernetes and Docker using principles such as IaC, CI/CD and GitOps.

Develops (automation) software in a scrum/agile way.

Experience

Zuyderland
Sittard
Cloud / DevOps Engineer
Aug 2025 - Present
  • Architected highly available Azure Local clusters with Rack-Aware Clustering for business continuity.
  • Built GitOps-driven AKS clusters with Argo CD for automated, reproducible deployments.
  • Automated configuration management with Ansible and AWX on Kubernetes.
  • Delivered auto-scaling CI/CD pipeline agents using KEDA.
  • Drove the shift from traditional operations to cloud-native DevOps, cutting VM dependency to maximize platform value.
  • Onboarded VMware workloads to Azure Arc for centralized governance.
  • Managed Azure Local clusters as code with Bicep.
AZL
Heerlen
Cloud / DevOps Engineer
Feb 2023 - July 2025
  • Built an AKS cluster meeting the strict compliance and security standards of a financial company.
  • Developed a self-service "DevOps Platform" for multiple teams with Terraform and Azure Pipelines.
  • Operated an event-driven landscape on Event Hubs, Service Bus and Kafka.
  • Designed an Azure RBAC model in Terraform for a high security access standard.
KEMBIT
Wijnandsrade
DevOps Engineer
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
  • Ran containerized services across Docker and Kubernetes clusters.
  • Automated IT operations across multiple clients as an MSP.
  • Built integrations to synchronize data between information systems.
KEMBIT
Wijnandsrade
System Administrator
Aug 2018 - Dec 2021
  • Maintained on-premise and cloud (Azure) server environments.
  • Troubleshot and resolved issues across diverse customer environments.
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD for application deployment with C4B.
  • Planned and applied complex changes, and proposed efficiency improvements.
TRUE
Beek (MAA)
Service Desk / System Administrator
Aug 2017 - Jul 2018
  • Managed on-premise Microsoft environments.
  • Maintained Debian and FreeBSD web hosting platforms.
  • Administered networking and firewalls (Juniper / pfSense / Fortinet).
MeanderGroep
Landgraaf
System/Network Administrator
Jul 2015 - Aug 2017
  • Administered Microsoft server environments.
  • Engineered and maintained Cisco networks.
Data4
Beek (MAA)
Project Engineer
Apr 2013 - Nov 2015
  • Delivered migration projects to newer operating systems and cloud across multiple companies.
  • Provided service desk support at Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC).
GETRONICS / KPN
Beek (MAA)
Service Desk
Aug 2010 - Mar 2013
  • Handled IT service desk operations (incidents, changes) for large national and government organizations.

Certifications

Feb 2016
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management , Credential ID: 5.61768920506583e+06
EXIN
Feb 2017
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching , Credential ID: 427924169524DTDF
Cisco
May 2019
Information Security Foundation based on ISO IEC 27001 , Credential ID: 6269146
EXIN
Nov 2019
MCSA Windows 10 Certified 2019 , Credential ID: H070-9469
Microsoft
Feb 2020
M365 Modern Desktop Administrator Associate , Credential ID: H357-2019
Microsoft
Aug 2020
Azure Administrator Associate , Credential ID: 16560902
Microsoft
Oct 2021
Microsoft Azure Developer Associate , Credential ID: 16560902
Microsoft
Jan 2023
Certified Kubernetes Administrator , Credential ID: LF-pok4t37yw6
CNCF

Projects

Education

Arcus College
Heerlen
MBO 4 ICT - System Administrator
2005 - 2010