Pieter Van Der Vyver
Development
Gauteng, South Africa
Skills
DevOps
About
Pieter Van der Vyver's skills align with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). Pieter also has skills associated with System Developers and Analysts (Information and Communication Technology). Pieter Van der Vyver has 26 years of work experience, with 10 years of management experience, including a mid-level position.
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Work Experience
Cloud Solutions Architect
ABSA
July 2023 - December 2023
- Duties: CI / CD pipeline gap analysis; Pipeline automation using CDK; Implication of WAO2 pipeline automation using typescript. Technologies: AWS CDK, - Lambda functions, - EC2, - S3, - IAM; WSO2 API manager; Typescript
Cloud Data Architect
SBV Services
March 2023 - May 2023
- Duties: Designing of a cloud based, central datastore; Baselining and Roadmap design (including defining timeline and deliverables); Vendor, services and technology selection; Cost estimation and optimisation; Organising and leading design sessions and workshops with clients; Presenting solutions to clients. Technologies: Azure (MS SQL Server, Azure Application Service), AWS (RDS, Lambda Functions, PostgreSQL), Terraform
Senior Solutions Architect (Cloud)
BMW Group
March 2022 - December 2022
- Duties: Cloud architecture for eDocuments, eInvoicing; Design and implementation of scripts that fully automate the installation and con figuration of development environments on Linux. Technologies Confluent Kafka, Azure, Terraform, Microsoft Power Platform, WSL, Linux, GitHub, VS Code, Docker, Kubernetes, ssh, shell scripting, ntlm, px
Senior Java Developer
Mercedes-Benz
January 2020 - December 2021
- Duties: Enterprise Java Development, Architecting, CI / CD pipeline design Containerisation of legacy JEE system using Docker, Kubernetes, OAuth 2.0 / OpenId Connect SSO design and implementation. Tools: Nginx, JEE, Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices, IBM WebSphere Liberty, DB2, Ora cle, Jenkins, Ansible, Kafka, LogStack, Splunk, WSL2, Gradle, flyway, git / GitLab, OAuth2.0, OpenID Connect, KeyCloak, Kibana,
Senior DevOps Engineer
Technologies AWS, GIS
September 2021 - December 2021
- Duties: CI/CD pipeline design, DevOps baselining, migration plan.
IoT Solutions Architect
Technologies TeamCity, AWS DevOps
September 2021 - December 2021
- Duties: Solutions Architecture of Connected Appliances Systems Technologies: IoT, IBM Cloud, AWS
Solutions Architect
Momentum
January 2021 - June 2021
- Duties: Centralised OAuth2.0 / OpenId Connect SSO Solutions Design (FAPI) Leading Tech Lead forums Technologies: Nginx, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, KeyCloak, Okta, Auth0, JWT, Kibana, Financial Grade Security (FAPI), System Integration, Spring Security, SpringBoot, Docker, Kuberneses, Ansible, Gradle, git / GitLab, SonarCube, Jenkins, IntelliJ, flyway, CI/CD, Linux, EJBs, Servlets, JSF, BFF, PKCE, FAPI.
Senior Cloud Engineer
ABSA
January 2021 - March 2021
- Duties: Solutions architecture for location based property evaluation system in the cloud
Integration Architect
SBV Services
January 2019 - December 2020
- Duties: Architecture Baselining, Target and Roadmap planning, reporting to management committee using Togaf ADM. Cloud migration Design New, Event Driven Reference Architecture Build POC based on Event driven reference architecture. Integration with Business Partner Systems (SARB, FANS Banks, Wholesale and Retail Partners) Architecture guidelines and principals design, leading forum Leading Innovation sessions and brainstorming forums Technologies: Cloud migration using Strangler pattern, IBM ACE / IIB, DataPower, ConnectDi rect, sqlServer 18, ETL, api, PowerShell, HyperV, MS Teams, SharePoint, noSql, mon goDB, docker, kubernetes, kafka, zookeeper, ksql, confluent, mFTP, Bankserv AfricaIBM App Connect Enterprise (IIB), DataPower, ConnectDirect, SQLServer 18, ETL, PowerShell, HyperV, MS Teams, SharPoint, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, Zookeeper, mFTP, Bank Serv. Microservices, Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, Kafka event streaming / event driven architecture, ksql, Confluent, Togaf, iServer, Enterprise Integration Patterns, Cloud (Azure, AWS, IBM) Projects: Track 'n Trace Notification Microservice; Reference Integration Architecture; Integration Platform.
Solutions Architect
BMW
September 2016 - March 2018
- Duties: Application Landscape Architect, Solutions Architect, Systems Integration: Bug fixing and feature enhancement of the Test Drive Application; Migration of the Digital Showroom application for Motorrad Russia; Solutions Architecting of the Service Online Application; Cloud Architecting (Azure) of the Content Management App Mexico, including Costing; Cloud Architecting (AWS) of the Online Sales Application, Integration Contracts; Data Migration using Clover ETL Technologies: Spring, Rest API, EclipseLink, Payara (Glassfish), JMS / Messaging, Microservices, Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure), Jira, Confluence, git, Gradle, flyway, balsamic, Swagger, Projects: Test Drive Application: Portal for test drive, dealer and fleet administration. Digital Showroom (Motorrad) Russia Service Online (Singapore) Online Sales (China, International) Data Migration (UK, International)
Electronic Engineer
XStreamFlow
January 2016 - December 2016
- Duties: Computational Neuroscience Research Design optic smart structure solution based on PCA / SVD of speckle pattern analysis Technologies: Computational Neuroscience, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Matlab, FPGA, DSP, opto-electronics, Fiber Optics and Lasers
End to end Technical Delivery Manager
Standard Bank
January 2014 - December 2015
- Duties: Architecture - to oversee the architecture of the "New Business Online" (nBOL) sys tem - this also include an end-and view of the integration with nBOL with any downstream system we integrated with (and with external vendors); Design - to ensure timely delivery as well as quality of Technical Design documents and artefacts, and to contribute to their completion, when required; Development - to ensure timely delivery of development artefacts, including being responsible for supplying the dev team with any dependencies (xsd's, wsdl's, etc.); Integration - to ensure integration interface contract alignment with any relevant downstream systems; Project Management - to supply the PMs with technical delivery reports, consulting on scope, timelines and release management information that would aid the PMs to align project planning with delivery; Testing and QA - to ensure alignment with BAs and Test Managers in order to min imize defects. this included contributing to daily defect meetings; Environment - to consult on Dev and BA toolsets to minimize time/effort and max imizing overall quality; SDLC - to consult on optimal Agile / SCRUM implementation; Auditing - to audit the maturity of Business Analysis, the quality of Use Cases, Solution Architecture sanity checking, Tech Lead efficiency; General - to organise design meetings, interface with external vendors and setting up regular meetings with our offshore dev teams via video conferencing to align delivery expectations and reporting outcomes to PMs. Technologies: IBM Rational Technology Stack (RAD, RSA, WSRR, DataPower, MQ Series, Mes sage Broker) Project: New Business Online (Africa)
Post Graduate Researcher
University of Pretoria
January 1997 - December 2012
- Duties: Research Sensory Encoding using Neural Spike Population Time Coding Tools: Matlab with Simulink, Linux (Debian), AFS, Kerberos. Technologies: Computational Neurosciences
Integration Architect
Tibco
January 2012 - December 2012
- Pre-2012!
Senior Specialist
State Information Technology Agency
January 2011 - December 2012
- Integration Architect / Application Architect Tools: IBM Rational Systems Architect, Drools (including Guvnar), IMB WebSphere Mes sage Broker, WSRR, OpenVMS, CICS. Technologies: Payroll, SOI Projects: National Treasury Payroll System South African Police Services Case Administration System
Senior Integration Specialist
Eskom
May 2012 - November 2012
- monitoring Duties: Monitoring and reporting on system health, including end user; Scripting (simulating end user experience through applications); Determining performance objectives from customer; BPM (business process monitoring) by simulated end user; admin, platform, data collection, central repository service. Tools: SiteScope, HP Virtual User Generator, Citrix Technologies: C-scripting, power utility software testing, smartPlant, smallWorld, Citrix, HP LoadRunner, HP Virtual User Generator, Reporting.
Teacher's Assistant
University of Pretoria
January 2010 - December 2011
- Duties: Teacher's Assistance for the course EPY423 (Practical Training and Report grading) Tools: Matlab, Linux (Debian), AFS, Kerberos. Technologies: Computational Neurosciences
Integration Lead
Standard Bank
January 2009 - December 2010
- Duties: Manages the Integration team for the Customer Data Quality project Tools: IMB WebSphere Message Broker, WSRR, DataPower, Cobol Copybooks, WSDL, XSD, SOA, ESB.
Consultant
Standard Bank
January 2006 - December 2007
- Duties: J2EE development, web architecture, full sdlc, technical lead, technological re search. Tools: IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Developer, SQL Server, Rational Rose, cvs, eclipse. Technologies: Web Services, content management.
Systems Administrator
University of Pretoria
January 1996 - December 1997
- Duties: Installation, configuration and maintenance of hardware, applications and operat ing systems, maintenance, planning and configuration of Novel NetWare 3.1 LANs - including account management and support for 4000+ users. Data capturing for the Bureau for Institutional Research and Planning. Technologies: Novel NetWare 3.1, MS Dos, MS Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Pegasus Mail, Linux (Slackware), Solaris, PSpice, Matlab
Education
University of Pretoria
M Eng
Rand Afrikaans University
B Eng
Georgia Institute of Technology
Post Graduate Diploma
Bachelor of Engineering
January 1990 - January 1991
