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Gerrit Gärtner
5x Certified AWS Expert

AWS Cloud Consulting for Startups, SMEs & Enterprises

AWS cloud services to lift your business

  • Architecture
  • Development
  • Operations
  • Governance

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I'm your 5x certified AWS Expert

Hi! I'm Gerrit Gärtner, your AWS expert. My journey began as founder of an ed-tech startup. In established software companies and enterprises I deepened my expertise in cloud architecture and software implementation.

Now, as a freelancer, I bring this experience to startups and SMEs that want to use AWS for growth and efficiency:

  • Service First

    Proactive communication and a can-do attitude. I focus on efficiency and work agile.

  • AWS Expertise

    With teams I have designed, built and operated several business-critical production systems. Five AWS certifications.

  • Holistic Perspective

    I support teams on all aspects of cloud solutions: requirements, architecture, implementation, operations and optimisation.

  • Wide Experience

    Over a decade of professional software development with all company sizes: startup, SME and enterprise.

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • AWS Certified Developer – Associate
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

Project Experience

  • B2B platform · Automotive

    Scalable, resilient calculation services for the internal teams of a German automotive company.

  • B2C portal · Banking

    A portal where customers of a Swiss bank configure and calculate leasing contracts.

  • E-learning platform · Startup

    Algorithms and gamification for the best learning experience at a German ed-tech startup.

  • Landing zone · Enterprise

    AWS landing zone and cloud governance for 30+ teams and 200+ accounts at a German enterprise.

  • IoT solution · Energy

    Collects, stores and processes energy plant data for monitoring and control at a German startup.

  • Big data · AI

    Big data platform for a German enterprise: 12+ AWS accounts, hundreds of terabytes a day, 20+ ML and LLM use cases.

My services for your business

Whether it is your first cloud project or your business is already cloud-mature: I support you on AWS, either as full-service contractor or as specialist in a larger team.

  • Architecture

    For new cloud solutions, a well-thought-out architecture that fits your business needs is essential. I design AWS architectures focused on performance, security, cost, reliability and straightforward operation, following the AWS Well-Architected Framework. My designs are adaptable and extensible to fit the agile lifecycle.

  • Development

    I build cloud solutions according to industry best practices with infrastructure as code (AWS CDK or Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines. Software components run serverless where possible, more complex services in containers. Operations is automated from the first line of code to keep later maintenance small.

  • Operations

    Despite automation, cloud solutions still need human attention. I maintain, upgrade and monitor the solutions your business depends on, and I improve existing environments in security, cost and automation together with your team.

  • Governance

    Every business needs a secure cloud, whether startup, SME or enterprise. I set up the foundation that fits your size: account structure, identity and access, guardrails, cost control and compliance, from a single well-governed account to landing zones with 30+ teams and 200+ AWS accounts.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you work remotely or on site?

Mainly remotely, from Cyprus (EU). I work in German and English, and you reach me by chat and video call throughout your project.

My office is in Paphos, on the south-west coast of the Republic of Cyprus, a member state of the European Union since 2004. Cyprus is one hour ahead of Central European Time all year, which suits clients across Europe. For kick-off meetings and workshops I come on site; good flight connections make that possible at short notice.

Companies in other EU countries, for example Germany, receive my invoices under the EU reverse-charge procedure. The procedure is the same across the EU, so your accounting handles my invoices like those of any other EU supplier.

How do you run a project?
  • Process: Agile, either lightweight with a Kanban board (Trello) or with Scrum and a product backlog (Jira). Work is split into prioritised increments, so you see working results after every iteration.
  • Architecture: Designed along the AWS Well-Architected Framework: scalable with the load and redundant, so the failure of a single component does not stop the solution. Written as infrastructure as code, so every environment can be rebuilt at any time.
  • Delivery: Code lives in Git repositories (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket); CI/CD pipelines deploy it to at least three environments (Dev, Test, Prod), ideally in separate AWS accounts.
  • Documentation: Architecture diagrams, architecture decision records, solution designs and commented code, as much as your team needs to run the solution.
  • Governance: Security, cost control and automated operations are part of every project from the first increment, not added at the end.
Which technologies do you use?
  • Infrastructure as code: AWS CDK in TypeScript or Python, or Terraform.
  • Compute: Serverless first (Lambda, Fargate); EC2 clusters with automated maintenance and scaling where a workload needs them.
  • Backend: TypeScript or Python for Lambda services; TypeScript (Node.js), Java (Spring Boot) or Go (Gin) for larger container services on Fargate, behind an API layer built from AWS components.
  • Frontend: React, delivered via S3 and CloudFront. My focus is backend and infrastructure.
Which data, IoT and AI solutions do you build?
  • Data platforms: Data lakes on S3 with Glue, Athena and Redshift, streaming with Kinesis, access control with Lake Formation, from a single pipeline to a platform that takes in hundreds of terabytes a day.
  • IoT: Devices and plants send their data through AWS IoT Core; I collect, store and process it for monitoring and control, for example of energy plants.
  • Machine learning: Training and hosting of models with SageMaker, on the data of the platform.
  • Generative AI: LLM applications with Amazon Bedrock, for example assistants that answer from your own documents.

The Next Steps

To get started, use the form to reach out. I reply within 24 hours to set up a one-hour call about your project.

The call is free of charge and without obligation and takes place within 7 days of your first contact.

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