Kevin Kastien

DevOps Integrator for an international collateral monitoring application, responsible for reliable deployments and package installations across 61 Red Hat 7 servers in Testing and Production environments (APAC, EMEA & CH).

• Managing and automating application package installations using Ansible (manual and CI-driven deployments)
• Operating and maintaining multi-region Testing and Production environments
• Updating and optimizing GitLab CI/CD pipeline configurations and deployment specifications
• Ensuring stable cross-environment releases and operational reliability

Full stack development in a private debt management application using Kotlin, Angular, Spring Boot, and Maven & Gradle.

• Developing and maintaining features for an internal private debt management system using Kotlin, Spring Boot and Angular
• Taking part in migrating the application from Credit Suisse to UBS, planning and restructuring the architecture and rebuilding it with an updated tech stack
• Collaborating in cross-functional teams and improving the application based on client needs
• Debugging and monitoring production rollouts via Splunk and OpenShift
• Mentored a 4th-year software development apprentice, acting as her technical coach and preparing her for her final project

Frontend development in a foreign exchange trading application using React and Java, and writing automation tasks with Bash.

• Developing and maintaining frontend features for an internal foreign exchange trading platform using React
• Writing Bash scripts for automated log file housekeeping with keyword-based parsing to identify and extract relevant log events
• Automated generation and distribution of reports via email to designated distribution lists

Contributing in and leading various mobile and online banking design projects using Figma and Sketch.

• Leading design projects for the Multi-Factor-Authentication process for Credit Suisse Mobile and Online Banking
• Collaborating closely with stakeholders improving the quality and usability of various internal and public-facing systems
• Templating, standardizing and migrating design components from Sketch to Figma

Learning fundamentals of software development using Java, Python, PHP, MySQL, HTML and CSS. Building Windows, web, and mobile applications.

• Developing an Android app for location-based task automation triggered by NFC tags using Google Maps SDK and Geofencing API
• Building an Android app to help users find the nearest drinking fountain using OpenStreetMap API