Nina Hoffmann
Senior Cloud Architect & DevOps Lead
Senior Cloud Architect at CloudFirst AG
Cologne, Germany
5 posts
Skills
AzureKubernetesTerraformC#.NETGitHub ActionsDockerBicep
Languages
- German— Native
- English— Fluent
- French— Conversational
Interests
Cloud ArchitectureDevOpsAPI DesignRunningHiking
About
Senior cloud architect with 10+ years of experience designing large-scale distributed systems on Azure and AWS. I specialize in cloud-native architectures, DevOps practices, and API design. I lead a platform engineering team and share insights from real-world production systems.
Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft
Issued May 2023
Microsoft
Issued May 2023
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Issued Aug 2024
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Issued Aug 2024
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
HashiCorp
Issued Nov 2023
HashiCorp
Issued Nov 2023
Education
RWTH Aachen University
M.Sc., Software Systems Engineering
2011 – 2016
M.Sc., Software Systems Engineering
2011 – 2016
Recent Posts
Cloud Cost Optimization Strategies
February 01, 2026
February 01, 2026
Practical approaches to reducing cloud spend without sacrificing performance or reliability
IaC Tools Compared: Bicep vs Terraform vs Pulumi
November 25, 2025
November 25, 2025
A hands-on comparison of three leading Infrastructure as Code tools for cloud deployments
Serverless at Scale: Lessons Learned
September 08, 2025
September 08, 2025
Hard-won lessons from running serverless workloads in production at scale
Azure Well-Architected Framework in Practice
July 15, 2025
July 15, 2025
Applying the five pillars of the Azure Well-Architected Framework to real-world projects
Building a Multi-Cloud Strategy
May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
A practical guide to designing and implementing multi-cloud architectures that actually work