Norwin Schnyder
Senior Cloud Software Engineer at Ergon Informatik AG
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolNorwin Schnyder is a Senior Cloud Software Engineer based in Zurich with nine years of experience building cloud-native platforms and security-conscious infrastructure for the financial services sector. He combines deep systems programming skills in Go and C++ with production expertise in Kubernetes/OpenShift, having implemented operators and container security features at SIX and delivered WAAP/IAM products at Ergon. Trained at ETH Zurich in electrical engineering, algorithms and network security, he bridges rigorous academic foundations with practical platform delivery and mentorship as a former product owner and team lead. An active open-source contributor, Norwin has improved widely used projects such as cert-manager (PKCS12 keystore support) and enhanced Splunk's Java logging library, showing attention to secure, interoperable tooling. He also teaches cloud infrastructure, reflecting a commitment to knowledge transfer alongside hands-on engineering.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Swiss Matriculation (High School), Economics and Law, Applied Mathematics, Swiss Matriculation (High School), Economics and Law, Applied Mathematics at Kantonsschule Schüpfheim Gymnasium PlusMaster of Advanced Studies (MAS), Management, Technology, and Economics (MTEC), Master of Advanced Studies (MAS), Management, Technology, and Economics (MTEC) at ETH Zürich
Github Skills (21)
kubernetes10
tls1210
lib10
testing10
logger10
tls1310
java10
mtls10
javas10
certificate10
go10
audit-logging10
okhttp10
kubernetes-pods10
libtls10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
splunk/splunk-library-javalogging
Nov 2019 - May 2021
Splunk logging appenders for popular Java Logging frameworks
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 commits, 5 PRs, 21 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Norwin primarily focused on enhancing the Splunk logging library for Java. Their contributions involved adding features like an EventHeaderSerializer, which allows users to customize event header serialization. They also made adjustments to support different logging frameworks, and they refactored test cases, demonstrating expertise in Java logging implementations. Furthermore, the user replaced the Apache HttpClient with OkHttpClient for HTTP communication.
javaloggingsplunk
cert-manager/cert-manager
Dec 2023 - Feb 2024
Automatically provision and manage TLS certificates in Kubernetes
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 1 PR, 10 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Norwin primarily contributed to the implementation of PKCS12 keystore functionality, including encoding, decoding, and integration with the certificate management system. They modified core files related to keystore generation, API definitions, and unit tests, adding support for different encryption algorithms. The contributions involved creating and testing PKCS12 trust stores, as well as updating the internal API for conversion logic. The work centered on improving the flexibility and security of certificate handling.
kubernetesletsencrypttlscertificatecrd
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