Stefan Junk
Technology Architect and Strategic Advisor
Profile
With the finger on the pulse of science and with experiences across several business domains, a holistic integration of business and technology is mandatory for me. For high customer satisfaction I enjoy most to work closely and in direct communication with the client. I am best in a fast-paced and yet creative work culture with personal touchpoints and a high degree of personal responsibility.
Focus
- GenAI
- Coding Agents
- Hybrid/Multi-Cloud
- Strategic Advisory
- Platform Engineering
Experience
Cloud Advisory Consultant · Accenture
Berlin · Hybrid and multi-cloud transformation delivery in financial services, combining program leadership with hands-on platform and cloud architecture in regulated environments.
- Program/team leadership across discovery, assessment, and migration waves; aligned roadmaps, governance, and delivery plans across engineering, security, and risk
- Portfolio assessment at scale (~700 applications) with migration readiness criteria, requirements engineering, risk management, and stakeholder alignment (non-confidential, no client names)
- Modernization and migration execution for container platforms: migrated ~70 applications to AWS EKS across 4 regions, including cutover planning and operational readiness
- Landing zone design and cloud integration architecture across multi-cloud (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure): network, identity, security baselines, and compliance controls
- Stakeholder management between cloud service providers, internal delivery teams, and client organizations; facilitated decision-making and trade-offs under regulatory constraints
Freelancer · JuSt Innovation
Berlin · Cloud engineering services focusing on hybrid infrastructure.
- Service preparation and API design for migration to Google Cloud Platform
- Network design as Infrastructure-as-Code for hybrid cloud setup and staging environments in Amazon Web Services
Co-Founder · DNL Deep Neuron Lab GmbH
Berlin · Company foundation, technical lead and product design for DNL. DNL provides a Software-as-a-Service solution to extract financial data from annual reports using latest findings of natural language processing and other machine learning techniques.
- Business plan design and evaluation of the underlying assumptions, as well as refinement of the business model and the product
- Funding application resulting in 350k€ worth of public funding and a business angel
- Team formation, including recruitment of five persons: an additional co-founder, a data scientist, two developer and a marketing expert
- Development of the minimal viable product, including the design of the software architecture, the user interface, machine learning models, hosting and operation
Research Assistant · Chair of Space Technology, Technical University Berlin
Berlin · Design of the hardware and power management solution for the modular nano-satellite bus TUBiX20. The design started from scratch up to the launched and operational prototype TechnoSat, carrying a payload for earth observation to detect wildfire.
- Design-to-cost for reliability, focusing on fault-tolerance, radiation-tolerance, disaster recovery while maintaining launch mass and inertia relevant mass.
- Requirements analysis of orbit related power and temperature cycles, as well as power demand and components lifetime were conducted.
- Responsible for the component design, prototyping, flight model production, subsystem and system testing, as well as supplier management and quality assurance
Research Assistant · Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM)
Berlin · Consulting on onboard high voltage power systems for international automotive and railway companies regarding electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).
- Analysis and design optimization of high voltage (HV) power systems and components of electric cars, focusing on chargers, battery pack and HV cables.
- Analysis and design optimization of a drive Converter of a electric train, focusing on electromagnetic interferences (EMI) and misbehavior in HV components.
Certifications
SAFe 6 Agilist
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud
Education
Master of Science
Ruhruniversität · Bochum
Electrical Engineering & Information Technology (focus: power electronics, energy storage systems, regenerative energy generation, EMC/EMI, measurement technologies, automation & building automation)
Diplomingenieur (FH)
Technische Fachhochschule Georg Agricola · Bochum
Electrical Engineering & Information Technology (focus: power electronics, control engineering, measurement technologies, EMC, industrial automation & building automation)
Elektroniker für Betriebstechnik (IHK)
RWE Power AG · Bergheim
"Ausbildung plus Studium" program of RWE Power AG - Combined studies and apprenticeship (industrial automation, measurement & maintenance)
Informatonstechnischer Assistent (ITA)
Adolf-Kolping Berufskolleg · Kerpen
IT & electronics fundamentals (measurement technologies, networks, automation basics)
Early career (selected)
Thesis & Working Student · Siemens AG, Wilo SE, Novero GmbH, RWE Power AG
- Master Thesis, Siemens, Krefeld: Development of a boost converter design for the onboard power supply of trams to reduce losses and cooling demand
- Working Student, Wilo SE, Dortmund: Product Engineering for electronically controlled heating water pumps
Core skills
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