Robert Foerster — Principal Cloud Architect

Robert Foerster

Automate. Optimize. Accelerate.

I'm Specialized in

Technical due diligence

About me

I began my journey as a software developer where I quickly discovered a passion for business optimization by using fitting architecture and innovation. I have focused on DevOps automation and building a centralized container platform. In consulting, I further explored the value of strategy, and now I combine both to develop targeted solutions that truly meet client needs. I love to break down walls between development, operations, business and regulatory units and engineer compliance directly into the platform (Policy-as-Code), reducing manual overhead to a minimum. You get the security audit trail you need, without the velocity brake.

From automation to agentic workflows

Agentic AI isn't a career change for me — it's the continuation of what I've been automating for years. Same discipline, new substrate:

  • Policy-as-Code → Guardrails-as-Code: agent rules versioned, tested and auditable — like infrastructure
  • CI/CD & GitOps → headless agents behind the same quality gates as every commit
  • SRE & observability → agent observability: usage, quality and cost measurable like production workloads
  • Kubernetes FinOps (kubecost) → token FinOps: spend per team and process, routing instead of blind scaling
  • Technical due diligence → AI readiness assessments with the same proven methodology

That's what I deliver as Agentic Workflows for real processes.

Interests

🖥️ Tech evangelist 👥 Industry event attendee 📈 Stock market enthusiast 🎾 Tennis & ♟️Chess player

Fav Tech Stack

Kubernetes
AWS
GitLab
Argo CD
Prometheus
Claude Code

Latest Case Studies

The three most recent engagements — see all 8 case studies →

AI guardrails rollout
central service provider for Transaction Banking

Rolling out AI guardrails across dev, product and business

A secure AI development environment for a banking client — LiteLLM model gateway, MCP servers, a company skills library and firewalled devcontainers, rolling out governed AI-assisted work to developers, POs and business roles.
Technologies
AIClaude CodeLiteLLMMCP
Duration
Ongoing
Role
AI Enablement & Platform Architect
Hybrid cloud securities platform
central service provider for Transaction Banking

Hybrid cloud securities platform in transaction banking

Building a hybrid cloud securities platform in a BaFin-regulated environment — CI/CD platform, AppOps team enablement, DORA compliance automation and AI guardrails.
Technologies
AWSKubernetesArgoCDGitLab
Environment
BaFin-regulated banking
Role
DevOps Architect (SRE design)
6R application landscape assessment
Solutions for energy providers — repeat client

6R analysis and make-vs-buy for an application landscape

Time-boxed technology assessment — 6R classification of a market communication hub and the surrounding legacy landscape, with a make-vs-buy business case for the future platform setup.
Technologies
6R frameworkMake-vs-BuyAssessment
Duration
3 months
Role
Technology Assessment Lead