Azure & Network Engineer

Hi, I'm Joel.

I'm an Azure and platform engineering enthusiast from Switzerland. I work with cloud infrastructure, networking, identity, security, and the operational foundations that keep modern systems maintainable over time. My main focus is Azure: designing clean cloud environments, building reliable infrastructure, improving governance, and understanding the details that separate a simple deployment from a real platform.

This blog is my public technical journal. I use it to document what I learn, what I build, and how I think through architecture decisions — not only the finished solutions, but the trade-offs behind them: why a design works, where it can fail, and how it can be improved.

My long-term goal is to grow into the kind of engineer who contributes real value to the Azure community — through practical guides, deep technical write-ups, open documentation, and eventually speaking or community involvement.

I care about infrastructure that is secure, understandable, documented, and maintainable. This site is where I build that knowledge in public.

What I write about

  • Azure Architecture

    Landing zones, subscription design, cloud foundations

  • Networking

    Private endpoints, DNS, VPNs, firewalls

  • Identity & Security

    Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, identity security

  • Infrastructure as Code

    Bicep, Terraform, automation

  • Governance & Operations

    Azure Policy, monitoring, operations

  • Platform Engineering

    Kubernetes, GitOps, observability

  • Troubleshooting & Lessons

    Real-world fixes and lessons learned