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Christian Gläser

Christian Gläser

Bridging software engineering, cloud architecture, and enterprise reality

Software Engineering, Cloud-Architektur und die Realität im Enterprise-Alltag verbinden

Hamburg, Germany

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Christian is an Azure Cloud Architect at IBM, with a background in software engineering, cloud architecture, DevOps, and IT security. He helps enterprise teams design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud platforms while navigating the technical and organizational challenges of complex enterprise environments.

His experience spans Azure architecture and migration, infrastructure as code with Terraform, application and network security, and enterprise governance in regulated industries. Having worked across software development, integration engineering, and technical leadership, Christian brings a hands-on perspective to balancing engineering productivity, security, compliance, and maintainability.

As a conference speaker and workshop leader, Christian shares practical insights from enterprise engineering at events including Azure Dev Community Day in Munich and Cloudland. His sessions explore how modern engineering practices can work within real-world constraints, from delivering software in regulated environments to designing secure cloud platforms and navigating the challenges of global cloud architectures. His focus is on actionable lessons that help teams build and deliver software more effectively without compromising on security or sound engineering principles.

Christian ist Azure Cloud Architect bei IBM und verfügt über einen Hintergrund in den Bereichen Software Engineering, Cloud-Architektur, DevOps und IT-Sicherheit. Er unterstützt Unternehmen bei der Konzeption, Entwicklung und dem Betrieb sicherer, skalierbarer Cloud-Plattformen und begleitet sie bei den technischen und organisatorischen Herausforderungen komplexer Enterprise-Umgebungen.

Seine Erfahrung umfasst Azure-Architektur und Cloud-Migrationen, Infrastructure as Code mit Terraform, Anwendungs- und Netzwerksicherheit sowie Enterprise Governance in regulierten Branchen. Durch seine Tätigkeiten in der Softwareentwicklung, Integrationstechnik und technischen Führung bringt Christian eine praxisnahe Perspektive auf die Herausforderungen mit, Entwicklungsgeschwindigkeit, Sicherheit, Compliance und Wartbarkeit miteinander in Einklang zu bringen.

Als Konferenz-Speaker und Workshop-Leiter teilt Christian seine Erfahrungen unter anderem bei der Azure Dev Community Day in München und der Cloudland. Seine Vorträge beschäftigen sich damit, wie moderne Engineering-Praktiken unter realen Rahmenbedingungen erfolgreich eingesetzt werden können – von der Softwarebereitstellung in regulierten Umgebungen über den Aufbau sicherer Cloud-Plattformen bis hin zu den Herausforderungen globaler Cloud-Architekturen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen konkrete Erkenntnisse und Lösungsansätze, die Teams dabei helfen, Software effizienter bereitzustellen, ohne Abstriche bei Sicherheit oder Engineering-Qualität zu machen.

Area of Expertise

  • Finance & Banking
  • Information & Communications Technology
  • Region & Country
  • Transports & Logistics

Topics

  • Azure
  • Azure DevOps
  • Cloud
  • Software Development
  • Banking
  • Compliance
  • Security & Compliance
  • Cloud Computing
  • Cloud Computing on the Azure Platform
  • Cloud Native Software Development
  • Containerization
  • AI
  • Vibe Coding
  • Cloud Containers and Infrastructure
  • AI and Cloud Computing
  • Continuous Integration
  • Consulting

Learn to ship containers to Azure using modern tooling

This hands-on workshop is designed for people interested in software deployment and release processes. Participants will gain experience in containerizing and deploying a full-stack application using a modern cloud stack. For advanced participants interested in modifying the existing codebase, I will show how to use GitHub Copilot.

Content:
-Containerization: Prepare applications for deployment by containerizing its React frontend and .NET-based backend components.
-Azure Container Apps: Deploy the application into two distinct Azure Container Apps, enabling communication between them.
-Azure SQL Integration: Connect the deployed application to a native Azure SQL serverless database service.
-CI/CD Pipelines: Use GitHub Actions to automate deployment / release processes.

The workshop provides a practical intro to integrating open-source software with Azure and DevOps tools.

Techstack:
-VS Code, .NET 9.0, npm, Docker, Powershell, Github

Dealing with Red Tape: Software development and deployment in the finance sector

Working in a regulated environment brings challenges to software development and CI/CD - both for developers and for management. This talk will cover the challenges migrating and developing in Azure in a risk-averse environment with restrictive permissions and talk a bit about stakeholder management in that field.
This talk also covers the day-to-day challenges of developing and deploying software in Azure in finance and dealing with data sources/data cleanup/anonymization and data deletion in dev and production environment. This includes how to integrate regulatory aspects into the software development lifecycle through Automation in the toolchain (e.g. team-based approvals) and by adding tools that reduce risks during the software lifecycle, e.g. Github Dependabot, Sonarqube/Sonarcloud and EAM tools such as Leanix.

CloudBrew 2026 - A two-day Microsoft Azure event Sessionize Event Upcoming

December 2026 Mechelen, Belgium

Cloud Native Summit 2026 Sessionize Event

June 2026 Munich, Germany

Cloudland 2025

https://my.doag.org/events/cloudland/2025/agenda/#agendaId.5893 - Learn to ship containers to Azure Cloudland using modern tooling

June 2025 Soltau, Germany

Azure Developer Community Day 2024 Munich Sessionize Event

December 2024 Munich, Germany

Christian Gläser

Bridging software engineering, cloud architecture, and enterprise reality

Hamburg, Germany

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