Dominik has a background in computer science, with a specialization in networks, APIs, Linux and security. He has experience programming in Python, Go, some Rust and Java. Apart from that he is also an advocate for FOSS and open source infrastructures. His professional experience includes working in the finance sector as an information security specialist, researching a tenant-aware pod-to-pod traffic encryption layer in OpenShift and handling the implementation of regulatory compliance requirements in security-sensitive IT systems. The time as an IT freelancer provided him with a lot of insight into running a small enterprise from scratch. In the Sovereign Cloud Stack project he fills the role as the Product Owner for security and operations.