Kubernetes Team Lead: Adrian Geiger
Get to know our new Team Lead, Adrian Geiger, in this interview. Adrian has been with cent-ron for around three and a half years, having started out as a Linux System Engineer. Since June 2026, he has been leading the Kubernetes team and is responsible for building up this new area. We spoke to him about what will change in his new role and what he is looking forward to most.
Adrian, what do you expect from your new role? Are there any personal goals you would like to achieve?
There are a few different aspects to it. From a product perspective, our goal is to fill a clear gap in the German market with our Managed Kubernetes Service: a sovereign solution hosted locally, where data protection and location are built in from the start rather than treated as an afterthought.
What appeals to me most is the opportunity to build everything from the ground up. It allows me to dive deeply into all the different layers involved. On a personal level, I want to develop my experience and skills as a team lead. For me, that is just as much of a learning opportunity as the technical side of the role. And honestly, I am simply looking forward to the exciting technical challenges and to work-ing with all the fascinating components that make up a platform like this.
What will change for you compared with your previous role at centron?
My day-to-day work will change completely. Until now, I have been heavily involved in customer operations: maintaining, building and optimizing infrastructure, and responding to incoming customer requests. Now, my focus is shifting entirely towards project work: thinking long term and building a product from the ground up rather than making changes as part of day-to-day operations.
That brings a very different set of opportunities and challenges. The biggest change, however, is that I will be leading a team for the first time — and it is a team I genuinely look forward to working with every day.
What are you most looking forward to in your new position?
My team!
Which topics would you particularly like to drive forward in your area?
Automation and abstraction, GitOps, and working within the CNCF ecosystem. The CNCF landscape is evolving so quickly that it is simply exciting to build close to the cutting edge.
What do you see as the biggest challenge in your new position?
The sheer number and complexity of all the moving parts that ultimately have to come toge-ther as one complete system. Each individual component is manageable on its own. The real challenge is making sure everything works together seamlessly and remains reliable even when something goes wrong in one part of the system.
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