Hi, I’m Simon – a cloud engineer living in Switzerland 🇨🇭 with a passion for automation, efficiency, and building real-world solutions. My work focuses on the Microsoft Azure Cloud – helping teams deploy faster, manage infrastructure more reliably, and reduce unnecessary cloud costs.
This blog is my space to share what I learn, build, and automate. You’ll find hands-on tutorials, infrastructure-as-code examples, helpful scripts, and technical insights based on real experience. Whether you’re just getting started or deep into cloud engineering, I hope you’ll find something useful here.
Let’s improve your cloud experience – one post at a time.
Toolbox
Technologies & Experience
A breakdown of the platforms, languages, and tools I work with day-to-day.
Cloud Platforms
- Microsoft Azure — full-stack experience
- Entra ID — RBAC, Conditional Access
- AWS — fundamentals (ECS, S3, IAM, VPC)
- Hybrid — on-premises integration
Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform — Azure & AWS providers
- Bicep & ARM templates
- State management & drift detection
- Policy-as-code workflows
Automation & Scripting
- PowerShell — automation, deployment
- Bash & shell scripts
- Azure Automation Runbooks
- Function Apps & serverless
CI/CD & DevOps
- Git & GitHub Actions
- Azure DevOps pipelines
- Docker & Kubernetes basics
- Infrastructure pipelines
Workplace Technologies
- Microsoft Intune & SCCM
- Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
- Windows 10/11 & Office 365
- Active Directory & GPO
Focus & Interests
- Cloud security & least-privilege
- Cost optimization at scale
- Identity & access automation
- Engineer-friendly documentation
Channels
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Email info@simonvedder.com
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GitHub @simon-vedder
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LinkedIn /in/simonvedder
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Location Zürich, Switzerland
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Timezone Europe/Zurich (UTC+1)
Get in touch
Drop me a line
Bug report, blog idea, advisory inquiry, or just “this saved me three hours” — it all lands in the same inbox and all of it gets read.