Building systems that survive production

I design platforms with engineering discipline.

I am Peter Rombouts, a software engineer, cloud architect, and consultant based in the Netherlands. I help enterprise teams move from ambitious diagrams to maintainable, resilient, future-proof systems across Azure, cloud-native architectures, serverless platforms, and pragmatic delivery.

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My work spans government, energy, fintech, and insurance environments where architecture decisions have to hold up under delivery pressure. I also write and teach, including eLearning videos and eBooks on Microsoft Azure for Packt.

What I do

Consulting with code still attached.

The value is not just picking the right platform. It is structuring systems, teams, and delivery paths so the platform remains understandable six months later.

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Cloud architecture that remains operable

I design Azure and AWS landscapes that balance resilience, cost, security, and delivery speed without becoming diagram-heavy theatre.

02

Platform engineering with delivery realism

From serverless systems to integration-heavy enterprise workloads, I focus on maintainability, deployment confidence, and sane operational models.

03

Technical leadership for hard environments

I help teams in regulated and complex sectors make defensible engineering decisions under real deadlines, dependencies, and legacy constraints.

Writing

Publications, notes, and field reports.

A few publications and co-authored pieces that show practical work at the intersection of platform engineering, security, and DevOps.

SDN Magazine

HashiCorp Packer, Terraform, and IaC contribution (Dutch)

My SDN Magazine contribution is also available online. It is written in Dutch, and I am always happy to help answer follow-up questions on Packer, Terraform, and Infrastructure as Code.

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Microsoft + Sogeti eBook

Securing Enterprise DevOps Environments

A co-authored eBook by Microsoft and Sogeti focused on securing modern enterprise DevOps environments with practical, organization-ready guidance.

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Sogeti, SogetiLabs, Microsoft

6 tips to integrate security into your DevOps practices

A co-authored paper outlining six actionable tips to integrate security into day-to-day DevOps practices without slowing delivery to a crawl.

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GitHub

Live engineering signal.

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Open source traces, hands-on experiments, and platform-focused work from my public GitHub profile.

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Contact

If the problem is messy, that is usually where I fit.

Reach out if you need help shaping architecture, stabilizing delivery, or turning a cloud strategy into something a team can actually operate.

Professional profile

LinkedIn

The best place for consulting context, experience, and direct outreach.

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Code and experiments

GitHub

Repositories, recent pushes, and pinned projects that show what is currently being built.

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Long-form thinking

Archive

Technical writing on cloud, DevOps, integration, infrastructure, and adjacent topics gathered over the years.

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