Christian Wunderlich

I design and deliver cloud and AI systems that turn complex requirements into reliable, production-ready platforms.

I’m a Senior Azure Consultant at Microsoft with 15+ years in tech, focused on Azure architecture, platform engineering, and intelligent systems. My current work centers on applied AI, including small language model fine-tuning, running models at the edge, and designing multi-agent systems for real-world enterprise scenarios. I enjoy combining technical depth with practical execution to create scalable solutions that deliver measurable business impact.

Focus Areas

  • Azure Cloud Architecture
  • Platform Engineering
  • AI & Data Solutions
  • Agent AI
  • Microsoft Agent Framework
  • NLP
  • Small Language Models
  • Small Visual Models

Industries

  • Automotive
  • Retail
  • Enterprise IT

Core Stack

  • Azure (PaaS, IaaS, AKS, Azure OpenAI)
  • vLLM, Guidance
  • Python, C#, Bicep
  • CI/CD & DevOps

Experience

Microsoft · Senior Azure Consultant

08.2021 – Present

Detailed project highlights:

Log Message Interpretation

Technology: Azure OpenAI, embeddings, vLLM, Guidance, GroupChat orchestration, Streamlit, Qdrant, Python

Project description: Built a pipeline that converts raw industrial log templates into Canonical Event Model (CEM) schemas for automated structured extraction. Implemented a two-phase architecture with entity extraction and canonical registry creation, followed by multi-agent schema generation and validation with fact extraction/verification. Added reviewed-blueprint retrieval with hybrid similarity scoring to improve schema quality, and delivered a Streamlit interface for manual review, schema edits, and quality metrics.

Contractual Intelligence

Industry: Automotive (automobile manufacturer)

Technology: Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Azure Functions, Azure ML, Prompt Flow, Python, Document Intelligence

Project description: Contributed to a contractual intelligence solution that improved the efficiency of analyzing and comparing contract data with AI. Conducted data analysis to identify patterns across different contract types. Implemented and defined custom search indexes, indexers, skillsets, and data sources as the foundation for a hybrid search concept. Developed a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture with Azure AI Search and Azure OpenAI. Automated pre-processing tasks for each document, including content extraction and metadata enrichment using Document Intelligence. Built automated document cracking and chunking processes for storage in the related search index and implemented multiple Prompt Flow variations to handle different user prompt patterns.

Unified Customer Profile

Industry: Automotive (automobile manufacturer)

Technology: Azure Functions, Azure SQL, AKS, VM Scale Sets, Azure Firewall, Compute Gallery, Container Registry, Bicep, Azure Verified Modules, Azure Landing Zones, ASP.NET

Project description: Contributed to the development of a company-wide standard for core customer data. Built C# applications for multiple scenarios, including Azure Functions, ASP.NET APIs, Entity Framework integrations, unit testing, end-to-end testing, and performance analysis. Helped create a multi-stage environment to host all related services and enable seamless deployment without disrupting production workloads. Played a key role in developing the landing zone Infrastructure as Code repository and integrating it into multi-stage environment deployments.

Fruit and Vegetable Recognition

Industry: Retail

Technology: Azure Landing Zones, AKS, Helm, Private Networking, Azure Container Registry, Azure Verified Modules, Azure Edge Devices

Project description: Led the global rollout workstream as the development lead for an innovation project focused on automatic fruit and vegetable recognition at self-checkout terminals. Built a rollout-ready solution for edge devices and established the global CI/CD pipeline as the core foundation for product rollout. Developed Helm charts with sub-containers, hosted and versioned in Azure Container Registry, enabling independent version rollout per shop and preventing unplanned upgrades.

Data Platform

Industry: Automotive (automobile manufacturer)

Technology: Azure Functions, Azure Databases, Azure Data Lake, Azure Event Hubs, Pulumi, Bicep, PowerShell, Python, Pester, Azure DevOps

Project description: Developed and extended a data platform used as a blueprint for hosting project-based data products. Worked across Infrastructure as Code, Azure DevOps pipelines, PowerShell, and Python. Main focus areas included extending the IaC codebase, building Python APIs that provide a common interface for requesting and deploying services, aligning workstreams across the broader program, and acting as a central point of contact for Azure-hosted services.

Microsoft · Senior Customer Engineer

09.2020 – 08.2021

Focus: Azure adoption, modern device management, and long-term customer engineering support.

Responsibilities:

  • Strengthened customer relationships by driving practical integration of Azure services into enterprise landscapes.
  • Delivered modern endpoint and device management solutions using Intune and related management infrastructure.
  • Worked as a Designated Support Engineer (DSE), providing continuous support, consultation, and service evolution.
  • Built and led a technology community for Intune and Microsoft Endpoint Management across the DACH region.

Impact: Improved operational maturity for managed workplace platforms and enabled stronger cross-customer knowledge sharing through a regional expert community.

Microsoft · Premier Field Engineer

04.2018 – 09.2020

Focus: Configuration Manager expertise, enterprise support delivery, and technical enablement.

Responsibilities:

  • Built deep specialization in Configuration Manager and related enterprise management capabilities.
  • Provided customer support and consulting as a Designated Support Engineer (DSE), with strong emphasis on reliability and continuous improvement.
  • Delivered projects in both domestic and international environments.
  • Completed multiple accreditations, including CMRES, PFECH, and OA-IMDM.

Impact: Increased customer platform stability and confidence through hands-on engineering support and structured consulting engagements.

GfK Group IT · IT Consultant

07.2012 – 04.2018

Focus: End-user service strategy, global workplace rollout automation, and client infrastructure operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Planned and implemented IT strategy for End-User Services, acting as a key interface between business units and Group IT.
  • Contributed to technical design of a Next Generation Workplace architecture with automation for global rollout.
  • Implemented automation capabilities using Zero Touch Installation, MDT 2013 custom scripting, PowerShell integration, custom boot images, and reporting.
  • Held technical responsibility for global SCCM and client infrastructure across more than 100 countries and around 17,000 clients.
  • Supported service pricing, capacity and availability planning, SLA definition, and international project delivery.
  • Earlier roles included support for SPSS rollout in North America and optimization of automated local client rollout and asset management operations in Germany.

Impact: Helped scale and standardize workplace services globally, improving rollout consistency, operational control, and service quality.

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