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Experience: DevOps Engineer — Vizrt
July 2017 – May 2018 | Bergen, Norway
Cross-Position Section
Career arc framing: Vizrt was Dennis's only international role outside DACH — a Norwegian broadcast technology company (customers: CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera). He worked embedded in the Coder (software engineering) team, not a standalone QA/test team — his scope covered Python/C++ backend development, automated test suite development, and CI/CD pipeline integration with quality gates. The DevOps title reflects this full scope: engineering + test automation integrated into the delivery pipeline. The reference from Team Lead Raymond Hilseth explicitly states he "exceeded expectations" with "little to no supervision." Resigned voluntarily to return to Germany.
Title flexibility: Use "DevOps Engineer" as primary. For roles where CI/CD is the key signal, emphasize pipeline integration; for roles where software engineering is primary, emphasize backend development. Do NOT reduce to "Test Automation Engineer" — the role was broader.
CL framing: "At Vizrt in Bergen, I worked as a DevOps engineer embedded in the core software team — developing distributed video transcoding backend components in Python and C++, building the automated test suite for A/V streaming, and integrating tests and quality gates into the CI/CD pipeline. The reference from my team lead confirms I operated with minimal supervision and exceeded expectations throughout."
Achievement VZ-1: Distributed Video Transcoding Backend
Source: thiessen_cv_master_profile.md User's role: Primary developer Status: Shipped to production
Context: Vizrt's broadcast software requires a distributed backend for real-time video transcoding. Dennis engineered backend components in Python and C++ as part of the Coder team — contributing to the core transcoding pipeline used by global broadcast customers.
Bullet variants:
- 2L: Engineered distributed video transcoding backend components in Python and C++ for Vizrt's broadcast platform (customers: CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera), contributing to the core A/V processing pipeline as part of the software engineering team.
- 3L: Developed Python and C++ backend components for Vizrt's distributed real-time video transcoding system, used in live broadcast workflows by major global media organizations including CNN, BBC, and Al Jazeera; contributed to the core A/V pipeline within the Coder (software engineering) team, operating with high autonomy under minimal supervision.
- 1L: Developed Python/C++ distributed video transcoding backend for Vizrt broadcast platform (CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera).
Key skills: Python, C++, distributed systems, A/V streaming, backend engineering ATS keywords: Python, C++, distributed systems, backend engineering, streaming Reframing notes:
- Staff/Senior DE: include as Python/C++ breadth signal; frame around distributed systems
- ML/AI: LOW — omit or condense
- Platform/Infra: include as distributed backend signal
- All roles: customer name-dropping (CNN, BBC) adds credibility to the role's scale
Achievement VZ-2: Test Automation + CI/CD Quality Gates Integration
Source: thiessen_cv_master_profile.md, thiessen_zeugnis_vizrt.md, user clarification User's role: Primary developer Status: Deployed / operational
Context: Dennis built integration and unit test suites for Audio, Video & Streaming in Python AND integrated them into the CI/CD pipeline with quality gates — ensuring automated checks ran on every build and blocked releases that failed quality thresholds. This is the DevOps angle: not just writing tests, but owning the quality gate mechanism in the delivery pipeline.
Bullet variants:
- 2L: Built automated integration and unit test suite for A/V streaming (Python) and integrated quality gates into the CI/CD pipeline, shortening the feedback loop for new features and bug fixes while improving release quality of Vizrt's broadcast software.
- 3L: Developed a comprehensive automated test suite (integration and unit tests in Python) for Vizrt's Audio, Video and Streaming components, and integrated these tests as quality gates into the CI/CD delivery pipeline — blocking failing builds, reducing time to market, and improving release-over-release reliability of broadcast software deployed to global media customers including CNN, BBC, and Al Jazeera.
- 1L: Built Python A/V test suite and integrated quality gates into CI/CD pipeline for Vizrt broadcast platform.
Key skills: Python, test automation, integration testing, unit testing, CI/CD, quality gates, A/V streaming, DevOps ATS keywords: test automation, Python, CI/CD, quality gates, integration testing, DevOps Reframing notes:
- Staff/Senior DE: pair with VZ-1; frame as "DevOps ownership of test pipeline"
- Data Platform/Infra: include for CI/CD quality gate signal
- ML/AI: LOW — omit
- All roles: CI/CD integration angle elevates this beyond pure test writing — always use this framing
Position Summary
| Achievement | ID | Priority for DE | Priority for Analytics | Priority for ML/AI | Priority for Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Transcoding Backend | VZ-1 | MED | LOW | LOW | MED |
| Automated Test Suite | VZ-2 | MED | LOW | LOW | LOW |
Note: Vizrt is typically the 4th position on a 2-page resume and may appear as a condensed single bullet combining both achievements. Use 2L variants when space allows; condense to 1L if page-limited.