Cloud engineer with a background in network protocols, embedded systems and agile project work. Working with Azure infrastructure and IaC in production — documenting everything along the way.
Engineer, problem solver, lifelong learner.
Rawand Lorentzen is a qualified IT-Teknolog with a broad technical foundation spanning cloud infrastructure, network engineering, and software development. His education covered the full stack of modern IT — from low-level routing protocols like OSPF and BGP, communication architectures, and TCP/IP networking, to object-oriented Python programming in the context of embedded systems.
Since transitioning into cloud infrastructure, Rawand has gained hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code (IaC) — working in production environments during his internship at CIMT across governance, CI/CD pipelines, Defender for Cloud, and CIS compliance frameworks. He holds the AZ-104 certification and is currently working toward AZ-500.
On the data side, he has worked with Databricks and Power BI — including workspace provisioning, access control, and integrating data platforms into cloud infrastructure. He has also worked with Docker and Kubernetes, gaining practical experience with containerised workloads in cloud-native environments.
Before IT, Rawand spent close to a decade in physical craftsmanship. That background shaped a mindset that carries directly into infrastructure work: methodical, detail-oriented, and always built to last.
Live from Forgejo — browse and explore.
A mix of internship work and personal projects.
Contributed to a full Landing Zone implementation using Terraform at CIMT. Covering governance, policy, networking and RBAC across Azure environments.
Worked on Databricks workspace provisioning with Entra ID group-based access control and ADLS Gen2 integration at CIMT.
Contributed to a Python static compliance checker for Terraform files, comparing current vs predicted CIS IMP2 scores across Azure projects.
Personal portfolio and self-hosted platform built from scratch. Running on Hetzner with Forgejo, Nginx reverse proxy, Let's Encrypt SSL and Docker Compose.
A proof of concept exploring embedded systems and access control. Built on an ESP32 microcontroller with an AS608 fingerprint sensor — patients register their fingerprint, which must be verified before a pill dispenser unlocks. The dispenser was a physical enclosure controlled by an MG90S servo motor. Developed in Python with object-oriented design.
Personal portfolio site, self-hosted on Hetzner. Built from scratch with HTML, CSS and JavaScript — no frameworks, no dependencies.
Set up and administered a self-hosted PostgreSQL database as part of personal infrastructure. Includes schema design and integration with hosted services.
Technical deep-dives and lessons learned.