Dieter Verhelst
Senior Engineer at Kangaroot
Bruges Metropolitan Area Belgium
Summary
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SeniorDieter Verhelst is a senior engineer based in the Bruges metropolitan area, Belgium, who blends hands-on software engineering with leadership in DevOps and open-source initiatives. With 11 years of experience, he is currently a Senior Engineer at Kangaroot and runs WERUS BVBA, reflecting a strong entrepreneurial side alongside his technical work. His specialties include server architecture, Linux, security, automation, and Atlassian tooling, with a track record of building scalable infrastructure and automating operations. He has held influential roles across companies—from DevOps/QA Lead at Teamleader to Agile Tools Manager at Western Digital—demonstrating a knack for bridging development, operations, and governance. A long-time open-source advocate, he started as an Open Source Engineer and continues to pursue knowledge across diverse domains to deliver robust, secure systems.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (40)
backup9
docker8
molecule8
tox8
reverse-proxy7
letsencrypt7
golang7
load-balancer7
ansible-role6
proxy6
kubernetes6
async6
monitoring5
traefik5
ansible5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dverhelst/borgbackup
Jan 2018 - Oct 2020
Borg backup role
Contributions:10 PRs, 28 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 9 months
borgrolebackupborg-backup
fiaasco/docker
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
Ansible Docker CE role
Contributions:3 PRs, 23 pushes, 3 branches in 5 months
ansibledockerdocker-ansibleansible-rolerole
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