Summary
Arnstein Orten is an experienced IT infrastructure leader with over a decade steering scalable on-prem and hybrid cloud platforms for research and operational environments, currently heading IT infrastructure at MET Norway. He combines deep hands-on expertise in OpenStack, Kubernetes, on-prem HPC and remote visualization with strategic use of Azure and large off-site HPC resources to support a 25PB on-site data store. His background includes long-term IT leadership at the University of Oslo and international collaboration around community cloud services for ECMWF, reflecting strong skills in cross-organizational coordination and cloud federation. A certified Software Carpentry instructor, he places particular emphasis on developing team competence and researcher-focused training alongside delivering robust, production-grade infrastructure. Notably, he is driving integration with the OpenStack-based European Weather Cloud, positioning hybrid and community cloud models as the institute’s future platform.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
University of Oslo
Oppegård Videregående Skole
A-levels, A-levels at Gosforth High School
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Edinburgh Business School