Summary
Colson Driemel is a Distributed Computing Developer with 12 years of experience building cloud-native tooling and reliable VM orchestration for research computing. Based in Victoria, BC, he designs and implements systems that automate VM image management, dynamic cloud scheduling, and network discovery across multiple cloud providers for high-throughput scientific workloads. His background blends DevOps advocacy, Python proficiency, and hands-on operations—running Apache services, RabbitMQ, and packaging pipelines—to keep distributed environments resilient. He has applied those skills to both research projects (presenting to CANARIE and CERN) and product-facing work like a 3D iPad imaging app, showing an ability to move between low-level infrastructure and user-focused software. Colson’s pragmatic approach is informed by real-world ops experience in data centers and cloud, where he turns complex distributed requirements into maintainable automation.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at University of Victoria
English, French