Edwin Mwiti
Information Technology Support Specialist
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolEdwin Mwiti is an IT support specialist and software engineer with a decade of hands-on experience blending front-end development, cloud/DevOps contributions, and graphic design to deliver polished, user-focused solutions. He builds responsive web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js and MySQL while also crafting brand identities and interfaces with Photoshop, Illustrator and Figma. Edwin has practical IT operations experience across hospitality and institutional settings, supporting networks, systems and accounting integrations with eZee and QuickBooks. He contributes to open-source cloud tooling—improving AWS ParallelCluster’s EFA and FSx for Lustre workflows—demonstrating an ability to bridge application UX with scalable infrastructure. Comfortable working remotely or on-site from Nairobi, he thrives on simplifying complex problems into intuitive, beautiful experiences. His cross-training across hotel departments and design background give him an uncommon blend of operational empathy and visual polish.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at MOIBachelor of Software Engineering, Bachelor of Software Engineering at KCA UniversityGraphic Designer, Graphic Designer at Computer Pride
Github Skills (12)
aws10
cloud-computing10
devops10
python9
bash8
amazon-ec28
cicd8
amazon-s37
testing7
git7
terraform5
terraformer5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-parallelcluster
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
AWS ParallelCluster is an AWS supported Open Source cluster management tool to deploy and manage HPC clusters in the AWS cloud.
Role in this project:
Cloud Engineer / DevOps Engineer
Cloud Engineer / DevOps EngineerContributions:267 reviews, 20 commits, 143 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Edwin contributed to the improvement and validation of the AWS ParallelCluster configuration process, particularly focusing on enhancements related to Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) and integration with Amazon FSx for Lustre. Their work included modifying the CLI configuration wizard to prompt for EFA enablement, adding integration tests to validate the EFA configuration, and improving messaging around EFA benefits. Additionally, the user added permissions for S3 import/export when using FSx for Lustre.
aws-cloudhpc-applicationsclusterscluster-managementhpc-clusters
EddyMM/bookworm
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:3 releases, 100 pushes, 8 branches in 5 months
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