Giannis Skitsas
Senior Software Architect at Hack The Box
Municipality of Patras, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian
Summary
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Top SchoolGiannis Skitsas is a Senior Software Architect with 12 years of experience designing and delivering high-performance, Java-driven systems across mobile, microservices, big data analytics, and security-sensitive domains. He has combined hands-on engineering and leadership as Co-Founder/CEO of Sastix and later as Senior Manager at PwC Greece, now shaping architecture at Hack The Box. Giannis brings deep expertise in distributed systems, DevOps, PKI/application security, and testing automation, with a consistent focus on efficiency and measurable performance gains. His background spans startups and large firms (Citrix, Velti) where he led analytics and transparent caching solutions for telecom and CDN use cases. Based in Patras, Greece, he pairs practical deployment experience with an academic foundation in electrical and computer engineering (MSc), and a habit of exploring new ideas and technologies rather than settling for standard patterns. Colleagues describe him as someone who enjoys technical challenges and prefers solutions that are both elegant and operationally robust.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Computer Engineering and Informatics, MSc, Computer Engineering and Informatics at University of Patras
Github Skills (32)
caching10
docker10
cooperation10
cybersecurity10
snap10
cicd10
member10
servicestack10
microk8s10
trust10
k8s10
cms9
kubernetes9
java9
security9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
iskitsas/http-traffic-simulator
Mar 2014 - May 2016
A nodejs http traffic simulator
Contributions:29 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 2 years 2 months
traffic-simulatorjavascriptsimulatornodejstraffic
melicertes/csp
Apr 2017 - Sep 2018
The Cyber Security Platform MeliCERTes is part of the European Strategy for Cyber Security. MeliCERTes is a network for establishing confidence and trust among the national Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) of the Member States and for promoting swift and effective operational cooperation.
Contributions:443 commits in 1 year 5 months
nationaleuropeanstrategycybersecurity-tools
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