Ioannis Koustoudis is a Principal Infrastructure Engineer with over a decade of experience designing and delivering AWS networking at scale, currently leading Capital One/Discover’s AWS Networking team. He architects and implements VPCs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, VPNs and related services using Terraform and CloudFormation, translating high-level epics into actionable stories for engineering teams. With dual master’s degrees in electrical/computer engineering and published work in machine learning, he uniquely blends deep networking expertise with ML and systems thinking. His background ranges from HPC support at SGI and HPE to building serverless ML stacks and training IT professionals via his own school. Certified in AWS Networking Specialty and CompTIA Network+, he is equally comfortable in hands-on IaC, Linux administration, and stakeholder-facing architecture discussions. Based in Woodley, UK, he also writes about Python and ML techniques, connecting academic rigor with practical cloud engineering.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Software Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Software Engineering at Democritus University of Thrace - (D.U.Th.)
1 year studies Pedagogical Adequacy Certificate, 1 year studies Pedagogical Adequacy Certificate at School of Pedagogical and Technological Education
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
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Ioannis Koustoudis - Principal Infrastructure Engineer at Capital One