Kevin Retzke
Applications Developer And System Analyst
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Retzke is an Applications Developer and System Analyst with 12 years of experience building tools that collect, process, analyze, and visualize data to support large-scale scientific computing at Fermilab and the Open Science Grid. He specializes in monitoring and deployment for distributed compute environments, translating complex operational telemetry into actionable dashboards and services. His background in nuclear engineering and long experience with compute clusters give him a strong foundation in rigorous analysis, safety-conscious processes, and performance-driven tooling. Kevin blends full-stack development skills with systems administration experience, having built web apps, visualization tools, and cluster management utilities across diverse roles. Based in Indianapolis, he excels at turning scientific requirements into reliable, production-grade software that helps researchers better understand their experiments. An understated strength is his ability to bridge domain expertise and practical engineering—making esoteric scientific data accessible to broader teams.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Nuclear Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University
English
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Github Skills (116)
dashboard10
grafana10
promtail10
elasticsearch10
influxdb10
datasource10
monitoring10
elasticsearch-plugin10
data-visualization10
mysql10
analytics10
go10
prometheus10
composable10
visualization10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
opensciencegrid/gracc-docker
May 2017 - Feb 2021
GRACC agent containers and docker-compose files
Contributions:2 reviews, 7 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 years 10 months
containersagentdockercomposekubernetes
opensciencegrid/gracc-collector
Apr 2016 - Feb 2021
Gratia-compatible collector for grid accounting records
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 24 PRs in 4 years 10 months
accountingrecordscollectorgrid
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