Laurens Knoll
Senior Cloud Consultant at Binx - Cloud Consultancy, Training & Managed Cloud
Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolLaurens Knoll is a Senior Cloud Consultant with 13 years of experience designing and delivering cloud-native solutions, currently helping organizations shape their cloud journeys at Binx. He combines deep solution architecture and software engineering skills with a pragmatic focus on customer value, DevOps adoption, and resilient release pipelines. Laurens has a track record of improving systems and processes across finance and public-sector projects, and he coaches teams toward higher quality and faster delivery. An active open-source contributor, he strengthened Checkov’s git loader to robustly handle subdirectories and added thorough unit tests, showing his attention to tooling reliability. He holds an MSc in Software Engineering (cum laude) and regularly shares insights on his blog, reflecting a commitment to knowledge sharing beyond client engagements.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Technische Informatica, Bachelor, Technische Informatica at De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied SciencesMaster of Science (MSc), Software Engineering, cum laude, Master of Science (MSc), Software Engineering, cum laude at Universiteit van Amsterdam / University of Amsterdam
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (17)
git10
python10
testing10
infrastructure-as-code10
terraform9
terraformer9
go8
aws-cloudformation7
pycharm6
configurations6
aws-dms6
docker6
amazon-web-services6
visual-studio-code6
google-cloud-platform6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
bridgecrewio/checkov
Jul 2021 - Sep 2021
Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 1 issue in 1 month
Contributions summary:Laurens primarily focused on improving the functionality of the git loader within the project, specifically addressing issues related to handling subdirectories in git URLs. They implemented changes in `get_git.py` and `git_loader.py` to correctly clone repositories with subdirectories, and updated the logic for handling git URLs. Additionally, the user added comprehensive unit tests in `test_goget_github.py` to ensure the correct parsing of git URLs and subdirectories, enhancing the robustness of the codebase.
gcppolicy-as-codecomplianceaws-securityaws
binxio/azure-devops-extensions
Apr 2020 - Nov 2021
Custom Azure DevOps Extensions Source Repository.
Contributions:38 commits, 17 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 7 months
devopsci-cdextensionsazure-devops-extensionsazure
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