Matthias Sterckx
Software Engineer at Ocient
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthias Sterckx is a software engineer with nine years of experience building automation, testing, and DevOps tooling for cloud-native systems, currently applying his skills at Ocient. He drove critical infrastructure work at AWS on the open-source Bottlerocket OS, authoring the testsys tool, standardizing release pipelines, and implementing a canary alarm system that monitors public image availability across EC2, SSM, and ECR. Comfortable designing both low-level systems and developer workflows, he pairs strong problem-solving with a track record of process improvements that boost release reliability and speed. An experienced instructor and researcher, he has taught systems programming and built automation to improve grading and validation, reflecting a knack for turning manual workflows into repeatable tools. His background in data science and hands-on contributions to a well-known container OS project show a rare blend of operational rigor and academic polish.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.97, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.97 at Appalachian State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at UGentScience, 4.00, Science, 4.00 at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
Github Skills (9)
container10
rust10
aws10
operating-system10
dockers9
cicd9
amazon-ec29
docker9
json8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
An operating system designed for hosting containers
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:1 release, 21 reviews, 8 commits in 18 days
Contributions summary:Matthias primarily contributed to the project by implementing and enhancing tools for the operating system's infrastructure management. Their commits added features for SSM parameter validation, AMI validation, and writing AMI publicity info to a file. These contributions suggest a focus on automating and streamlining the build and deployment processes within the Bottlerocket OS environment.
containershostingoperating-systemrustlinux
mjsterckx/bottlerocket
Nov 2022 - Apr 2023
An operating system designed for hosting containers
Contributions:43 pushes, 22 branches in 5 months
containershostingoperating-systemlinuxdocker
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