Summary
Nikolaos Pothitos is a DevOps engineer with 11 years of experience blending CI/CD, testing, and cloud deployments for large telecom and inner-source platforms at Nokia Networks. He holds a PhD in Constraint Programming and an MSc in Advanced Information Systems, bringing rigorous research-led problem solving to production automation and LLMOps initiatives. At Nokia he leads CI and testing for two major areas supporting ~80 engineers and has a background teaching algorithms, software engineering, and C++ training—skills that make him both a hands-on implementer and an effective mentor. He also founded Vivalerts and contributes to debugging and LLMOps tooling, signaling entrepreneurial drive beyond corporate engineering. Based in Athens, Nikolaos pairs deep academic expertise with practical delivery in telecom cloud infrastructures and a long-standing commitment to open-source and automation.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Constraint Programming: Algorithms and Systems, Honors, Ph.D., Constraint Programming: Algorithms and Systems, Honors at Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion Athinon
Greek, English, French