Pablo López
Linux HPC Cloud Systems Engineer at sciCORE - University of Basel - SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPablo López is a Linux HPC and Cloud Systems Engineer with nearly two decades of experience building and operating research computing environments for bioinformatics and life sciences. He has run and deployed HPC clusters since 2007 and, since 2018, has been applying DevOps practices—Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and configuration management—to cloud-native research platforms. Based in Basel, he combines deep hands-on Linux and build-system expertise with contributions to the widely used EasyBuild ecosystem, improving build configs, module generation, and documentation for scientific software. His background in parallel and distributed computing informs pragmatic solutions for software compatibility and reproducible deployments across HPC and cloud. Colleagues rely on him for bridging legacy HPC workloads with modern automated, cloud-first infrastructures.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Parallel and Distributed computing, Master of Science (MSc), Parallel and Distributed computing at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Spanish, English, Catalan
Github Skills (9)
linux10
software-packaging10
hpc10
scite10
python10
scilab10
build-automation10
documentation10
tcl8
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs
Nov 2013 - Feb 2022
A collection of easyconfig files that describe which software to build using which build options with EasyBuild.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 918 commits, 355 PRs in 8 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Pablo appears to be contributing to the EasyBuild project by creating and modifying easyconfig files. The commits focus on adapting software builds to specific configurations and fixing build-related issues, as evidenced by the patches and dependency adjustments. The contributions include addressing missing include files and resolving compilation errors, indicating a focus on ensuring software compatibility and build success. The work aligns with the repository's goal of providing a collection of configuration files for building scientific software.
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easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks
Nov 2013 - Aug 2020
Collection of easyblocks that implement support for building and installing software with EasyBuild.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:99 commits, 28 PRs, 5 pushes in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Pablo primarily contributed to the `easybuild-easyblocks` repository by adding and modifying easyblock files, which are used to automate the building and installation of scientific software. Their work involved adding support for different versions of the `samtools` library, modifying the `makecp` easyblock to include glob support, and fixing issues with the `impi` easyblock, indicating a focus on build system and software compatibility. The user's contributions also involved fixing permissions and adjusting environment setups for various software packages.
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