Pim Witlox
Head Of Engineering & Senior Architect at CSCS
Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland
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Top SchoolPim Witlox is a seasoned engineering leader and senior architect with 11+ years of experience building cloud-native, HPC and data/AI platforms, now heading Engineering at CSCS in Switzerland. He blends hands‑on software architecture and coding (C/C++, Python, Scala, C#) with strategy, governance and agile transformation, having led teams at Swisscom, University of Zurich and in industry. His background spans research and product environments, from HPC and big data to ML/AI pipelines and DevOps automation, and he contributes practical cloud tooling—e.g., Kubernetes and OpenStack enhancements—to the elasticluster project. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex technical challenges into pragmatic architectures and repeatable delivery practices. Outside the org chart he’s motivated by new technologies, challenging projects and a good dose of humour, which he cites as part of a productive workday.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) at Fontys University of Applied SciencesMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Master of Science (M.Sc.) at Roehampton University
Dutch, English, German
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Github Skills (19)
kubernetes10
cloud-computing10
openstack10
kubernetes-pods10
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
libcloud9
docker8
python8
dockers8
microsoft-azure7
cicd7
gcp7
azure7
tomcat6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
elasticluster/elasticluster
May 2017 - Aug 2017
Create clusters of VMs on the cloud and configure them with Ansible.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Cloud Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Cloud EngineerContributions:6 commits, 8 PRs, 15 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Pim's contributions primarily involve setting up and configuring Kubernetes deployments within the elasticluster framework, as evidenced by the addition of Kubernetes playbooks and related configuration files. They've implemented support for both canal and flannel networking solutions for Kubernetes clusters. Furthermore, the user integrated OpenStack cloud provider features, including support for multiple security groups, volume-backed VMs, and the Libcloud provider, showcasing skills in cloud infrastructure management and automation.
gcppythonclustersconfigureslurm
witlox/dcs
May 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:185 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
golangschedulersimple-schedulerjob-queuecloud
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