Thom Castermans
Lead DevSecOps Engineer at Sopra Steria
North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolThom Castermans is a Lead DevSecOps Engineer with 14 years of experience blending academic rigor in algorithms and visualization with hands-on CI/CD and secure delivery practices. Currently leading DevSecOps teams at Sopra Steria after a similar role at Ordina, he focuses on automated testing, deployment pipelines, and pragmatic performance optimization. His background includes a PhD-driven research role at TU Eindhoven where he bridged computer science, philosophy, and data science—an uncommon mix that sharpens his systems thinking and interdisciplinary communication. Thom brings deep practical engineering from early web development through research IT to enterprise DevSecOps, favoring solutions that are both theoretically sound and effective in production. Based in North Brabant, Netherlands, he leverages his academic insights to improve observability and efficiency in real-world software delivery.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science & Engineering, Master of Science - MS Computer Science & Engineering at Eindhoven University of TechnologyMinor Embedded Systems; Artificial Intelligence, Minor Embedded Systems; Artificial Intelligence at Mälardalen UniversityGymnasium Profiel Natuur & Techniek, Gymnasium Profiel Natuur & Techniek at Theresialyceum
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (78)
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Github contributions (5)
Networks-Pages/demos
Jun 2020 - Apr 2024
Demos, animations and other media created for the Networks Pages
Contributions:4 PRs, 64 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 10 months
animations
stenokhoria/plutus
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Personal finance app, work in progress
Contributions:55 PRs, 63 pushes, 57 branches in 11 months
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