HPC consultant based in Helsinki with hands-on experience in HPC deployment, operations, upgrades, and customer-specific solution customization. Background includes Slurm-based clusters, Lustre and DDN storage, Linux infrastructure, automation with Ansible, and technical coordination across delivery and maintenance activities. Also brings cloud and startup experience, with strong interest in technical pre-sales for HPC, AI, and advanced computing services.
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Experience
HPC Software Consultant
Bull ↗
Sep 2023 – Present
EU (remote/on-site)
- Worked on system setup and customer-specific customization, including Linux OS deployment, network configuration, interconnect setup, parallel storage, Slurm-based scheduling, monitoring, and configuration management.
- Investigated performance and stability issues in customer HPC environments, including Lustre bottlenecks, root cause analysis, and debugging of application-level problems affecting user workloads
- Supported deployment and operational activities for customer environments including FMI, Aalto, CSC, ECMWF, SIGMA2, and Novo Nordisk.
- Supported software stack lifecycle work across customer HPC environments, including upgrades to compilers, libraries, and researcher-facing application components alongside platform-level changes
- Supported service and maintenance discussions by interpreting SLA and contract scope, including support coverage and maintenance extensions.
- Deployed a proof of concept for Aalto University using Rancher, Kubernetes, and Terraform to orchestrate the Jarvice XE HPC platform.
Founder & Consultant
Tekve ↗
Jul 2021 – Present
Remote
- Led early-stage business development activities including investor discussions, raising EUR 50,000 in private funding and securing EUR 60,000 in Business Finland Tempo funding
- Conducted customer discovery and interviewed more than 100 companies across multiple sectors to understand operational, compliance, and technology needs.
- Contributed to pre-sales style activities including requirement gathering, solution shaping, workshops, and pilot planning for consulting and product opportunities.
- Designed and delivered Gover, a tool for managing ISO 27001 risks, controls, and review workflows.
- Delivered consulting across cloud, infrastructure, and security domains, with experience in IAM, architecture, and technical documentation.
Cyber Reservist
Finnish Defence Forces (C5 Agency & Command System School) ↗
Jan 2023 – Sep 2023
Finland
- Exercises in OSINT, CTI, NOC/SOC, red teaming, and forensics; contributed to hands on cyber operations and technical support.
Skills
Infrastructure and HPC
- Slurm based cluster management and job scheduling
- Kubernetes deployments for HPC and containerized workloads
- Lustre and DDN storage, networked filesystems, and parallel I/O
- Spack for building and maintaining software stacks
Methods & Tooling
- Azure, AWS, GCP and on-prem environments (compute, identity, storage)
- Terraform, Ansible, shell scripting and CI pipelines
- Container tooling with Docker and OCI images
- Monitoring and logging with Prometheus, Elastic and Sentinel
Governance & Documentation
- Policy writing and documentation
- Risk assessment and control mapping
- Internal audit preparation
Education
Hive Helsinki (School 42) — Software Engineering (2021–2023)
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Finnish Defence Forces — Cyber Reservist Program, 2023
Slush 2022,2023,2025
FISC “Kyberala murroksessa” (NIS2)
Multiple CTFs (2023)
Recommendations:
Juha Martikainen — Manalead Oy — +358 50 322 4417
Certifications & Courses:
PECB — ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor (2026)
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PECB — ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer (2024)
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Helsingin Yliopisto — DevOps with Kubernetes (2024)
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NVIDIA - DGX A100 Product Training (Foundational) (2023)
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NVIDIA - Bright Cluster Manager (2023)
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Microsoft — Azure AD-900 (2023)
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Helsingin Yliopisto — Full Stack Open (2022)
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