Valtteri Kinnunen

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 many 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

  • 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

Finnish Defence Forces — Cyber Reservist Program, 2023

Slush 2022, 2023, 2025
FISC “Kyberala murroksessa” (NIS2)
Multiple CTFs (2023)