The Cloud Engineer

Bob Killen, affectionately known as 'Mr. Bobby Tables', is a cloud engineer specializing in containers and HPC. He dives into the essence of cloud-native practices and the transformative power of Kubernetes. Listeners learn about the distinct yet overlapping roles of research software engineering and cloud engineering, as well as the impact of MLOps. Bob shares insights on community collaboration while bringing humor into the mix. He also discusses challenges in adapting HPC to cloud-native technologies, emphasizing the need for user-friendly tools.