Adrian Torrie1
Presented by Malcolm Haak
1XENON Systems, Springvale, Australia
Biography:
Adrian is a skilled solutions architect with broad experience building and maintaining data systems from the ground up.
He has broad skills across all IT domains, with specific depth in automating data analytics/machine learning/artificial intelligence solutions in hybrid environments, along with the necessary skills for training others in this specialty.
Adrian’s last role had the primary focus of enabling self-service, via Platform Engineering, for Data Scientists and Data Engineers, allowing rapid iteration of models and their release.
He excels in delivering secure solutions for large scale, high performance computational requirements using modern automation approaches.
Abstract:
The intricate and complex modern research environments, their interconnected software supply chains, and critical security demands requires more than incremental improvements. This presentation dives into this challenging landscape, first illuminating its multifaceted nature, then detailing how the strategic application of DevOps, GitOps, and Platform Engineering principles distills this complexity into manageable, simplified frameworks. We will demonstrate how these approaches create resilient and agile research infrastructure through automated, reproducible, and auditable management.
Attendees will gain crucial insights into how these methodologies demystify the complex interplay between advanced infrastructure, software lifecycle management, and robust security. Key focus areas include leveraging GitOps to simplify declarative control over HPC and Kubernetes, strategies for taming software supply chain intricacies for research integrity, and embedding practical, yet comprehensive, security. Discover how Platform Engineering can provide.