Nick Tritsis

Polidorou 41 · Zografou, Athens, Greece (15772) · +30 6983421291 · [email protected]

I'm an Information & Communication Systems Engineer, passionate about system administration, networking & software engineering. Start scrolling to learn more about me.


Work Experience, Projects & Social Work

Software Engineer

Fresh Voltage / Cromar

Hired by Fresh Voltage to work on the migration of Cromar’s insurance web app. During my time working for Fresh Voltage I was assigned with 3 main objectives: Research on proper solutions for the replacement of the app’s Adobe Flash based technologies (Adobe Flex & AMF back-end comms), development of the entirety of the front-end and finally, connection and troubleshooting of particular aspects of the back-end. The technologies chosen were Angular 9 & RESTful web services. After some research, it was decided that the front-end would be rebuilt using Akveo’s NGX-admin, an Angular/Bootstrap theme, based on the Eva Design System & the back-end using Spring Boot (Java). After months of hard work, the migration was done and the system itself is now being tested and finalized for production.

Tech stack: HTML, CSS, TypeScript, Angular, Git, REST.

August 2020 – December 2020

Network Operations Center Specialist

Hellenic Navy (mandatory military service)

For my mandatory military service, I was enlisted in the Hellenic Navy corp. After a month of basic military training, I was transferred to the General Navy Staff HQ and positioned at the Network Operations Center. During my service, my duties included setting up and initializing new Windows & Linux based computers and repairing the broken ones. Since these computers were intended for either offline, on the network or with internet access usage, the process also involved patching them on the HQ’s floor racks in two buildings, accepting them to the main network of the HQ and monitoring them. Additionally, I was also monitoring, overseeing the safety & well-being of the server room and the troubleshooting of both IT & Networking incidents. As a final task in the end of my time there, I was assigned to train the next batch of sailors fit for the position.

Tech stack: Undisclosed.

December 2019 – November 2020

Sys Admin & IT Ops

DesignBond

My work in DesignBond consists of 3 parts. Systems administration, development & troubleshooting. Concerning the infrastructure used, I am currently using a managed Plesk installation & 2 Linux VPSs and I am responsible for their stable operation, maintenance & security. This infrastructure is providing a multitude of services (DNS, CDN, SSL & Firewall alongside with hosting, SSL, email, SEO and analytics services on a growing list of 6 domains. Furthermore, I am consulting DesignBond’s clients about technological aspects of their business and then I am developing the required solutions (so far static/dynamic websites and eshops). Arguably, the hardest part of this job was the creation of a robust business model that would allow the company to evolve and increase revenue.

Tech stack: Linux VPS, Plesk, HTML, CSS, JS, WordPress & PHP, GCP, Cloudflare

February 2019 - Present

Co-Founder & Head of Technology

Social Cooperative Enterprise (SCE): Arcanist

As a co-founder of Arcanist, a social cooperative enterprise oriented towards animal welfare, I have utilized several technologies & infrastructures to provide Arcanist with all tech-oriented necessities pro-bono. Namely, a cloud phone system (cloudPBX), a website (working on the upgrade to an eshop these days), emails and a CRM system. Since the enterprise is newly founded and short-stuffed, everything regarding the research, design and development/implementation of anything IT-oriented the company needs is currently handled by me.

Tech stack: 3CX PBX, Zoho Mail/CRM, Linux VPS, WordPress, WooCommerce, HTML, CSS, JS, Python

July 2017 - Present

Thesis: IoT technologies focused on Smart Home Services

University of the Aegean

Collaborating with a colleague from ICSD, we reviewed methodologies, enabling technologies & various architecture models for the Internet of Things. In addition, we created a prototype system, providing Smart Home services, enabling the surveillance and logging of living conditions (air quality), remote control and automation. Ultimately, the goal of our thesis, was to gather and present scientific information that can be used by readers both for their introduction to the subject of IoT and their attempt to create IoT-based systems.

Tech stack: Linux, Kaa IoT Framework, Apache Cassandra (NoSQL DB), MariaDB/MySQL (SQL DB), Apache Webserver, Apache Tome Plume, Apache Zookeeper, Java, Python, C.

September 2018 - June 2019

Networking/Software Engineer

SkyCorp (Startup)

Skycorp was a startup idea 2 ICSD colleagues and I had, aiming to impact the foodservice industry through a system that would enable end-users to interact with restaurants, bars & coffehouses at rush hour without the need of a waiter. Unfortunately, financial reasons & a variety of obligations posed constituted barriers and ultimately SkyCorp was never founded. Nonetheless, working for this project, gave me the opportunity to develop a captive portal which would route connected devices to an isolated subnet which in turn would expose devices to the provided services. Finally I helped design and develop the app’s front-end and parts of it’s underlying backend. In addition, I received valuable lessons concerning time management & working in groups.

Tech stack: Linux, Raspberry Pi, Java, Shell scripts

September 2017 - June 2018

Internship: ITC Lab Assistant & eBook composer

University of the Aegean

Composed 2 reflowable e-books (ePub v.3 format) with multimedia content (audio, video & interactive content) from given Microsoft Word files. The e-books were published on Kallipos (Greek Academic e-Publications Repository): Satellite Communications
written by: Dimosthenis Vouyioukas

Introduction to Computer & Communication Science
written by: Drosos Dimitrios, Vouyioukas Dimosthenis, Kalligeros Emmanouil, Kokolakis Spiridon, Skianis Charalampos

Tech stack: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premiere, Audacity, HTML & CSS, EPUBReader, Microsoft Word.

July - September 2016

iOS theme making

Freelance

Created and published (on Cydia) a theme for jailbroken iOS devices called Summer Breeze which received great positive feedback from the iPhoneHellas (greek) community.

Tech stack: Adobe Photoshop, a collection of jailbreaking tools and apps.

July 2010 - December 2010

Education

University of the Aegean (Samos)

Undergraduate Studies + Integrated Master's Degree
Information & Communication Systems Engineering Department
2021

Languages

Greek

Native Speaker

English

C2 (Proficiency) - University of Michigan
2007

German

B1 zertifikat - GOETHE INSTITUTE
2008

Familiar Scientific Domains

Information Technology

  • System Design/Implementation/Integration/Testing/Maintenance, System Architecture, Distributed Systems

Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

  • IoT, Cloud, Big Data, Analytics, Data Mining/Visualization, Neural Networks

Robotics

  • Robotic Control, Computer Vision

Software

  • Web/Android Applications, Angular, Web Services (REST), SaaS/PaaS/IaaS, Software Lifecycles

Networking & Protocols

  • HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP, UDP, SIP, ARP, IRC, SSH, RDP, FTP/SFTP/FTPS, DHCP, DNS, VPN, WSN, LAN/WLAN configuration/administration/mapping

Security

  • Confidentiality/Integrity/Availability, Authentication, Access control/Authorization, Encryption/Decryption, SSL/TLS, Firewalls (iptables, ufw), Penetration testing


Skills & Technologies

Operating Systems:

  • Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora), Windows (95/XP/7/8/10), Mac OS X, Android, iOS

Programming, Scripting, Markup & WEB Languages:

  • Java, Python, Bash/Shell, C, C++, C#, SQL, NoSQL, HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Typescript, PHP

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS:

  • Apache (HTTP Server, Tomcat, Cassandra, Maven), Git, Docker, Eclipse, Android Studio, Virtualization (VirtualBox/KVM/Cloud VPS), VPS, Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+

CREATIVITY & OFFICE SUITES:

  • Adobe (Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere), Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Apache OpenOffice

COMMUNICATION & COLLABORATION:

  • Slack, Rocket.Chat, Multiple IM/VoIP platforms