Software Engineer & NetDevOps Architect
Maritime systems, distributed workers, Nautobot IPAM automation, telemetry pipelines (Telegraf, InfluxDB, Grafana).
Built FlexNet (Python SIGTRAN protocol generator) & MyCrypt (secure communication PWA, Rails, Asterisk PBX).
Software Engineering & Green IT. Master thesis in software systems and anomaly detection.
Dataingeniør degree: algorithms, networking, databases, and distributed systems.
Software Engineer holding an M.Sc. in Computer Science (Software Engineering & Green IT) from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from NTNU Ålesund. 6+ years of professional experience architecting distributed backend services, NetDevOps network automation, cloud-native infrastructure, and modern web applications. Well versed in modern Agentic Workflows, agent test harnesses, and automated developer tooling. Passionate about resilient systems, automation, clean APIs, and cutting-edge engineering.
Engineering mission-critical communication and maritime digital solutions. Developing distributed backend worker services, building network source-of-truth automation (Nautobot IPAM), automating network hardware APIs (Fortinet, Cisco), telemetry pipelines (Telegraf, InfluxDB, Grafana), and implementing agentic developer workflows.
Key engineer on FlexNet, a VVLR mobile telecom service generating SIGTRAN protocol messages in Python with PyCrate. Architected and developed MyCrypt, a secure encrypted VoIP communication PWA built with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Asterisk PBX, OpenVPN, and WebSockets.
Guided and mentored computer science students in software engineering principles, algorithm design, and project coursework.
Contributed to maritime simulation systems, 3D simulation software, and real-time graphics applications.
Dual degree specializing in Software Engineering and Green IT. In-depth focus on distributed systems, large-scale software architectures, anomaly detection, and energy-efficient computing.
Dataingeniør degree with core curriculum in software development, data structures and algorithms, network engineering, operating systems, and database systems.
Open-source community maritime portal developed for the local boat association in Vikebukt, Møre og Romsdal. Built with modern containerized PHP 8.5 and responsive mobile architecture.
View on GitHub (vsbf_php) →Web application designed for coordinating student internship placements, company connections, and academic mentor advisory workflows.
View on GitHub (InternshipAdvisor) →Personal resume and interactive portfolio platform hosted zero-cost on GitHub Pages with custom domain SSL, interactive landing games, and dual view modes.
View on GitHub (gohovd.github.io) →