My Resumé
An engineer who loves fiddling around with machines. While scripting for a few well-known tech-journals, he also is the only Indian core developer to QCubed, a framework which has been used by Chess.com, Stanford School of Medicine and NASA. Loves Linux and is a strong admirer of Osho and Apple.
Work experience
Cisco (via Avesta Computers): 2019-2020
Senior Devops Engineer
- Created and maintained HA Kubernetes clusters for Cisco’s Software Delivery Platform (SDP) – using Kops and Kubespray on AWS and OpenStack
- Worked on backup and restore of etcd data for Kubernetes masters
- Wrote helm charts to backup and restore Docker Registry and Kubernetes Config data; used Velero for backup and restore of clusters
- Troubleshooting for issues with apps on clusters, building makefiles for setting up cluster components
ZoomTail: 2018-2019
Senior Fullstack Developer/Devops Engineer
- Implemented core services for company in Golang, Java (Spring) and Ruby on Rails (RoR)
- Worked with AWS (S3, EC2, Kinesis, Route53, RDS, ElastiCache)
- Implemented Kong API Gateway
- Monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana; logging using ELK stack
Maya/Plackal Tech: 2017-2018
Backend Developer/Devops Engineer
- Implemented various RESTful APIs for the award-winning app
- Setup the rich-text email templating system in VueJS and Rails
- Setup the automated translation management using Google Sheets API
- Created email bounce & spam feedback system using AWS SES and SNS
Actozen.com: 2014-2017
Co-Founder/CTO
- Created the entire website initially, with appointment booking and management system facing both doctors and patients – was one of the first such platforms in India
- Led the development and maintenance of entire system throughout the product lifetime
- Worked on API creation and consumption for Zena (mobile application), backend middleware, payment gateway integration etc.
- Built a homegrown CI/CD system
- Build a Slack Bot for easy management of the content and operations from anyone on the team with proper rights
C-Integration.com: 2011-2012
Creator
- Created the entire website (frontend and backend) and became the core developer of QCubed in the process
- Featured a blog and forum with ability to attach specific blog posts and discussions to a product to help find topics related to a particular product
- Users could build a virtual PC with hardware config compatibility checks
- Retailers could manage and showcase their store on the platform
As a Tech Writer
CHIP Magazine: 2006
Contributing Writer
- Article on Myths About Linux
- Tips and Tricks related to Windows XP
Digit Magazine: 2011-2016
Contributing Writer
- Wrote complete FastTrack on Ubuntu Linux (June 2011) and Virtualization (April 2012)
- Wrote Tips and Tricks related to Linux and Windows (various topics) and articles on Web Security, Distro Hopping + Live Multibooting, Future of Operating Systems across various issues
- Co-authored FastTracks on multiple topics: E-Commerce, Cyber Crime, Windows 8, Augmented Reality, Cryptography, SoCs etc.
OpenSource for You: 2012
Contributing Writer
- Wrote a series on Rapid Web Application Development
- Wrote multiple articles on Data Storage Systems and AMP on Windows
Proficiency
Programming Languages
- GoLang
- Java (Spring/Hibernate)
- Ruby / Ruby-on-Rails
- PHP
- Swift 5
- Javascript (Vanilla, jQuery, VueJS)
- HTML5 / CSS3
- Shell (ZSH & Bash)
Technologies
- AWS - EC2, S3, SES, SNS, Route53, Kinesis, RDS, ElastiCache
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Overall Linux Administration
Databases
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
Can handle MySQL and MongoDB as well.
Others
- Git
- Git based project management systems (GitHub, Bitbucket, Gitlab etc.)
- Nginx / Apache
- Most IDEs
Education
- VTU / B.E. in Information Science (Dropped out)
- CBSE / Class 12th – Science Stream
- CBSE / Class 10th
Miscellaneous
Achievements
- Has been featured in YourStory.com (under Techie Tuesdays)
- All India Rank 3 in AFCEH Ethical Hacking Exam
Work
- Supplied question papers on contract basis to a technology website (Techulator.com) for various certification exams like 70-680, 70-687, 77-881, 77-882 and 70-642
- Created a script to automatically compile a Linux based OS from scratch
- Attempted porting PostgreSQL’s (v 9.1) execution engine to CUDA