SRE & OSS developer with expertise in Linux orchestration, networking, and security. Operating bare-metal and public cloud compute clusters. Work best in single-pizza sized teams.

Skills

Linux

Expert
  • SRE
  • Distro Development
  • Kernel Module Development
  • eBPF
  • Systemd
  • Networking

Networking

Expert
  • IPv6
  • HTTP3
  • Wireguard
  • Firewalls
  • Container Networking
  • Flannel

Containerisation

Expert
  • OCI
  • Podman
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • LXC/LXD
  • Firecracker VMM
  • gVisor

Programming Languages

Expert
  • Go
  • Python
  • C++
  • ECMAScript
  • Typescript
  • Java
  • Elm
  • BASH

Databases

Expert
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQlite
  • MySQL
  • Amazon Dynamodb
  • Redis
  • Memcache
  • Apache Cassandra

Devops

Expert
  • CI/CD
  • Git
  • GitHub Actions
  • Open Telemetry
  • Prometheus
  • Jenkins

Work Experience (7)

Apr 2025 - Current
System Reliability Engineer
Triton One
 Remote https://triton.one
SRE & Linux Engineer
0
Jan 2020 - Mar 2025
Staff Engineer
Qube Cinema Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
 Remote https://www.qubecinema.com
Lead Linux Appliance OS development and Fleet Orchestration for an Edge Network of Theatre Appliances across 55 countries.
  • Migrated from in-house Linux Appliance Orchestration to CNCF backed open-source tools like Rancher & K3s.
  • Moved from building and deploying a custom Linux distribution in-house to working with Fedora Core OS as the OS for the Fleet.
  • Extensive tooling and automation upgrades throughtout greatly improving developer velocity and platform reliability.
Jul 2018 - Dec 2019
Senior Software Engineer
Flatirons Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
 Chennai, IN https://www.flatironssolutions.com/
Full-stack developer working on Desktop, Web and Mobile applications deployed in Aviation Maintenance contexts.
  • Worked on legacy C++, ASP.NET, Java 7 and JavaScript codebases with ease.
  • Optimised Android Mobile applications written in AngularJS and Cordova.
  • Automated developer environments. For example, brought the setup time of a Windows XP based offline environment from 4 hours to 10 minutes.
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Software Engineer
AnimApp (RTBI Incubated)
 Chennai, IN https://www.animapp.care
Incubated by the IIT RTBI Incubation Cell & developed a veterinary care and patient management platform.
  • Web based veterinary care platform written in Angular and Python.
  • Backend infrastructure deployed on Google Cloud GKE.
  • Cross-platform Mobile application based on React Native.
Jul 2016 - Dec 2016
Software Engineer
Pickle Internet Pvt. Ltd.
 Chennai, IN https://ferryapp.io
Incubated by the IIT RTBI Incubation Cell & developed a veterinary care and patient management platform.
  • Web based veterinary care platform written in Angular and Python.
  • Backend infrastructure deployed on Google Cloud GKE.
  • Cross-platform Mobile application based on React Native.
Jan 2016 - Jun 2016
Product Development Engineer
Influx Integrated Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
 Chennai, IN https://www.influxworldwide.com/
Created embedded personalised exhibition experiences using Raspberry Pi-based kiosks and Arduino based human input devices.
  • Built a custom-built side-by-side cycle racing kiosk to promote the launch f a new TI Cycles product.
  • Developed, proposed, and built an electronic 'Rewards for Trash' system to encouraging recycling along Marina Beach Chennai.
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
Web Developer
Consultant
 Chennai, IN
Freelance consultant web developer designing Wordpress websites, Wordpress themes, Python web applications, and static portfolio sites.
  • Designed a new portfolio website and Careers application for Datalogics India, Pvt. Ltd.
  • Deployed a new e-commerce website for Aum Gifts Chennai, Pvt. Ltd.
  • Created a portfolio and showcase website for GBR Metals Pvt. Ltd.

Projects (8)

HT32 Panel
 https://github.com/ananthb/ht32-panel0
Control software for ht32 based LCD screens found on some mini PCs.
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Starla
 https://github.com/ananthb/starla0
Unofficial RIPE Atlas Software Probe in Rust.
0
systemd-cri
 https://github.com/ananthb/systemd-cri0
A container runtime implementation backed by systemd.
0
nomad-driver-cri
 https://github.com/ananthb/nomad-driver-cri0
Nomad task driver plugin that uses CRI compatible container runtimes.
0
xenomorph
 https://github.com/ananthb/xenomorph0
pivot_root a running Linux userland into a new rootfs.
0
Chonker
 https://github.com/ananthb/chonker0
Download large files in parallel chunks in Go.
0
DHCPv4 Option 121 Calculator
Oct 2024 - Dec 2024
 https://dhcp-121.coredump.blog
Utility website for calculating DHCPv4 Option 121 values.
UTS QR Code Generator
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
 https://uts-qr.coredump.blog
Generate ticket booking QR codes similar to the ones found in the UTS Mobile app.

Education (1)

2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Technology
 Computer Science Engineering
SRM Institute of Science & Technology
  • Computer Science Engineering

Languages

English

Native speaker

Tamil

Native speaker

Interests

Programming Languages

  • Rust
  • Zig
  • Ruby
  • HTML
  • Haskell
  • Nix
  • CSS
  • SCSS
  • Dhall
  • Elm
  • BASH
  • Fish
  • Nu
  • OSH
  • Yaml
  • TOML
  • JSON
  • JSONSchema

Linux Distros

  • Arch Linux Tester
  • Fedora Core OS Tester
  • NixOS User

Embedded Development

  • Arduino
  • ESP32
  • AVR
  • Raspberry Pi Pico
  • Pigweed
  • MicroPython

OSS

  • Podman
  • Go
  • OCI
  • Asahi
  • Arch Linux AUR

Performing Arts

  • Theater Actor
  • Singer
  • Guitarist