I help engineering teams bridge the gap between off-the-shelf open-source tools and enterprise-grade requirements.
Whether it’s building custom OpenTelemetry processors or augmenting infrastructure with Apache Kafka, I provide the specialized expertise needed to make your data observable by design. I help organizations scale complex backend systems without sacrificing reliability. My focus is on automating the boring stuff and developing the custom backend tools that allow engineering teams to move faster with full visibility.
Apr 2026 -
Remote
Consulting and Freelance work focussed in the areas:
Jan 2020 - Nov 2025
Remote
Architected and Engineered solutions in the areas:
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Remote
Consulting work focussed in the areas:
Jun 2011 - Sep 2018
Remote
Architected and Engineered solutions in the areas:
- Sep 2011
Varying Locations
Engineered a custom distribution of AzCopy by embedding OpenTelemetry (OTel) instrumentation; enabled fine-grained, high-cardinality telemetry to provide real-time visualization of data egress and throughput performance.
Architected a specialized Go-based OTel receiver to eliminate visibility gaps in file-based data streams; successfully transformed unstructured local file-system events into actionable, high-cardinality telemetry for centralized monitoring.
Developed a custom PKCS12 keystore management utility in Go, extending standard cryptographic formats with an integrated metadata layer for automated certificate provenance and asset versioning.
Architected a standalone Spring Boot observability bridge to instrument Java-based infrastructure; leveraged Micrometer to synthesize high-fidelity metrics from Kafka clusters, standardizing data ingestion into centralized OpenTelemetry pipelines.
Re-engineered a high-capacity Spring Batch tool to orchestrate the migration of large-scale image repositories to the cloud; implemented custom readers and writers to ensure transactional integrity and optimized ingestion throughput.
Architected and deployed decentralized prototypes on MicroK8s to evaluate Blockchain Anchoring strategies; successfully demonstrated the feasibility of utilizing distributed ledgers for high-frequency data validation.
Researched and evaluated usecases for adaption of Blockchain in energy distribution.
Developed tools for Infrastructure engineering and automation tasks using suitable languages including Go, Python, Java, C, and Linux based scripting.
Led the development of a GKS-based Geospatial Modeling application; implemented Delaunay Triangulation algorithms to perform high-precision volumetric analysis of underwater silt deposits by translating raw bathymetric data into precise under water silt-volume computations, and providing the technical foundation for contract billing and dredging logistics.
This specialization includes four courses and cover a range of essential topics:
The course requires completing a project. It covers:
University at Buffalo, SUNY (Coursera)Spring 2019 Blockchain Platforms | ||||
University at Buffalo, SUNY (Coursera)Spring 2019 Decentralized Applications | ||||
University at Buffalo, SUNY (Coursera)Spring 2019 Smart Contracts | ||||
University at Buffalo, SUNY (Coursera)Spring 2019 Blockchain Basics | ||||
Harvard Extension SchoolFall 2016 Virtual Machines Internals (JVM) (CSCI E-98) | ||||
Harvard Extension SchoolSpring 2016 Fundamentals of Website Development (CSCI E-12) | ||||
Harvard Extension SchoolFall 2015 Cloud Computing (CSCI E-90) | ||||
Harvard Extension SchoolFall 2014 Network Architecture and Protocols (CSCI E-40) |