Hi, I am Daman
Building reliable infrastructure and shipping software. I obsess over clean deploys and the details in between.
About
- DevOps & Cloud engineer focused on Kubernetes, CI/CD and production reliability — currently a DevOps Consultant at Airev (UAE).
- Shipped on-prem deployments in collaboration with Intel, Supermicro and Tenstorrent, and maintained production Kubernetes clusters with high availability.
- Drove SOC 2 compliance via Vanta with automated evidence collection and continuous monitoring, and reduced annual cloud spend by $500k+ while raising the security score by 60%.
- Comfortable across the stack — Golang and Next.js services, plus the infra that runs them (Terraform, Helm, GitOps, Docker).
- Final-year B.Tech at NIT Jalandhar. AIR 23 in LeetCode Weekly Contest 368 and a Rank 1 hackathon finish.
Stack & Tooling
Experience
DevOps Consultant · Airev
Apr 2025 — Present- Developed and maintained Helm charts for product deployments, streamlining Kubernetes application management and version control.
- Collaborated with Intel, Supermicro and Tenstorrent for on-premises deployments, ensuring seamless integration and performance.
- Managed production Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Achieved SOC 2 compliance through Vanta — security controls, automated evidence collection and continuous monitoring.
DevOps Intern · Airev
Jun 2024 — Mar 2025- Reduced annual cloud expenses by over $500,000 while improving the overall security score by 60%.
- Identified and remediated critical vulnerabilities across container images, VMs and Kubernetes clusters.
- Automated tasks via a CI/CD pipeline, cutting update time by 40% and setting up automated deployments.
SDE Intern · Hirebound.io
Jan 2024 — Jun 2024- Developed internal tools using IMAP and integrated them into the infrastructure.
- Implemented observability and monitoring using SigNoz to improve system performance and reliability.
Software Developer Intern · Granular AI
Sep 2023 — Dec 2023- Analyzed, designed and scoped coding requirements against the overall product architecture — achieved a 40% improvement in website performance.
- Implemented authentication in Next.js to enhance user security and access control.
Projects
Foodify.ai
Snap a photo of a product and get a verdict based on your health history and FSSAI guidelines. Shipped with a full CI/CD pipeline deploying to Vultr via GitHub Actions and Docker.
Transcode Master
A server-side video transcoding service that converts videos up to 2160p across multiple resolutions using FFMPEG, with AWS S3 for storage.
Achievements & Education
- Secured Rank 1 in the Pixel Perfect hackathon, competing against 200+ participants.
- Runner-up in the On-Demand (Airev) Hackathon with 150+ participants.
- Achieved All India Rank 23 in LeetCode Weekly Contest 368.
Blogs
gRPC: For High-Performance Microservices Communication
gRPC is a high-performance, open-source RPC framework from Google. A deep dive into how it powers fast, type-safe service-to-service communication.
Mastering Kubernetes Health Checks: Liveness, Readiness, and Keeping Your Pods Resilient
Even the best systems need safeguards. A practical guide to liveness and readiness probes for keeping Kubernetes pods reliable.
Talks
Let's connect
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