About

Ramakrishnan G is a highly skilled software engineer with over 14 years of experience in the field. He is currently working at Arista Networks as a Software Engineer, where he specializes in Python programming with expertise in REST-based frameworks, multithreaded applications using green IO, event-driven applications, and distributed systems. Ramakrishnan is also an active open-source software contributor and has experience working on GNU/Linux system internals. Prior to his current role, Ramakrishnan worked at Hewlett Packard, where he made significant contributions to the Openstack Ironic project as an active contributor and core reviewer. He has designed and implemented the parallel deployment of bare metal hardware in Ironic using torrent and different drivers for HP Proliant hardware in Ironic, which enhances the security of bare metal systems in data centers by avoiding insecure protocols like PXE, TFTP. He has also developed pyremotebox python module and its upstream Ironic drivers to emulate VirtualBox as HP Proliant hardware to facilitate ease of testing. Ramakrishnan has a strong background in git/gerrit workflow and configuring CI for it using Jenkins. Ramakrishnan has prior programming experience in Java, Perl, and C, and has worked on various manageability solutions for HP-UX at Hewlett Packard. He has also worked on adding support for NPIV, Integrity vPars, and DIO Networking in CloudSystem Matrix and has fixed bugs and customer escalations in different components of CloudSystem Matrix. Overall, Ramakrishnan is a talented and experienced software engineer with a diverse skill set and a proven track record of success in the industry. His technical expertise in Python, Jenkins, Java, and other technologies make him a valuable asset to any team.