About

Vivekanand Poojari is a highly skilled Senior Principal Software Engineer with a focus on cyber security. With over 19 years of relevant experience, he has led teams of 6-7 developers in a dynamic and challenging environment. Vivekanand is passionate about driving product development from customer requirements to implementation, deployment, and troubleshooting customer issues. Currently, he is working on a container security product that works on Kubernetes and supports all major runtimes such as containerd, cri-o, docker, and openshift. Vivekanand has extensive experience in Kubernetes security and his language of choice is C/C++. He is proficient in platforms such as Linux and Windows and tools such as Valgrind, GDB, WinDbg, Git, and GTest. His HackerRank profile showcases his outstanding coding skills and his ability to solve complex problems. Vivekanand has worked for several companies, including Broadcom and Qualys, where he held the positions of Senior Principal Software Engineer and Principal Software Engineer. At Qualys, he was responsible for the development of the Container Security solution, a container scanning solution targeted at Kubernetes workloads. He managed feature development across the team, performed hands-on development, mentored juniors, performed code reviews, and handled customer escalations. During his tenure, he enhanced the product to support multiple new platforms such as containerd and crio. He was also responsible for the development of the Docker-based Policy compliance scanning solution. Vivekanand holds a BE degree in Computers from Mumbai University. He is proficient in software engineering, Kubernetes, Docker, and C. Vivekanand is a hands-on technical lead who is passionate about cyber security and product development. He is a valuable asset to any team and is always eager to take on new challenges.