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Gaurav Kumar

Lead Cloud Engineer | Rust, Kubernetes, Confidential Computing

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering (2019) | IIT Kanpur

About Me

I am a passionate software engineer with experience building secure and scalable backend systems, specializing in Rust, Kubernetes, and confidential computing. At Fortanix and Citrix, I've led development across cloud-native services, confidential data pipelines, and AI-integrated systems. I'm deeply focused on designing resilient microservices and solving hard security problems in cloud infrastructure.

Skills & Technologies

Rust
5+ years
Go
3+ years
C++
3+ years
Python
2+ years
Kubernetes
6+ years
Docker
6+ years
Helm
5+ years
Azure
4+ years
AWS
3+ years
GCP
2+ years
Prompt Engineering
2+ years
RAG Systems
2+ years
Vector Databases
2+ years
Qdrant
2+ years
Redis
2+ years
Confidential Computing
3+ years
Grafana
2+ years
Splunk
2+ years

Featured Projects

QA AI – Test Case Generation

Advanced test case generation system using LLM integration with Selenium automation. Streamlines quality assurance processes through intelligent test scenario creation.

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Fortanix CCM Platform

Confidential Computing SaaS Platform enabling secure cloud workloads with hardware-based attestation. Built with Rust and Kubernetes for enterprise-scale deployments.

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Confidential RAG Pipeline

Secure LLM integration pipeline with hardware attestation ensuring data confidentiality throughout the retrieval-augmented generation process.

Kubernetes Secret Plugin

Custom Kubernetes plugin for encrypted etcd storage via Data Security Manager (DSM). Enhances cluster security through hardware-backed encryption.

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