#set page(paper: "us-letter", columns: 2)

#set document(title: [
  Kumar Damani
])

#let results = json("ci.json")

#set page(
  header: align(right + horizon)[
    #set par(leading: 0.4em)
    Updated #results.date \
    #link(results.link)[Logs] for nerds!
  ],
)


#show link: set text(fill: blue, weight: 700)
#show link: underline

#place(
  top + center,
  float: true,
  scope: "parent",
  clearance: 2em,
)[
  #title()
]

= Basic Info

#grid(
  columns: (auto, 1fr),
  column-gutter: 0.6em,
  row-gutter: 0.4em,
  [*email*], [#link("mailto:me@kumardamani.net")],
  [*blog*], [#link("https://kumardamani.net")[kumardamani.net]],
  [*git*], [#link("https://git.kumardamani.net")[git.kumardamani.net]],
)

= Highlights

#let jobref(job) = text(size: 0.85em, fill: gray)[@~#job]

- Established GitOps as a means of auditable, reproducible,
  transparent changes by implementing the
  #link("https://github.com/akuity/rendered-manifest-pattern/tree/main")[rendered manifests]
  pattern with change management for compliant deployments for our Constellation
  Management software.~#jobref[Kepler]
- Led enterprise-wide adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC),
  standardizing deployment workflows and infrastructure management across
  on-prem, and hybrid environments.~#jobref[Kepler]
- Developed and maintained a critical internal-tool
  responsible for lab inventory management, configuration,
  resource allocation (aka. the
  #link("https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dga/papers/ntm-tridentcom2010.pdf")[Testbed Mapping Problem])
  to facilitate hardware test automation.~#jobref[Kepler]
- Implemented a self-service infrastructure model that
  significantly improved development, and QA experience in a
  microservice architecture.~#jobref[Illumin]
- Supported multi-region, high-volume production systems handling 1B+
  requests per day requiring sub-30ms latency, while delivering
  reliable, robust deployments.~#jobref[Illumin]

= Experience

#let exp(dates, title, company, location, industry, url: none) = {
  block(breakable: false)[
    #set par(leading: 0.4em)
    *#title*#h(1fr)#text(fill: gray)[#dates] \
    #if url != none { link(url)[#company] } else { company } \
    #location \
    #text(size: 0.85em, fill: gray)[#industry]
  ]
  v(0.9em)
}

#exp(
  "2020-Now",
  "Platform Lead",
  "Kepler Communications",
  "Toronto, Canada",
  "Industry: Space Internet Communications",
  url: "https://kepler.space",
)

#exp(
  "2019-2020",
  "DevOps Engineer",
  "Illumin (formerly AcuityAds)",
  "Toronto, Canada",
  "Industry: Ad Tech",
  url: "https://illumin.com",
)

#exp(
  "2016-2017",
  "Full Stack Engineer",
  "Achiga (formerly WebCanada)",
  "Toronto, Canada",
  "Industry: Web Development",
  url: "https://achiga.io",
)

= Instituions

#let edu(year, degree, school, focus: none) = {
  let rows = (
    [*#degree*],
    text(fill: gray)[#year],
    grid.cell(colspan: 2)[#school],
  )
  if focus != none {
    rows.push(grid.cell(colspan: 2)[#text(size: 0.85em, fill: gray)[#focus]])
  }
  block(breakable: false)[
    #set par(leading: 0.4em)
    #grid(
      columns: (1fr, auto),
      row-gutter: 0.4em,
      ..rows,
    )
  ]
  v(0.9em)
}

#edu(
  "2019",
  "Hon. Bach. of Science in Computer Science",
  "University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada",
  focus: "w/ focus in Natural Language Processing.",
)

#edu(
  "2021",
  "ITIL 4 Foundation",
  "Axelos",
)

= Languages & Technologies

#grid(
  columns: (auto, 1fr),
  column-gutter: 0.6em,
  row-gutter: 0.6em,
  [*Programming*], [Python, TypeScript, Go],
  [*IaC*], [Nix, Ansible, Terraform],
  [*CI/CD*], [ArgoCD, Gitlab CI, Github],
  [*Containers*], [Kubernetes, Docker Compose, LXC],
  [*Cloud*], [AWS, Vultr, DigitalOcean],
  [*VMs*], [Proxmox, Vagrant, Openstack],
  [*Monitoring*], [Grafana, Prometheus, InfluxDB],
  [*Logs*], [VictoriaLogs, ELK, Loki],
  [*Web Dev*], [FastAPI + React, Django, PHP Zend],
  [*Mobile*], [React-Native, Expo],
  [*Networking*], [Arista, Mikrotik, OpenWRT],
  [*Security*], [HashiCorp Vault, Infisical],
)

= Hobbies

Dad, home-labbing, Nix, blogging,
distro-hopping, nba, photography, memes.

= References

Email me with your interests in me and I’ll refer you to
someone who can vouch for me or defame me, depending
on what you want.