Nivathan Athiganoor Somasundharam

Nivathan Athiganoor Somasundharam has extensive work experience in the field of DevOps and infrastructure engineering. They are currently working as a Sr. Implementation Engineer - DevSecOps at Teleport, a platform that provides secure access to infrastructure. Prior to this, Nivathan worked as a Software Engineer, Infrastructure at Flexport and as a Senior DevOps Engineer at VMware. They also have experience as a DevOps Engineer, focusing on Kubernetes, at 8x8 and Cradlepoint. Throughout their career, Nivathan has been involved in designing and developing cloud infrastructure, implementing Kubernetes infrastructure, and using tools such as KOPS, Terraform, and Helm Charts.

Nivathan Athiganoor Somasundharam has a diverse education history spanning across multiple institutions and fields of study. Starting in 2020, they obtained a Certificate in Product Management from Product School. Prior to that, they pursued a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science at Texas A&M University and completed a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Information Technology at Anna University.

Additionally, Nivathan has acquired various certifications to enhance their skills and knowledge. In 2020, they obtained the Product Manager Certificate from Product School. Nivathan also holds certifications such as "Developer - Beginner Linux Containers" from Docker, Inc, "AWS Certified Developer - Associate" and "AWS Certified SysOps - Associate" from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Furthermore, they obtained the "AWS Certified Solutions Architect \u2013 Associate" certification in 2023. Nivathan has also achieved the "AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate" certification from Amazon Web Services in 2017.

Lastly, they have two pending certifications, namely "Certified Kubernetes Administrator" from CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] and "HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate" from HashiCorp.