Vivek Kumar S.

Head of Design

India1 yr 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in Software Supply Chain Security and SBOM tooling.
Strong contributions to multiple open-source projects.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a skilled contributor in Open Source and Software Supply Chain Security.

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Skills

Core Skills

Open Source SoftwareSoftware Supply Chain SecurityCryptographySite Reliability EngineeringDevops

Other Skills

CLIsbomqsSBOMGo (Programming Language)PKICertificate AuthorityhashingEncryptiongolangSystem MonitoringGrafanaargocdLinux System AdministrationOperating SystemsKubernetes

About

I'm passionate about open-source software and to secure it actively contributing to improve the software supply chain security with a strong focus on SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) oss tooling at Interlynk. I contribute to and maintain several open-source projects like sbommv, sbomqs, and sbomasm, and stay actively involved in the broader SBOM community. I previously worked as a Junior SRE and Go developer at Obmondo , where I gained hands-on experience in infrastructure automation and backend development. Before that, I began my tech journey by contributing to CNCF projects like Kyverno, a Kubernetes-native policy engine, among others. So far, my path has been strongly oriented toward open source, which continues to be a central focus of my work. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 ?? In the next five years, I want to stay actively involved in software supply chain security. It’s a field that’s still growing, with many areas yet to be explored and plenty of real-world challenges to solve. That’s exactly what drives me— those challenges excites to get up from my bed to use the energy allocated for that day into solving these new challenges. At the end of the day, you become strong after tackling those challenges...

Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Total Experience

10 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 6 mos

Current Experience

Interlynk

2 roles

Open Source Community Lead

Promoted

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · Remote

I lead and maintain Interlynk's open-source SBOM tooling ecosystem, including sbomqs, sbomasm, and sbommv. Working across Go based CLI development, issues, features, new releases and community driven engagement in the software supply chain security space.

CLIOpen Source SoftwareSoftware Supply chain Security

Open Source Developer

Jun 2024 – Sep 2024 · 3 mos · Remote

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝖺 𝖮𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝖲𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖼𝖾 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝖲𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗐𝖺𝗋e. 𝖲𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖲𝖾𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝖥𝖺𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗌:
𝖨𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖭𝖳𝖨𝖠 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗆𝗎𝗆 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖲𝖡𝖮𝖬 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍.
𝖠𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖲𝖡𝖮𝖬𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖯𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖨𝖣𝗌/𝖿𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖣𝖾𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗒 𝖳𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄
𝖨𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖮𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖳𝖾𝗅𝖼𝗈 𝖲𝖡𝖮𝖬 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝖻𝗈𝗆𝗊𝗌.
𝖨𝗆𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖽𝖻 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗓𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗍.
𝖯𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗉𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝖽𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐𝗌, 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍.
𝖴𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝗌 (𝗀𝗈𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌, 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗅𝗌) 𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾.
𝖤𝗇𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝖽𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖺𝖻𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗁𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗓𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖠𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝟤𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗍.

Software Supply chain SecuritysbomqsCLISBOMOpen-Source SoftwareGo (Programming Language)+1

Sigstore

Open Source Contributor

Nov 2023 – Feb 2024 · 3 mos · United States · Remote

Sigstore is a suite of tools, including Cosign, Fulcio, and Rekor, built on cryptographic principles. Cosign signs software artifacts, Fulcio issues certificates, and Rekor provides a public log for verifying these certificates. To effectively contribute to Cosign, I had to acquire a solid foundation in cryptography, encompassing concepts like public and private keys, encryption, decryption, PKI, certificate authorities, hashing, and many more concepts. This knowledge was crucial for comprehending Cosign's core functionalities and enabled me to start contributing to the project. And then contributed to few issues and features of Cosign tool. Which helped me to understand project bit in more detail. The fun part I enjoyed the concept of Fulcio which issues a CA for 10 minutes and that where the concept of Keyless verification came. This removes the burden of storing private keys.

PKICertificate AuthorityhashingEncryptionCryptographygolang

Career break

Career transition

Aug 2023 – Oct 2023 · 2 mos · Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Enableit.dk

Site Reliability Engineer

Jan 2023 – Jul 2023 · 6 mos · Denmark · Remote

The company is responsible for managing customers' Linux servers and Kubernetes clusters. In my role, I have primarily worked as a Junior SRE and Golang Developer. The required technologies include Puppet, Linux, networking, Kubernetes, containers, Golang, troubleshooting, Prometheus, Grafana, GitOps, Argo CD, security policies, and more. One of the great aspects of working here is the opportunity to learn something new every day.

System MonitoringGrafanaargocdLinux System AdministrationOperating SystemsKubernetes+8

Cloud native computing foundation (cncf)

2 roles

Open Source Contributor

Promoted

Sep 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · United States · Remote

Contributed to CNCF projects such as Kyverno, KubeArmor, Kubernetes, etc.

YAMLKubernetespolicy as a codegolangOpen Source Software

Open Source Contributor

Jun 2021 – Sep 2021 · 3 mos · United States · Remote

Kyverno, which serves as a policy engine specifically designed for Kubernetes. During my internship at Nirmata, I had the opportunity to work on Kyverno, where I contributed by adding essential features, addressing bugs, writing policies, and creating test cases. Throughout this experience, I had the privilege of working under a mentor for three months, which proved to be an incredible learning opportunity. Even after the conclusion of my internship, I remained dedicated to continuing my contributions to the Kyverno project.
During my time at Kyverno, I gained valuable experience in various technologies, including Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, testing, YAML, and more. Additionally, I had the opportunity to develop important soft skills such as teamwork, effective communication, presenting ideas in meetings, and providing assistance to others within the team.

LinuxContainerOperating SystemsDebianYAMLGo (Programming Language)+3

Linuxworld informatics pvt ltd

2 roles

Training on Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD)

Jan 2021 – Mar 2021 · 2 mos

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)Operating SystemsAmazon Web Services (AWS)TroubleshootingSecure Shell (SSH)

Student Intern

Dec 2020 – May 2021 · 5 mos

This is where my tech journey started. With the help of a mentor, I learned about many different technologies, starting from Linux and even diving into the fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence. It was like exploring different fields of technology to get a feel for each one and deciding which one I loved the most.
Later, I made the decision to build my career in the field of cloud-native technologies, open source, and specifically focusing on Kubernetes. With that goal in mind, I took the next step and started contributing to open source projects.

Red Hat LinuxSecure Shell (SSH)