Shivank G.

Software Engineer

Delhi, India5 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Experienced in Linux Kernel Development and Memory Management.
Completed multiple Google Summer of Code projects at FreeBSD.
Strong background in Embedded Systems and Open Source contributions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-focused Software Engineer with expertise in Linux Kernel and Embedded Systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

Linux KernelMemory ManagementEmbedded LinuxProject ManagementResearchKernel ProgrammingSystem SecurityFile SystemsEmbedded SystemsIotRoboticsLeadership

Other Skills

VirtualizationKernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)C (Programming Language)Patch ManagementOperating SystemsAlgorithmsOpen-Source SoftwareData StructuresLinuxQEMUC++Digital Signal ProcessingAudio System DesignTeam ManagementComputer Science

About

I'm software engineer at AMD. I'm interested in Computer systems and FOSS operating systems (GNU/Linux and FreeBSD). I completed my B.Tech + M.Tech in Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur. I've past working experience with Qualcomm, Intel Labs and Samsung. I completed GSoC'19 and GSoC'20 at FreeBSD. I like memes, music and gardening.

Experience

5 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 11 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Amd

Sr. Software System Designer

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Linux Kernel Development - Mostly Memory Management, with a little bit of Virtualization.

Memory ManagementVirtualizationKernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)C (Programming Language)Linux KernelPatch Management+8

Qualcomm

Software Engineer

Jul 2021 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

C (Programming Language)Project ManagementC++Digital Signal ProcessingAudio System DesignTeam Management+12

Intel labs

Research Intern

Oct 2020 – Jun 2021 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

C (Programming Language)Linux KernelKernel ProgrammingLinuxResearchMemory Management

Freebsd

2 roles

Google Summer of Code'20

May 2020 – Aug 2020 · 3 mos

Add Audit(4) support to NFS in FreeBSD
Mentored by Alan Somers
Project Wiki: https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2020Projects/AddAuditSupportToNFS
Designed and implemented support for event audit in NFS for advanced security to meet requirements of CC/CAPP evaluation
It permits sysadmin to have selective, fine-graded and, configurable logging for monitoring all NFS activities within the network
Used libnfs low-level library and ATF-Kyua framework to write the NFSAuditTestSuite for unit-testing each NFS audit event

C (Programming Language)Kernel ProgrammingFile SystemsFreeBSDSystem Security

Google Summer of Code'19

May 2019 – Aug 2019 · 3 mos

MAC Policy on IP addresses in FreeBSD jails: mac_ipacl
Mentored by Bjoern A. Zeeb
Project Wiki: https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2019Projects/MACPolicyIPAddressJail
With the introduction of VNET(9) in FreeBSD, Jails are free to set their IP addresses.
However, this privilege may need to be limited by the host as per its need for multiple security reasons.
This project used mac(9) for an access control framework to impose restrictions on FreeBSD jails according to rules defined by the root of the host using sysctl(8). It involved the development of a dynamically loadable kernel module(mac_ipacl) based on The TrustedBSD MAC Framework to restrict network stack privileges of VNET jails.
This project allows the root of the host to define the policy rules to limit a jail to a set of IP(v4 or v6) addresses and/or subnets with the flexibility of choosing the network interface for each rule.
The TestSuite for the mac_ipacl module is developed with ATF and Kyua framework and a man page - mac_ipacl(4) is written as part of this project.

C (Programming Language)Kernel ProgrammingFreeBSDSystem SecurityVirtualization