Nārāyaṇa Dās Harricharaṇ

• Immersive residential program
• Combining meditation, traditional scholarship, and community service
• Across multiple temples and monasteries throughout India
• Major subjects studied:
• Classical logic/epistemology, Vedic philosophy and psychology
• Sanskrit (foundational), Hindi, Ashtanga Yoga, Indian classical music
• Taught weekly classes in classical logic/epistemology and Vedic philosophy
• Mentored community members on personal development and wellbeing
• Maintained a disciplined routine
• Currently pursuing studies in Sanskrit

Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī (~2,500 years old) is an algorithmic masterpiece - an ancient, formally precise treatise on Sanskrit grammar that functions like a compiler. Its rule-based system encodes programming concepts such as classes, meta‑rules, scoping and inheritance.

• Handled ~1.2M requests per day
• Scaled and maintained PostgreSQL and Google Kubernetes Engine Cluster
• Managed entirely by the CTO and myself
• Enhanced our custom Python CI/CD tool with new features
• Contributed to Python automation scripts and internal tools
• Including a Python tool managing 70+ Git repositories
• Deployed and configured Grafana and Prometheus monitoring stack
• Planned and organized the DevOps roadmap
• Identified infrastructure weaknesses and implemented fixes
• Executed cost-optimization initiatives

• Authored Helm charts
• Implemented Prometheus & Grafana monitoring solution

• Migrated a LAMP-stack application from bare-metal servers to AWS

• Managed a fleet of 30+ Linux servers
• Provisioned, configured, and migrated servers
• Handled patching, backups, monitoring, and incident response
• Renewed and managed Let's Encrypt certificates
• Operated and maintained a CockroachDB cluster
• Implemented automation using Ansible, Bash, and Go
• Dockerized the staging environment
• Cost optimizations
• Provisioned and managed KVM virtual machines

• Hybrid role: DevOps and full-stack engineering
• One of three platform engineers for the project
• Project: Architected and built a highly available, end-to-end WordPress hosting platform
• Key Contributions:
• Built backend platform services and API's in TypeScript (unit tested)
• Architected a multi-environment system (dev, staging, production)
• Automated WordPress provisioning and lifecycle management
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows per environment
• Built high-availability infrastructure using Docker Swarm and GlusterFS
• Integrated platform services: DNS, TLS, backups, restores, databases
• Optimized and maintained Docker images
• Deployed and operated a high-availability internal GitLab
• Automated GitLab provisioning and configuration using Puppet
• Tested infrastructure automation with Vagrant
• Provisioned and managed cluster components using Ansible

• Deployed and maintained Linux servers
• Administrated MongoDB
• Managed AWS services and CI/CD pipelines
• Containerized staging using Alpine-based Docker images
• Built Bitbucket and Jenkins pipelines for the Docker staging environment
• Automated AWS Route53 CNAME creation
• Wrote init.d scripts and a Docker management script in Bash
• Integrated AWS CloudWatch metrics into Grafana dashboards
• Deployed private NPM registry

• Co-managed six OLX country sites across Africa
• olx.co.za alone was receiving millions of pageviews per day
• Maintained high-scale Linux servers, MySQL, Redis databases
• Deployed Sensu for monitoring and alerting
• Deployed ELK stack and created custom dashboards
• Automated SSH key provisioning and rotation using Ansible
• Bash and Ruby scripting

• Administered and maintained Ubuntu and Windows servers
• Managed AWS services: EC2, S3, Route 53
• MySQL database administration
• Deployed and configured game servers(CS:GO and TF2)
• Migrated game servers between Linux and Windows servers
• Tested game servers and software
• Deployed and configured UnrealIRC and Teamspeak
• Implemented game server web-panel TCAdmin
• Deployed and configured monitoring solutions (Pulseway and LibreNMS)
• DDOS mitigation with Bash, UFW, IPtables and Apache logs
• Wrote tutorials on how to use and manage game servers
• Bash scripting and SSL installation
• Client support and game tournament support
• Managed and trained a Junior Linux Systems Administrator

• Gained hands‑on experience with Debian Servers and RAID
• Training highlights:
• Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals (LPI Level 1)
• apt-get package management
• Apache web server deployment and configuration
• Postfix email server administration and mailflow troubleshooting
• Deploying and configuring web sites/panels and ISP config
• BASH, AWK, SED and REGEX Scripting
• DNS and configuring network interface cards

• Responded to all calls, e-mails and walk-in clients
• Service call outs for resolving hardware, software and end users problems
• Provided customer support for all issues relating to
• Windows/Apple computers, mobile devices, routers, hosting, e-mails, VOIP
• Created and updated support documentation