Goutham Kannan
Senior Software Engineer 2 at MX
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGoutham Kannan is a seasoned software engineer based in Salt Lake City with about a decade of experience delivering secure, scalable systems in OTT streaming and aerospace domains. He specializes in Python, Go, and Rust, with deep expertise in containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes-centric deployments. At Sling TV, he enhanced video playback authorization with JWT in Rust and helped scale DRM services across Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady, while automating releases with Jenkins and Salt. At MX, he designed a secret-management framework, Kubernetes-native tooling, and GitOps-ready infrastructure using Open Policy Agent and Rego to reinforce security and compliance. He holds an MS in Computer Science from IIT and a BTech from Amrita, bringing rigorous engineering discipline and a security-by-design mindset to delivering reliable, production-grade software.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Software Engineering at Amrita Vishwa vidyapeethamMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science, 3.625, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science, 3.625 at Illinois Institute of Technology
English, Tamil
Github Skills (46)
color-scheme10
portable9
conemu9
command-line9
mintty9
ssh-agent9
cmder9
shell9
powershell9
c-plus-plus8
windows8
console8
infrastructure7
python7
iot6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
goutkannan/HackerRank
Jul 2016 - Jan 2022
Contributions:76 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
goutkannan/Trend-Analysis
Jan 2016 - May 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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