Amir Pakdel
Conseiller Senior Expert Sécurité Cloud, Secteur Sécurité at National Bank of Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolAmir Pakdel is a senior cloud security expert and systems engineer with 16 years of experience building and hardening large-scale UNIX/Linux and HP-UX infrastructures. Currently advising National Bank of Canada on cloud security, he combines deep system administration, backup and database expertise with hands-on automation and monitoring skills. His background includes kernel tuning, clustering and designing resilient backup and authentication systems for high-availability banking and telecom environments. A longtime open-source contributor, Amir has improved password manager KeePassX and extended SaltStack’s MSSQL module to better manage database roles and logins, showing a knack for practical, backend-focused fixes. He is fluent in Perl, Bash and multiple compiled languages, and often bridges operations and development by automating repetitive tasks and integrating monitoring and deployment tooling. Notably, his career began in embedded Linux and evolved into leading R&D and infrastructure teams that delivered sites handling millions of hits per hour.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Mofid HighschoolB.Sc., Metallurgy Engineering, B.Sc., Metallurgy Engineering at University of TehranCVM Francisation
English, French, Persian, turkish (azeri)
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Github Skills (28)
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qt10
python10
eclipse-plugin10
configuration-management10
database-administration10
refactor10
java10
javas10
sql10
mssql10
infrastructure-as-code10
refactoring10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
eclipse-color-theme/eclipse-color-theme
Jan 2013 - Jun 2013
Color themes for Eclipse
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Amir primarily worked on enhancing the Eclipse Color Theme project's color theme mapping functionality. Their contributions include adding default background color settings, promoting these settings to a parent class, and incorporating support for the E4 CSS editor. Furthermore, the user implemented an option to force all background colors to the theme's default, adding a new preference setting. They also made indentation and code cleanup changes, improving overall code consistency and maintainability.
color-themeseclipse-plugindark-themeeclipsethemes
saltstack/salt
Dec 2013 - Apr 2018
Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:55 commits, 14 PRs, 26 comments in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Amir primarily contributed to the `mssql` module, focusing on extending its functionality for managing MS SQL Server components. Their commits include the implementation of features such as database role and login management, encompassing creation, removal, and checking for existence of these entities. The changes involve modifying existing functions and adding new ones to interact with the MS SQL server, thus enhancing SaltStack's capabilities for database configuration and management. The changes add to the overall functionality of the saltstack project with the implementation of new database functionalities.
pythonzeromqevent-streaminfrastructure-managementcloud-providers
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