Denis Gladkikh
Co-Founder, Engineering at Outcold Solutions
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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SeniorDenis Gladkikh is a seasoned engineering leader and co-founder with 13 years building cloud-native observability and developer tools, currently running Outcold Solutions from Boulder, Colorado. He specializes in monitoring Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker, shipping Collectord—a container-native collector that enables log transformation, selective forwarding to reduce licensing costs, and fast setup for Splunk customers. Previously a Principal SDE at Splunk and an SDE at Microsoft and Stripe, Denis has deep experience in search, diagnostics, distributed systems and operational integrations. He is an active open-source contributor to the Moby/Docker ecosystem, notably enhancing the Splunk logging driver to support HEC, metadata configuration, compression and batching for production-scale logging. Known for blending product-focused engineering with systems-level rigor, he also has a track record of turning experimental images and scripts into officially adopted solutions. He brings a pragmatic, security-aware approach to observability and automation that helps teams get actionable visibility into container platforms quickly.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
English, Russian
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Github Skills (19)
container10
docker10
scripting10
splunk10
configuration-management10
bash10
dockers10
script10
go10
system-administration10
sh10
shell10
http9
automation9
automations9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
splunk/docker-splunk-legacy
Jul 2015 - Apr 2018
Docker Splunk *** LEGACY IMAGES - PLEASE SEE https://github.com/splunk/docker-splunk INSTEAD ***
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & System Architect
DevOps Engineer & System ArchitectContributions:90 commits, 17 PRs, 76 pushes in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Denis primarily worked on the `entrypoint.sh` scripts within the Docker images for Splunk, implementing changes related to how Splunk is started and stopped. The contributions focused on ensuring proper shutdown behavior, configuring forwarding servers, and enabling the use of environment variables for configuration, including license acceptance. They also refactored the scripts to fail on the first error, and added a `splunk-bash` command, demonstrating a focus on system configuration and automation.
docker-imagedockersplunk
moby/moby
Aug 2015 - Aug 2016
The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 8 PRs, 93 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Denis contributed to the `moby/moby` repository by implementing and enhancing the Splunk logging driver. Their work involved adding features like the ability to send logs to Splunk's HTTP Event Collector (HEC), enabling configurable metadata, and improving performance through compression and batching. They also added support for different log formats, enhancing the flexibility of the Splunk driver. The user's commits demonstrate a focus on integrating logging solutions within the container ecosystem.
containerscollaborative-projectgolangcontainer-ecosystemdocker
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