Meaghan Kjelland
Software Engineer at Google
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMeaghan Kjelland is a software engineer with nine years of experience focused on cloud-native infrastructure and Kubernetes at Google Cloud Platform. She builds and automates GCP infrastructure for Cluster API, specializing in service account management, firewall rules, storage class configuration, and ingress integration to make cluster lifecycle operations reproducible and secure. Prior roles at Redfin include hands-on development and a stint as a software development manager, giving her both technical depth and team leadership experience. Based in Seattle, she combines strong infrastructure-as-code practices with practical operational instincts, and her sustained contributions to prominent Kubernetes SIG projects reflect a commitment to production-grade open-source tooling.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of Washington
English
Github Skills (15)
kubernetes10
cluster-api10
automation10
automations10
cloud-infrastructure10
go10
service-account10
devops10
terraform10
kubernetes-pods10
gcp10
firewall-rules9
terraformer7
docker4
dockers4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api
May 2018 - Jul 2018
Home for Cluster API, a subproject of sig-cluster-lifecycle
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:23 commits, 14 PRs, 1 push in 2 months
Contributions summary:Meaghan contributed to the development and maintenance of core infrastructure components within the Cluster API project, specifically focusing on GCE cloud provider integration. Their work included implementing service account management, including creation, deletion, and permission assignments for master, worker, and machine controller roles. Additionally, the user added firewall rules to manage cluster internal and API server traffic, contributing towards automating cluster lifecycle management.
apilifecyclesubprojectcluster-apisig
kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-gcp
May 2018 - Jun 2018
The GCP provider implementation for Cluster API
Role in this project:Cloud Engineer / DevOps Engineer
Cloud Engineer / DevOps EngineerContributions:17 commits, 1 issue in 1 month
Contributions summary:Meaghan's commits primarily revolve around implementing and managing infrastructure and service accounts within the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for the Kubernetes Cluster API provider. They focused on creating service accounts with appropriate permissions for master and worker nodes, and the ingress controller. The contributions include setting up firewall rules, configuring default storage classes, and integrating the ingress controller, which are core components for cluster deployment and management. The user demonstrates a strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles through the automation of these tasks.
gcpapiprovidergoogle-cloud-platformcluster-api
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