Mitesh Shah
Independent Security Consultant at rtCamp
Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Top SchoolMitesh Shah is an Independent Security Consultant and seasoned Linux/DevOps engineer with 14 years’ experience building and hardening large-scale hosting platforms. He led the architecture and automation of WPMU DEV’s hosting (50,000+ servers) and originated EasyEngine, a widely used open-source CLI for Nginx-based WordPress deployments. Comfortable from shell scripting to Ansible-driven automation, he focuses on minimizing manual toil through reliable, automated systems and pragmatic security fixes. His hands-on background spans patch management, NGINX optimization, ModSecurity, CI/CD, and centralized logging at scale. A pragmatic "lazy sysadmin" by philosophy, he combines offensive/defensive security work with product ownership to turn operational complexity into repeatable tooling. Based in Pune, he continues to contribute to notable open-source projects while advising clients on penetration testing and long-term security posture.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
S.S.V.P's College Of EngineeringN.M. Nootan Vidhalaya, Visnagar
English, Hindi, Gujarati
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
scripting10
linux10
script10
sh10
shell10
nginx9
docker8
debian8
php8
wordpress8
dockers8
mysql7
automation7
automations7
ping6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
EasyEngine/easyengine
Dec 2012 - Feb 2016
Command-line control panel for Nginx Server to manage WordPress sites running on Nginx, PHP, MySQL, and Let's Encrypt
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:527 commits, 3 PRs, 18 pushes in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Mitesh contributed to the EasyEngine command-line control panel for managing WordPress sites. Their commits primarily focused on the `install.sh` script, demonstrating knowledge of shell scripting to detect Linux distributions, manage user permissions, and handle package installations. Furthermore, the user made refactoring changes and merged branch commits to improve overall system functionality. These efforts improved the backend aspects of the project.
nginxphp-mysqlcontrol-panelwordpressdocker
MiteshShah/admin
Nov 2014 - Dec 2016
Contributions:55 commits, 37 pushes in 2 years 1 month
laraveladminadmin-tools
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