Zachary Kayyali
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolZachary Kayyali is a Principal Software Engineer based in Boston with six years of professional engineering experience and a background in cloud-native deployments and automation. Currently at Red Hat, he progressed from Software Engineer to Principal, focusing on OpenShift and Open Cluster Management where his GitHub contributions streamline OCM deployment and operational tooling. Prior roles at IBM and in cybersecurity honed his skills in containerized microservices, performance-driven engineering, and automation with Python and bash. He combines hands-on DevOps work—authoring deployment and cleanup scripts and operator integrations—with mentorship and pragmatic delivery in large organizations. Notably, his work bridges developer experience and production reliability, reflecting both systems-level thinking and an eye for operational documentation.
6 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking/Minor in Computer Science GPA Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking/Minor in Computer Science GPA Computer Science at Wentworth Institute of Technology
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Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (27)
kubernetes10
deploying10
scripting10
automation10
script10
openshift10
kubernetes-pods10
yaml10
sh10
automations10
shell10
operator10
multicloud9
hybrid-cloud9
docker8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
stolostron/deploy
Mar 2020 - Jan 2022
Deploy Development Builds of Open Cluster Management (OCM) on RedHat Openshift Container Platform
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:8 reviews, 18 commits, 17 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Zachary's contributions center around automating and streamlining the deployment of Open Cluster Management (OCM) on RedHat Openshift Container Platform. The commits include modifications to shell scripts (`start.sh`, `uninstall.sh`, and `hack/nuke.sh`), likely used for deployment and cleanup. Several commits focus on integrating and configuring the MultiClusterEngine and related components including the use of `yq`. The user also added documentation and instructions, indicating responsibility for operational aspects of the project.
cluster-managementopenshiftoperatorhybrid-cloudmulti-cloud
zkayyali812/multiclusterhub-operator
May 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:56 PRs, 112 pushes, 131 branches in 9 months
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