I am a software engineer (developer, coder, operator, monkey, etc.) focused on building and monitoring distributed systems. My professional interests revolve around observability, site reliability, and the quiet satisfaction of well-documented systems. I prefer simple, tastefully-designed tools; robust documentation; and maintaining a low digital footprint.
In my personal life, I am interested in cultural theory, philosophical pessimism, tangible tinkering, amateur cooking, and video editing. However, I most enjoy spending time with the people who matter to me.
I love you forever, Mal (>ᴗ•)
Technical Foci
- Site Reliability Engineering
- Go
- Splunk
- Elasticsearch
- Distributed Systems
- Python Automation
- Tasteful Data Visualization
- Linux Systems
- Observability
- Security Compliance
Professional Experience
- Focusing on system reliability, internal tooling, and beautifully-monitored infrastructure.
- Implementing comprehensive, vendor-agnostic observability to reduce costs and improve system design.
- Learning how to influence highly-skilled, highly-autonomous engineers without authority over them.
- Revamped clients' observability stacks while staffed as team data reporting and monitoring lead.
- Maintained an operational position as the team's Platform Security SME.
- Consulted with enterprise clients to modernize and optimize legacy codebases.
- Greatly improved development and business teams' platform visibility via application telemetry.
- Spearheaded documentation modernization effort combatting omnipresent tribal knowledge.
- Automated multiple nationwide retail inventory workflows for a large telecommunications company.
Selected Projects
data-sync-checker
Python script suite comparing Elasticsearch and Oracle data for production integrity checks across a telecom retail platform. Built and deployed internally at ██████████.
splunk-kube-log-forwarder
Go-based daemon that monitors Kubernetes pod logs and pushes critical patterns (OOMKills, panics, 5xx) directly to Splunk. Improves observability with low overhead.
aes-image-encryption-with-cuda
CUDA C implementation of AES for image encryption; part of a senior scaled computing research project.
rocktablefire
Minimalist RSVP/comms platform for monthly community gatherings. Built with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and Gmail/Twilio APIs. Custom token-based flows for secure event invites.
Contact Terminal
github: craineland
email: [ click to reveal ]
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