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MAZDAK NASAB

mazdak.nasab@gmail.com | github.com/mazdakn | linkedin.com/in/mazdakn

• MSc in Computer Science - Networks and Distributed Systems
• Over 10 years of experience designing and developing secure, robust and innovative network systems
• Experienced in Network Systems and Services, Cloud and Data Center Networking
• Proficient in System and Network Development(C, Golang, Rust) and Automation(Python, Ansible)
• Proficient in Linux Network Stack(eBPF/XDP, Netfilter/Iptables, Traffic Control, Socket API, IPVS)
• Advanced knowledge of open source ecosystem for building high available infrastructure

EXPERIENCE

Senior Software Engineer | Tigera, Vancouver, Canada | 2021 - Present

• Developing and maintaining enterprise features, like observability, of Project Calico data plane
• Designed and developed routing egress traffic based on destination via different gateways
• Designed and developed egress gateway functionality in Azure to control workload's outbound traffic
• Developed a workload run time security solution by monitoring syscalls and events using eBPF

Core Developer | Project Calico | 2021 - Present

• Developing and maintaining Project Calico data plane using Linux Iptables and eBPF/XDP
• Designing and developing features using Linux connection tracking, packet filtering and Traffic Control
• Introduced stateless firewall capability in Calico eBPF data plane by developing XDP programs

Network Security Architect | Ericsson, Sweden | 2020 - 2021

• Secured web applications and mobile core networks using firewalls and DoS mitigation systems
• Provided best practices and automation guidelines for hardening Linux and Kubernetes clusters
• Designed and developed an iptables based micro segmentation firewall to save 200KUSD license cost

Cloud Architect - Network & Virtualization Specialist | Ericsson, Sweden | 2017 - 2020

• System responsible and designer of data center network for an IoT platform handling 50M IoT devices
• Led 10+ engineers to deploy and operate data center networks and services using VMware NSX
• Improved reliability and performance of low-latency and network-intensive virtual network functions
• Deployed load balancers, firewalls and proxies to satisfy functional and non-functional requirements

Senior Software Engineer | Enea Software, Sweden | 2015 - 2017

• Contributed to OPNFV project, a carrier grade flavor of OpenStack for network function virtualization
• Led a team of 3 engineers to design and develop a solution to virtualize customer premises equipment
• Official Linux Foundation trainer for Open Source Virtualization course covering Qemu/KVM and Docker

System Developer | Ericsson, Sweden | 2013 - 2015

• Transformed a TCP/HTTP proxy to a performant and scalable virtual network function on OpenStack
• Automated deployment for zero touch provisioning to reduce the deployment time from days to minutes
• Optimized throughput by tuning host and guest kernel and by bypassing kernel using Intel DPDK

EDUCATION

MSc in Computer Science - Networks and Distributed Systems
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden | July 2013