About

M-Shaped engineer · DevSecOps practitioner · Camarillo, California

Who I am

I'm Dayan Raj — an engineer who has always been drawn to the full stack of a problem, not just one layer of it. My career has taken me from writing embedded C for IoT devices to leading DevSecOps practices at a fast-growing SaaS company in California. That breadth is intentional.

I describe myself as M-Shaped: deep expertise in multiple domains — embedded systems, cloud infrastructure, and security — with the ability to connect them. The most interesting engineering happens at those intersections.

At Rently, I lead the DevSecOps function: CI/CD pipelines, container security, infrastructure automation, and making sure what we ship is both reliable and secure. Before moving to California I spent years doing the same from Coimbatore.

Experience

DevSecOps Engineer
Current

Rently — Camarillo, CA

January 2024 – Present

Leading DevSecOps practices. Responsible for CI/CD security, container infrastructure, vulnerability management, and developer tooling.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Rently — Coimbatore, India

August 2019 – January 2024 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Built and scaled the DevOps function, automated infrastructure, and introduced security practices across the engineering lifecycle.

Technical Trainer

Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology — Coimbatore

November 2017 – July 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

Trained engineering students on core software and embedded topics as part of the Career Development Cell.

Faculty (C++, Python)

NIIT Limited — Dindigul

July 2017 – October 2017 · 4 mos

Taught programming languages at a learning centre.

IoT Developer

Learning Center, Trichy (SFIT-s India)

April 2016 – March 2017 · 1 yr

Developed smart IoT-enabled solutions for domestic and industrial environments. Led a team building a Home Automation proof-of-concept.

Embedded Developer / Application Engineer

CCube Technologies

June 2013 – March 2016 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Started as a .NET Application Engineer, then transitioned to embedded software development for industrial and domestic applications.

Education

Institution Qualification Period
CMS College of Engineering BE, Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering 2010 – 2013
RVS Polytechnic, Dindigul Diploma, Electronics & Communications Engineering 2007 – 2010
Skills & Technologies

DevOps & Security

DevSecOps DevOps CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Linux AWS Infrastructure as Code

Programming

Embedded C C++ Python

Other

IoT Security Automation
Certifications
  • Linux Foundations and Basic System Administration