whoami#

I’m Carlos Neto, a DevOps Engineer with a strong background in Log Analytics, Cloud Computing, Programming, and Technical Writing. I thrive on building highly available, fault-tolerant systems.

My expertise spans architecting and managing AWS infrastructure, orchestrating Kubernetes workloads, developing automation and integrations in Python, and administering ELK and OpenSearch clusters for scalable search and analytics.

Explore my professional journey and Open Source contributions below:

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Open Source Contributions#


OpenSearch: Open source search and analytics engine used for applications requiring powerful search and data analytics capabilities, including logging, business intelligence, monitoring, and security information and event management (SIEM).

  • : #4597: Described the behavior and outlined best practices for Searchable Snapshots cluster nodes.

  • : #6051: Described the behavior and security recommendations for the HTTP Compression setting.

  • : #7564: Detailed default values related to JVM memory allocation parameters.

  • : #570: Addressed a deprecated parameter related to the precedence order of Index Template configuration.

  • : #10042: Restricted S3 Bucket IAM policy to the minimum required permissions for snapshot operations.

  • : #4529: Identified and reproduced problems related to exporting OpenSearch Dashboards objects.

  • : #4524: Identified a connection problem in OpenSearch Dashboards when connecting to a remote cluster using self-signed certificates.

Fluent Bit: Fluent Bit is an open-source log processor and forwarder, used to collect, filter, and send logs from systems like containers, servers, and IoT devices to destinations such as Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Loki, Kafka, or cloud services for monitoring and analysis.

  • : #1828: Improved documentation to clarify that Conditional Processing does not support using filters as processors.

  • : #10524: Reported an issue where Conditional Processing is not supported when filters are used as processors.

  • : #10394: Feature request for dynamic OpenSearch/Elasticsearch node discovery and load balancing with sniffing support.

External Secrets Operator: Kubernetes operator that integrates external secret management systems and automatically injects the values into a Kubernetes Secret.

  • : #3725: Clarified the lifecycle of ExternalSecret and its relation to the created Secret, enhancing the description and available options.

OpenCTI: Open source platform for managing and sharing Cyber Threat Intelligence, fostering collaboration among organizations in analyzing and responding to cybersecurity incidents.

  • : #138, #139: Clarified user permissions required for OpenCTI in the OpenSearch integration, emphasizing adherence to the Principle of Least Privilege.

  • : #137: Conducted a comprehensive refactoring of configuration settings in the integration of the OpenCTI Platform and the S3 Bucket service.

  • : #144: Addressed a documentation gap by adding the flag to verify the search engine, applicable to both Elasticsearch and OpenSearch.