{
  "type": "ProfessionalProfile",
  "version": "0.1",
  "updated": "2026-10-15",
  "person": {
    "name": "Nir Vaknin",
    "headline": "Senior DevOps Engineer",
    "location": "Israel",
    "summary": "Senior DevOps Engineer with 13 years across enterprise infrastructure, Linux, cloud operations, automation, and developer platforms. Selected independent projects demonstrate secure integrations and AI tooling.",
    "profiles": {
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nir-vaknin-85736289",
      "github": "https://github.com/vaknir"
    }
  },
  "target_roles": [
    "Senior DevOps Engineer",
    "DevOps Engineer",
    "Platform Engineer"
  ],
  "capabilities": [
    "AWS cloud infrastructure",
    "Terraform infrastructure as code",
    "Jenkins and GitHub CI/CD",
    "Linux and Docker",
    "Datadog and Grafana observability",
    "platform engineering",
    "secure automation",
    "AI agents and MCP (independent projects)"
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "MCPatch",
      "kind": "agent capability broker",
      "evidence": [
        "typed origin-bound tools",
        "permission ceilings",
        "single-use approvals",
        "lifecycle revocation",
        "audit-safe logging"
      ],
      "status": "Independent experimental pre-alpha; no production adoption claimed."
    },
    {
      "name": "Kimi Chart",
      "kind": "human-in-the-loop decision platform",
      "evidence": [
        "immutable decision data",
        "one order-authority writer"
      ],
      "status": "Personal-use system; human-approved paper-order workflow."
    },
    {
      "name": "portctl",
      "kind": "GitOps developer portal CLI",
      "evidence": [
        "Git-based desired-state configuration explored in project discussions",
        "Feature proposals are not evidence of shipped functionality"
      ],
      "status": "Independent prototype; feature completeness and public release unverified.",
      "summary": "A GitOps tooling exploration for versioned Port.io configuration and reviewable changes."
    },
    {
      "name": "Namlog",
      "summary": "An iOS nutrition app combining food and hydration logging with WHOOP and Apple Health context, deterministic nutrition calculations, and an AI-assisted coach.",
      "evidence": [
        "iOS beta distributed through TestFlight in August 2026",
        "food and hydration logging",
        "WHOOP and Apple Health integrations",
        "deterministic nutrition calculations"
      ],
      "stack": [
        "iOS",
        "PostgreSQL"
      ],
      "status": "Historical TestFlight beta, August 2026; current availability unverified."
    }
  ],
  "contact": {
    "preferred": "LinkedIn",
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nir-vaknin-85736289"
  },
  "evidence_policy": "Claims are tied to projects or employment history. Areas of interest are not presented as demonstrated experience.",
  "professional_approach": {
    "resource": "/approach.json",
    "priorities": [
      "security boundaries",
      "small maintainable components",
      "test-driven development",
      "documentation and versioning",
      "operational reliability"
    ],
    "basis": "Stated preferences and synthesis from selected project evidence; not a ranking of personal values."
  },
  "experience": [
    {
      "role": "Senior DevOps Engineer",
      "company": "CyberArk",
      "period": "April 2022 to present"
    },
    {
      "role": "CloudOps / Automation Engineer",
      "company": "Imperva",
      "period": "February 2020 to April 2022"
    },
    {
      "role": "Linux System Administrator",
      "company": "SQream Technologies",
      "period": "October 2018 to February 2020"
    },
    {
      "role": "QA Engineer",
      "company": "Imperva",
      "period": "February 2018 to October 2018"
    },
    {
      "role": "IT Engineer / System & Technical Support",
      "company": "Elbit Systems",
      "period": "May 2013 to February 2018"
    }
  ],
  "case_studies_resource": "/case-studies.json"
}