Janki Chhatbar
About Janki Chhatbar
Janki Chhatbar is a Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat and a Director at Women Who Code, with extensive experience in OpenStack and software development. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Technology, and has contributed to various projects in SDN and cloud technologies.
Work at Red Hat
Janki Chhatbar has been employed at Red Hat as a Senior Software Engineer since 2016. In this role, she has gained extensive experience in cloud technologies and OpenStack, contributing to the development and deployment of various OpenStack versions, including Icehouse and Kilo. Her responsibilities include writing Heat templates and creating Ceilometer alarms for scaling virtual machine resources, showcasing her technical skills and expertise in software engineering.
Work at Women Who Code
In addition to her role at Red Hat, Janki Chhatbar serves as the Director at Women Who Code since 2016. This position allows her to engage with the community and support the advancement of women in technology. Her leadership role emphasizes her commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion within the tech industry.
Education and Expertise
Janki Chhatbar holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics and Communication from Government Engineering College, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, where she studied from 2008 to 2012. She furthered her education by obtaining a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Embedded Systems from Nirma University, Ahmedabad, from 2013 to 2015. Her educational background has equipped her with a strong foundation in programming languages such as Python, C, and Java, with a focus on software development in SDN and cloud technologies.
Background in OpenStack and SDN
Janki Chhatbar has significant experience in the OpenStack ecosystem, particularly in developing Neutron service plugins, which are essential for OpenStack networking. She has also contributed to the OpenDayLight benchmark repository WCBench on GitHub, highlighting her expertise in software-defined networking (SDN) application development. Her technical skills extend to using various tools and IDEs, including Git, Maven, and Eclipse, as well as infrastructure as code tools like Chef, Docker, Vagrant, and Mirantis Fuel.
Internship Experience
Before her current roles, Janki Chhatbar interned at eInfochips from 2014 to 2015. This internship provided her with practical experience in software development and further developed her technical skills in a professional environment. Her early career experiences laid the groundwork for her subsequent positions in the tech industry.