Resume

Nash Kaminski

18033 Bettenhausen Dr.
Tinley Park, IL 60487
(708) 224-1483

Summary

Full-stack DevOps engineer with nearly 10 years of experience designing, developing for, and maintaining on-premises Linux environments. I have a strong interest in operating systems, high-performance computing, and applied information security.

Education

  • Illinois Institute of Technology


    M.S. in Computer Engineering with a specialization in hardware design, 4.0/4.0 GPA; 2015 — 2017

    B.S. in Computer Engineering, cum laude; 2012 — 2017

  • Victor J. Andrew High School


    2008 — 2012

Certifications & Licenses

  • General Class Amateur Radio Operator (Callsign: KD9YUB)
  • EPA Section 608 Universal Certification

Experience

Senior Linux Engineer,
Chicago Trading Company

Chicago, IL — Feb 2025 - Present

Vice President,
Goldman Sachs & Co.

Chicago, IL — 2017 - Feb 2025

Accomplishments

  • Served on the GS Electronic Trading Platforms team, designing, deploying, and maintaining approximately 1,500 co-located servers and associated networks dedicated to performance-critical trading applications.
  • Designed and rolled out a latency-optimized distribution of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  • Implemented and maintained a containerized CI/CD and monitoring stack.

Student Assistant and Network Engineer,
Illinois Institute of Technology Idea Shop

Chicago, IL — Spring 2015 - Spring 2017

Accomplishments

  • Assisted students with the proper use of shop tools and equipment.
  • Advised on the application of rapid prototyping techniques, particularly in electronics and software development.
  • Managed and assumed responsibility for the existing network infrastructure.
  • Developed and maintained the website and course management applications to resolve bugs and enhance the user experience.
  • Detected, responded to, and recovered from a severe security compromise on a previously unmaintained system.
  • Expanded network infrastructure to add redundancy, improving availability and data protection.

Embedded Systems Engineer,
Trunav LLC.

Tinley Park, IL — Fall 2015 - Late 2017

Accomplishments

  • Contributed to the development and debugging of ultra-high-precision assisted GPS navigation software.
  • Developed device drivers enabling communication between an embedded Linux platform and a local GPS receiver.
  • Set up and maintained all Linux-based development and build systems.

Experience cont.

Summer Analyst,
Goldman Sachs & Co.

New York, NY — Summer of 2015

Accomplishments

  • Worked within the Technology Risk unit.
  • Developed applications leveraging big data utilities, including Apache Hadoop, Hive, and Pig.
  • Developed a custom monitoring system for a Hadoop cluster to generate health, security, and availability alerts, alongside daily reports.
  • Identified and reported information security vulnerabilities.

Summer Analyst,
Goldman Sachs & Co.

Jersey City, NJ — Summer of 2014

Accomplishments

  • Worked within the Core Platform Engineering unit of the technology division.
  • Evaluated the Ceph open-source distributed file store to improve disk space utilization.
  • Developed and maintained testing, monitoring, and deployment utilities for the system.
  • Developed a Linux kernel patch to improve the user experience on Linux desktop clients.
  • Identified and reported several critical information security vulnerabilities.

Research Assistant,
Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL — Summer of 2013

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated on software development to model the effects of disturbances on the electrical power grid.
  • Implemented and tested dynamic models in C using the PETSc scientific computing library.
  • Co-developed Python scripts to assist in model testing and output data analysis.
  • Conducted all development within Linux and macOS environments.

Freelance Consultant,
Newark/element14

Chicago, IL — 7/2013 to late 2015

Accomplishments

  • Developed software packages with C libraries and Linux kernel modules for various embedded development boards.
  • Collaborated with embedded board designers to identify and resolve hardware and software issues.
  • Designed and built demonstration equipment to showcase the capabilities of new embedded development boards.
  • Created bills of materials for Raspberry Pi projects featured on the element14 community.
  • Developed Python scripts to parse bills of materials and autonomously generate HTML tables.

Sound, Lighting, and Camera Operator/Technician,
Covered Bridge Studios and Tinley Park Park District

Tinley Park, IL — 2009 - 2020

Accomplishments

  • Assisted the local park district in designing and installing audio/visual systems for their new theater.
  • Collaborated with production teams to determine audio/visual needs and mitigate equipment limitations.
  • Developed automation software to control various production elements and improve the audience experience.

Extracurricular Activities

Treasurer and VP of Engineering,
Illinois Tech Robotics

in association with Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL — 2016

Accomplishments

  • Played an integral role in the engineering efforts that led to 1st place victories at the IIT Pumpkin Launch and the Midwest Regional Design Competition.
  • Prepared and submitted budgets and proposals to the IIT Finance Board.
  • Oversaw the allocation of project funds, ensuring optimal utilization.
  • Consulted with project leads to identify and promptly fulfill project needs.

President,
Illinois Tech Robotics

in association with Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL — 2015

Accomplishments

  • Facilitated the resolution of longstanding administrative and technical issues within the organization.
  • Assisted in the planning and logistics for numerous events.
  • Organized and led executive board meetings to coordinate organizational strategies.

Webmaster,
Illinois Tech Robotics

in association with Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL — 2012-2014

Accomplishments

  • Updated and maintained an Arch Linux-based server that was previously over a year out of date.
  • Responded to issues promptly to avoid long-term service interruptions.
  • Kept site content up-to-date.
  • Reviewed and improved the design and configuration of PHP-based web scripts to ensure availability, enhance the user experience, and increase security.
  • Proposed and implemented numerous innovative ideas to improve server infrastructure.

Computer Skills

Advanced proficiency in developing for and administering Linux-based platforms, primarily in performance-optimized, on-premises bare-metal environments. Extensive experience with Ansible for configuration management. Moderate proficiency in containerized application design using Kubernetes and standalone tools like Podman.


Strong familiarity with network fundamentals and performance/latency optimization, including kernel-bypass technologies such as Xilinx OpenOnload. Experience with dynamic routing protocols (BGP) and IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networks.


Extensive programming experience in Python and C, with additional experience in Bash, C++, PHP, LaTeX, and JavaScript.

References available upon request