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Hayk Kocharyan

Worked extensively on the sysdiglabs/charts repository, delivering features and fixes to enhance registry scanning, deployment flexibility, and security. Focused on Helm chart management, Kubernetes integration, and configuration management, they implemented FIPS-compliant image tagging, dynamic feature flags, and custom worker image overrides. Addressed AWS credential handling for EKS, improved RBAC for OpenShift, and expanded image filtering to support larger registries. Their work included documentation improvements in YAML and JSON, schema simplification, and robust test coverage to ensure reliability. By streamlining configuration and enabling safer rollouts, they reduced misconfigurations and improved onboarding for operators managing diverse cloud-native environments.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

82%Features

Repository Contributions

13Total
Bugs
2
Commits
13
Features
9
Lines of code
1,496
Activity Months10

Work History

May 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

May 1, 2026

May 2026 performance summary focusing on configurable feature flags in sysdiglabs/charts. Delivered a dynamic feature flag enablement (force_scan_status_enabled) via a new features section, updated Chart.yaml and README.md, and added tests to verify behavior based on configuration inputs. This work enables safer feature rollouts and clearer operator guidance through documentation while improving configurability and test coverage. Related commits: c9b5928d49da518bf8c53ed7a3e0cc501e42d817 (feat: add new features section (#2610)).

April 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2026

April 2026: Delivered Vulnerability Management Configuration Simplification in sysdiglabs/charts by removing an unused parameter value from the vulnerability management configuration, streamlining the schema and clarifying usage. This fix reduces potential misconfigurations and improves onboarding. Commit: 6970f8040ecec4dd015658955466630374654a4d (#2578). Overall impact: simpler, safer vulnerability management workflow with clear change traceability. Technologies/skills demonstrated: configuration schema simplification, targeted code cleanup, and version-control discipline.

February 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 monthly summary for sysdiglabs/charts. Focused on enhancing OpenShift registry permissions and strengthening RBAC for the registry scanner. Delivered OpenShift registry permissions enhancement for listing secrets, updated role configuration, and added tests to verify permissions across registry types. This work improves security through refined least-privilege access and reduces permission-related failures in registry scans, with end-to-end test coverage.

January 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Jan 1, 2026

Month 2026-01 — SysdigLabs (charts repository): Delivered a focused feature enhancement to the Registry Scanner, expanding image filtering capabilities to support larger registries and more comprehensive scanning. No major bugs reported this period. Overall, the work increases scanning coverage, reduces manual triage, and enables customers with diverse registry sizes to enforce image-level risk controls more effectively. The work reinforces our CI/CD practices and showcases effective collaboration using conventional commits.

December 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Dec 1, 2025

December 2025: Delivered the Sysdig Registry Scanner Custom Worker Image Override feature in the charts repository, enabling per-deployment worker image overrides when a custom orchestrator image is used. The change introduces override logic for the registry scanner and references commit b6da1aee1363c1c0d82b61d4091e870d457aef34 (#2466). This enhancement reduces manual image configuration, increases deployment flexibility, and supports scalable customization for customers with varied orchestrator images.

September 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 monthly summary for sysdiglabs/charts focused on delivering Kubernetes tolerations support for the registry-scanner Helm chart, enabling scanner jobs to run on tainted nodes and improving deployability across diverse Kubernetes environments. The change enhances operator flexibility, reduces manual workarounds, and improves overall reliability of registry-scanner deployments in mixed clusters.

May 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

May 1, 2025

Month: 2025-05 — Focused on improving the usability and clarity of Registry Scanner filtering in the charts repository. Delivered a documentation enhancement for the include/exclude filter, enabling operators to configure scans with confidence and reducing misconfigurations. The change is documentation-only and linked to the commit 9ae8ec50272fef3cac629ef67d1f1977ed8e49d8 (docs: improve include filter description (#2263)). No major bugs fixed in this period for sysdiglabs/charts. Overall impact: improved user experience, faster onboarding for registry scanning workflows, and reduced support effort related to filter behavior. Technologies/skills demonstrated: documentation best practices, precise API/user-focused explanations, strong commit traceability, and repository-level consistency across charts.

March 2025

1 Commits

Mar 1, 2025

March 2025: Security hardening in the charts repository focusing on preventing AWS credentials leakage when using an AWS Service Account with the registry scanner. Delivered a targeted bug fix that ensures credentials are not set and are instead cleared, reducing exposure and avoiding credential conflicts in AWS-based deployments.

February 2025

4 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 monthly summary focusing on the sysdigcharts work stream. Delivered a FIPS-compliant registry-scanner chart and tagging workflow in sysdiglabs/charts, with conditional '-fips' tag augmentation and inline scan integration when FIPS is enabled. Renamed the scanOnStart job for clarity and updated the chart version. Updated documentation to describe the new 'fips' parameter and its usage. Fixed FIPS tagging logic to avoid suffix duplication and improved error handling for manual tagging attempts, and strengthened configuration logic for FIPS-enabled images. These changes enhance compliance, security posture, and deployment reliability across environments.

November 2024

1 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2024

November 2024 monthly summary for sysdiglabs/charts focusing on release engineering and feature delivery. Key action: upgrade of the registry-scanner component to align with latest capabilities and maintain compatibility with downstream deployments. No documented major bug fixes this period.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness94.6%
Maintainability89.2%
Architecture89.2%
Performance83.8%
AI Usage24.6%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

JSONYAML

Technical Skills

AWSCI/CDConfiguration ManagementDevOpsDocumentationHelmHelm Chart ManagementHelm ChartsKubernetesRBACTesting

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

sysdiglabs/charts

Nov 2024 May 2026
10 Months active

Languages Used

YAMLJSON

Technical Skills

Helm Chart ManagementCI/CDDocumentationHelmHelm ChartsKubernetes