Worked on the elastic/cloud-on-k8s repository to enhance deployment reliability and security for OpenShift environments. Focused on upgrading deployment tooling by migrating storage commands from gsutil to gcloud, which improved compatibility and streamlined cloud deployment processes. Introduced a default security context for the Kibana init container, ensuring consistent security settings and reducing manual configuration errors. Leveraged Go programming, Kubernetes, and containerization skills to standardize security posture across deployments, minimizing operational risk and misconfiguration. The work addressed both tooling and security hardening, resulting in more robust and maintainable deployment workflows for cloud-native applications within Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms.