Hi, I'm Richard Pius
Software Developer | DevSecOps & Cloud Enthusiast | Linux Admin | BCA Student
Software Developer & BCA Student with a focus on building secure, scalable systems. I specialize in the intersection of Development, Cloud Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity. I'm a Linux power user who believes in 'Security-by-Design.' Whether I'm architecting a DevOps pipeline, hardening a server, or exploring logic in Game Development, I'm driven by understanding how systems work under the hood.
Biography
I am a dedicated BCA student who loves mapping systems, full stack development, and server infrastructures. Eager to solve complex challenges and implement continuous delivery pipelines.
Languages
Frameworks
Tools & Databases
Work Experience
Software Engineer Intern
Zenji Learning
- Developing educational frameworks and learning automation services using React, Next.js, and backend web databases.
- Refining application UI/UX flows and maintaining codebase health through strict modular component engineering.
Cloud, DevOps and Cybersecurity Intern
ipsr solutions ltd
- Gained hands-on infrastructure engineering experience spanning AWS Cloud deployments, Linux system administration, and configuration management.
- Engineered containerized application environments utilizing Docker and designed automated CI/CD delivery flows leveraging Git, GitHub Actions, and AWS deployments.
- Applied cybersecurity threat mitigation, system access controls, and log monitoring protocols to secure virtualized application topologies.
Student Council Member
Santhigiri College
- Coordinated campus placements and departmental outreach programs.
- Liaised between the student body and college administration to organize technology workshops and student initiatives.
NSS Volunteer
National Service Scheme (NSS)
- Actively participated in community development programs, social service initiatives, and campus outreach events.
- Developed strong leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal communication skills through collaborative social welfare projects.
Education
Santhigiri College of Computer Science
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
Focused on software engineering, database management, and programming foundations.
Kottayam, Kerala, India
St. George's Higher Secondary School
Computer Science Stream (Higher Secondary)
Specialization in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics.
Kerala, India
Recent Projects
A curated list of repositories, experimental distributions, and mobile weather dashboards.
NicheSearch
A DevSecOps and cloud-native technical search engine utilizing Terraform IaC to spawn a secure 3-tier AWS environment. Built with Docker, Nginx, Django, and GitHub Actions CI/CD.
TubeSift Chrome Extension
A Manifest V3 Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts and filters feed videos by year using a debounced MutationObserver and declarativeNetRequest.
ClearBreeze Forecast
A dynamic mobile weather and air quality monitoring app with time-of-day adaptive backgrounds, location fetching, and SharedPreferences theme persistence.
Rithaji-1.5B Code Generator
An AI coding language model fine-tuned using Unsloth LoRA on Dolly 15k and MBPP datasets, quantized to GGUF for local inference via Ollama.
Semantic Book Recommender
A recommendation engine utilizing Hugging Face embeddings, Chroma vector database, and LangChain Gradio interface for emotional and context-based book searches.
2D Platform Game
A classic 2D platformer game built using Godot Engine and GDScript, focusing on responsive physics movement and sliding platform scripts.
Contact
Collaborate, discuss a security check project, or get in touch.
HackerRank Orchestrate June 2026 Hackathon
Ranked #436 out of 1,773. Engineered a private, local-first Multi-Modal Evidence Review System powered by local VLM (Ollama gemma3:4b) with prompt injection defenses.
Ranked #436 / 1,773 — Top 25% Finisher