SyedWahajAli
Karachi, PK → Riyadh, SA
Production SRE
Across Services
Incident Response
Annual FinOps
▸ Professional Summary
I build highly available systems that scale.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
The Linux Foundation
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
The Linux Foundation
DevOps Engineer Professional
Amazon Web Services
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Stop screening. Start hiring.
Infrastructure is invisible
until it breaks.
▸ DevOps & SRE Arsenal
Technical Proficiency
4+ years of production infrastructure. CKA/CKAD certified. These aren't buzzwords — they're battle-tested.
Core Competencies
Full Stack Breakdown
Cloud & Infrastructure
CI/CD & Automation
Observability & SRE
Messaging & Serverless
Databases
Security & Compliance
▸ Verified Credentials
Certifications
Industry-recognized credentials validating production-grade expertise.
CKA
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
The Linux Foundation
CKAD
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
The Linux Foundation
AWS DOP
DevOps Engineer Professional
Amazon Web Services
▸ Engineering Works
Selected Projects
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Founder · Currently Building
Pakistan's first verified talent intelligence platform. A two-sided marketplace connecting verified engineers with companies through scenario-based assessments across 4 engineering tracks with 500+ questions and anti-cheat monitoring.
Self-Service Infrastructure Platform
Automated developer onboarding enabling full service provisioning through a single configuration file. Consolidated legacy multi-repo deployment workflows into one automated pipeline.
xkops
Core contributor to an open-source Kubernetes observability tool built from scratch — unified visibility into cluster health, resource utilization, and application performance.
Cloud Custodian FinOps Pipeline
Automated weekend shutdown of lower environments (dev, staging, QA) with scheduled policies for resource lifecycle management. Right-sizing and resource cleanup across AWS.
Dependency Mapper
Internal tooling to visualize and track service dependencies across microservices architecture. Proactive identification of EOL components and security vulnerabilities with automated risk alerts.
YouTube Automation Pipeline
Automated sourcing, categorization, and publishing of content to YouTube using Python scripts and AWS serverless services. Event-driven architecture with Lambda and API Gateway.
▸ Career Timeline
Experience
Chkk
CurrentDevOps Engineer
Mar 2026 → Present
Remote
- Working on AI-driven projects, delivering customer-facing solutions for Chkk's reliability platform
- Building and scaling infrastructure for Chkk's upgrade intelligence tool
- Contributing to product development across the Chkk platform
Sleep Number Labs
Site Reliability Engineer / Production Engineer
via Xgrid.co
Jul 2022 → Feb 2026
San Jose, CA (Remote)
- Architected self-service DevOps infrastructure — environment setup from days to minutes
- Consolidated multi-repo deployments into one automated pipeline — 50% faster deploys
- Deployed AWS WAF for DDoS, SQL injection, and XSS mitigation
- Built observability across CloudWatch, Datadog, Sumo Logic + PagerDuty integration
- 5 Why RCA on every production incident — 40% reduction in repeat failures
- Led Kafka (AWS MSK) migration for real-time event streaming infrastructure
- Maintained 99%+ uptime through SLO/SLI management and capacity planning
- 60% MTTR reduction via optimized alerting and incident response playbooks
Xgrid.co
Senior Software Engineer I
Jul 2022 → Feb 2026
Sunnyvale, CA (Remote)
- Core contributor to xkops — open-source Kubernetes observability from scratch
- Led migration of corporate website to Kubernetes, improving scalability and deploy frequency
- Implemented AWS Secret Manager, IAM Roles, and EKS for production orchestration
- Delivered Kubernetes boot camp training for new engineering hires
- Cost optimization using Kubecost for resource utilization analysis
SkipQ
Cloud DevOps Trainee
Feb 2021 → Jun 2022
San Jose, CA (Remote)
- RESTful Python applications with automated CI/CD and CloudWatch logging
- SlackToSheets automation — Slack Webhooks + API Gateway + Lambda + SQS
- Serverless architectures with Lambda and API Gateway
▸ What People Say
Testimonials
▸ Open Source & Writing
Contributions
xkops
Core Contributorgithub.com/xgrid-inc/xkops
All-in-one Kubernetes observability solution — core contributor, built from scratch.
Robusta
Contributorgithub.com/robusta-dev/robusta
Kubernetes troubleshooting platform. Implemented auto job restart on OOM kills, updated RBAC permissions, created event hierarchy documentation.
▸ Technical Writing
Writing Your Own Custom Playbook Action in Robusta
Technical guide on extending Robusta observability platform with custom automation actions.
Modernizing DevOps with Kubernetes
Article covering Kubernetes adoption strategies and DevOps transformation best practices.