Aly K.

Aly K.

Alexandria, Egypt
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About Me

Aly is an experienced Site Reliability Engineer and DevOps Engineer with 5+ of industry know-how in the iteration of high-quality code; working on low-level infrastructure solutions for the development of systems and software that provide scalability and availability, increase site reliability and performance using the best of resources available.

Backend

Database

DevOps

Workflow

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Site Reliability Engineer/DevOps Engineer
2019 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Delivers CI/CD as part of an agile team in improving performance by automating and streamlining operations and processes.

  • Helps build and improve infrastructure, application and performance development and ensures tight security including data encryption, security groups, and environment scanning.

  • Ensures high-quality deliverables and implements DevOps and security best practices in fast-paced environments.

Pluto TV
Pluto TV
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
2021 - Present (4 years)
United States of America
  • Work on highly available systems solutions for service deployment and telemetry across different production environments for Pluto TV.

  • Build tools to support other engineers on CI/CD pipelines, container schedulers, and custom applications.

  • Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures across the stack on the project.

Percona
Percona
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Alexandria, Egypt
  • Built, managed, deployed and tested solutions for Percona - balancing best practices with observational experience and implementation.

  • Offered operational expertise on configuration management, cloud provisioning, and other similar tools on the project.

  • Developed and delivered high-quality, reliable tools on the project, followed good development practices, identified bottlenecks, and improved efficiency.

InsideTrack
InsideTrack
Senior Site Reliability Engineer/Team Lead
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
United States of America
  • Designed and deployed several cloud solutions to AWS, GCP and Azure using Terraform and Ansible and Kubernetes clusters using KOps, GKE and AKS.

  • Worked on a multi-zone automatic failover RDBMS on AWS RDS and GCP Cloud SQL with a multi-region and multi-zone uptime production environments of 99.99% using DNS failover and auto scale groups.

  • Designed and implemented totally serverless applications reducing time to market and cost by more than 40% of regular applications for clients.

Instabug
Instabug
Site Reliability Engineer
2018 - 2019 (1 year)
Cairo, Egypt
  • Developed an integration solution for Instabugs with Kubernetes API using Python/Go and setup and maintained the AWS Kubernetes cluster using Kops.

  • Developed a microservices distributed system using Rust and integrated the Go microservices with a Python Django app.

  • Maintained the AWS distributed app using SQS, EC2, Aurora, RDS, and Elastic-cache and handled message queuing using RabbitMQ.

Spirula Systems
Spirula Systems
DevOps Engineer
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Alexandria, Egypt
  • Oversaw the setup of web server reverse proxy and caching using Apache and Nginx and implemented various caching techniques on solutions using Memcached, Redis and Varnish.

  • Offered production expertise for the design of MySQL and PostgreSQL database clusters and replication and developed application and infrastructure monitoring microservices using Go.

  • Provided guidance for the securing of Spirula's infrastructure using Rkhunter and mitigated DDoS attacks through rate limitation and intrusion detection techniques.

Blink22
Blink22
Software Engineer
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Alexandria, Egypt
  • Provided solutions for Agile software development of real-time applications for Blink22 using PubNub.

  • Worked on multiple projects with database backend stacks like Postgres and Redshift and integrated various backend services like Send Grid and Stripe on solutions.

  • Designed and implemented different distributed microservices solutions using Rails and NodeJs and automated deployments through Capistrano and Mina.

Folder Group
Folder Group
Software Engineer
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Alexandria, Egypt
  • Designed and broke down business features into insightful user stories; working on task assessment and estimations and used ASP.Net MVC for the implementation of business features.

  • Created database requirements on MSSQL server and worked with Bootstrap to develop UI/UX features.

  • Engineered the database auto-syncing and backup backend services and integrated payment gateways with Stripe and PayPal.

Nezal Entertainment
Nezal Entertainment
Product Manager
2012 - 2015 (3 years)
Alexandria, Egypt
  • Served as a technical resource in the design of features into valid user stories; working closely with the software development team on the shortest feature delivery time to market.

  • Offered guidance for A/B testing of all features; determining the impact of features on the market and comparing them with design goals for acceptance or re-iteration.

  • Actively participated in market analysis and information gathering of competitor products, to help select and develop the beneficial features to add to the implementation queue.

Showcase

Site Reliability Engineer - Instabug
Site Reliability Engineer - Instabug
  • Instabug helps mobile teams release solutions with confidence.

  • It offers features like bug and crash reports, in-app surveys, and real-time user feedback.

  • The platform supports faster iteration and quality app shipping.

Site Reliability Engineer - Strava
Site Reliability Engineer - Strava
  • Developed a GPS cycling and running app for route tracking and analysis.

  • Features include customizable plans, live feedback, distance tracking, mile counter, and running speed.

  • Designed and implemented the project's infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.

Education

B.Eng Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
B.Eng Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University
2007 - 2013 (6 years)