Summary
Alireza Zarif is a data scientist and experienced SRE with over 15 years in software engineering and a focused eight-year track record in reliability and monitoring for fintech. He led SRE efforts at Tosan, managing cross-functional teams to secure core banking systems used by 50+ financial institutions and cutting incident response times by 30% through advanced observability and automation. Comfortable across the stack, he has built custom monitoring suites, 200+ SCOM management packs, WPF dashboards, and backend tooling in C#, ASP.NET, PowerShell, SQL Server and Oracle to turn telemetry into action. His academic background in mechatronics and robotics informs a methodical, systems-thinking approach to automation and resiliency engineering. Based in Germany, he blends hands-on implementation with strategic migration from legacy monitors to Prometheus/Grafana, helping legacy fintech platforms adopt modern observability. He also positions himself at the intersection of ML/AI and operations, bringing data-driven insights to SRE practice.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering, Master's degree Mechatronics Robotics and Automation Engineering at Islamic Azad University