Kashif Saadat
Head Of Solutions Architecture at Appvia
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKashif Saadat is a Head of Solutions Architecture based in London with 10 years of hands-on experience across software development, test automation, platform engineering and cloud automation. He progressed from systems administration and QA roles into SRE and platform leadership at Appvia and the UK Home Office, now shaping solution strategy and delivery for cloud-native platforms. Kashif brings strong AWS and Kubernetes operational expertise—he’s contributed to the widely used kOps project, improving build and IAM automation for production-grade clusters. Known for bridging engineering and architecture, he focuses on pragmatic, secure automation that scales in regulated environments.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
3 A’ Levels, Computing, Mathematics, Business Studies, 3 A’ Levels, Computing, Mathematics, Business Studies at Post 16 Centre - WorksopBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bsc Honours 2:1, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bsc Honours 2:1 at The University of Sheffield
Github Skills (15)
kubernetes10
container10
kops10
go10
aws10
ias10
devops10
kubernetes-pods10
dockers9
cicd9
yaml9
cnc9
docker9
terraformer8
terraform8
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes/kops
Aug 2017 - Mar 2020
Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and Management
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:5 reviews, 101 commits, 82 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Kashif primarily contributed to the operational aspects of the Kubernetes Operations (kOps) project. Their work included modifying build scripts, enhancing the user data scripts, and refining the IAM policies used by the kOps clusters. They also made improvements to the AWS-specific tasks, like the lifecycle management of resources. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of AWS cloud infrastructure and the deployment and management of Kubernetes clusters.
containersgcphelmlinodeinstallation
appvia/terraform-azurerm-wayfinder
Oct 2023 - Jan 2025
Terraform Module for installing Wayfinder in Azure
Contributions:17 releases, 25 reviews, 75 PRs in 1 year 2 months
azurekubernetesterraformwayfinder
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