Sai Htet is an SRE Support Engineer with four years of hands-on experience building cloud-native, Java-based systems and improving operational workflows across DevOps and SRE teams. Currently contributing to Cilium—an influential eBPF-based networking and security project—he focuses on CLI/Helm enhancements, testing infra, and IPv6 support to streamline upgrades and deployments. His background spans roles at Woven by Toyota, NTT Docomo Solutions, and startups, blending production SRE work with software engineering and DevOps practices. Comfortable in AWS environments and with a curious, continuous-learning mindset, he brings both implementation grit and user-focused improvements to open source and enterprise tooling. Unusually for an engineer with his profile, he also holds medical studies experience, reflecting an analytical, cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving.
3 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Health Science, 3.74, Associate's degree, Health Science, 3.74 at University of the People
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS, Medicine, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS, Medicine at University of Medicine, Magway
eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Software Engineer
Contributions:26 reviews, 11 PRs, 68 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Sai primarily contributes to the `cilium-cli` and Helm chart configurations, enhancing the upgrade process and testing infrastructure. Their work includes adding IPv6 support to existing test suites, improving the CLI output format, and implementing features that modify helm upgrade behavior such as `reset-then-reuse-values`. They also focus on modifying the documentation related to Cilium Helm charts. These changes indicate a focus on improving the user experience and functionality of Cilium's deployment and operational aspects.
eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability
Contributions:56 pushes, 10 branches in 4 months
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Sai Htet - SRE Support Engineer at Woven by Toyota