Sertaç Özercan
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolSertaç Özercan is a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft with 12 years of experience building and leading teams that deliver high-scale cloud-native and AI services on Azure. He combines deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, DevOps and secure software supply chains with product instincts—from front-end UX improvements in kubeapps to infrastructure and VMSS work in AKS-related projects. At Microsoft he has driven production integration of open-source projects, championed security and reliability for cloud-native ecosystems, and hired and mentored engineering leaders across organizations. An active open-source contributor, his work spans testing, observability and Terraform/Azure provider improvements, reflecting a pragmatic focus on stability and developer experience. Notably, his background includes academic research and game development, hinting at a blend of systems rigor and user-centered design.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (not complete) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (not complete) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Troy University
English, Turkish
Github Skills (46)
kubernetes10
gpo10
docker10
azurerm10
testing10
azure-container-apps10
audit10
microsoft-azure10
go-testing10
policies10
dockers10
terraform10
rule-engine10
cicd10
azure-resource-manager10
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
open-policy-agent/gatekeeper
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
🐊 Gatekeeper - Policy Controller for Kubernetes
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:5 releases, 1510 reviews, 364 commits in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Sertaç primarily focused on enhancing the Gatekeeper project's functionality and reliability by adding and improving testing frameworks. They implemented end-to-end tests with `kind` and `bats`, incorporated a linter to improve code quality, and introduced metrics integration with Prometheus. Additionally, they added health and readiness checks, and addressed several bugs related to audit functionality and namespace exclusions, demonstrating a focus on system stability and monitoring.
golanggatekeeperpolicycontrolleropa
Azure/acs-engine
Apr 2017 - Aug 2018
WE HAVE MOVED: Please join us at Azure/aks-engine!
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:17 commits, 15 PRs, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Sertaç primarily contributed to the project by implementing and modifying infrastructure components and build processes within the context of Azure and Kubernetes. Their work included setting up the development environment with Docker, configuring Azure Container Instances (ACI) connectors, and enabling cluster autoscaling. The user also focused on the support for Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) and adding a load balancer sku, including the integration of Windows-specific setup scripts and overall validation.
azure-aksazure-functionsaks-enginejoinazure
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