Shaaf Syed
Sr. Principal Techincal Marketing Manager at Glostrup Cricket Club
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolShaaf Syed is a Sr. Principal Technical Marketing Manager at Red Hat with over 11 years of engineering and architect experience focused on cloud, DevOps, and continuous delivery. He began as a multi-platform build engineer and evolved into a CI/CD and automation specialist who treats languages like tools—comfortable across Java, .NET, Ansible and containerized deployment stacks. At Red Hat he blends solution architecture and developer advocacy, contributing hands-on to notable open-source projects like the AgnosticD Ansible deployer and the OpenShift learn-katacoda portal. He speaks and mentors on cloud-native topics at meetups and conferences, and serves editorially at InfoQ, amplifying practical best practices. Based in Copenhagen, he also volunteers as a junior cricket coach and board member, reflecting a hands-on, community-first approach. Notably, his commits show a knack for modernizing deployment pipelines and adapting complex scenarios to new OpenShift and DataGrid versions.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
A level, Econimics, Accounting and Law, A level, Econimics, Accounting and Law at Islamabad School of Arts and SciencesHigher Diploma, Computer Science, Distinction, Higher Diploma, Computer Science, Distinction at Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU / APIIT)Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture at EA Summer School at ITU CopenhagenComputing, Computer Science, First Class Honors, Computing, Computer Science, First Class Honors at Staffordshire University
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Github Skills (22)
kubernetes10
docker10
scripting10
dockers10
cicd10
automation10
script10
openshift10
quarkus10
kubernetes-pods10
ansible10
maven10
sh10
ansible-galaxy10
automations10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
redhat-cop/agnosticd
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
AgnosticD - Ansible Deployer for multiple Cloud Deployers
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:5 reviews, 9 commits, 13 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Shaaf's commits primarily focus on updating and maintaining the Dockerfile and related configurations for building and running the Quarkus-based application within the Red Hat OpenShift environment. Their work involves specifying dependencies, configuring build tools like Maven, and integrating with Red Hat services. They also made changes to the devfile and operator-related YAML files, indicating a focus on automating deployment and application management on OpenShift. The commits show updates to adapt the project to new OpenShift and DataGrid versions.
vagrantgpteansibleinfrastructure-managementdeployer
openshift-labs/learn-katacoda
Jan 2020 - May 2020
The OpenShift learning portal, powered by Katacoda
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:7 commits, 7 PRs, 9 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Shaaf primarily contributed to setting up and configuring environments for the OpenShift learning portal, as evidenced by the changes to shell scripts and package installations. They focused on integrating tools like Camel K and Kogito, as well as making adjustments to Quarkus-related scenarios. The commits reflect efforts to port and adapt existing content to newer OpenShift versions and address environment initialization issues.
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