Sherif Ayad
Software Engineering Manager, Senior Architect & Cloud Expert at SA IT Consulting
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolSherif Ayad is a software engineering manager, senior architect and cloud expert based in Stuttgart with eight years of experience designing cloud-native and eCommerce architectures for enterprises like Mercedes‑Benz and a track record of leading multi-team, client-facing transformation engagements. As a self-employed consultant he drives evolutionary architecture, microservices and data-streaming initiatives, blending hands-on cloud and DevOps work with strategic advisory and project leadership. He contributes to notable open-source infrastructure (improving Grafana’s Loki Helm charts), showing attention to usability, upgrade paths and operational stability. Comfortable across the stack, Sherif pairs entrepreneurial pragmatism with a continuous-learning mindset rooted in formal CS studies from The German University in Cairo and Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at The German University in CairoComputer Science, Computer Science at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
English, Arabic, German
Github Skills (7)
kubernetes10
helm10
kubernetes-pods10
charts10
documentation9
yaml8
grafana7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
grafana/helm-charts
May 2021 - Sep 2021
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:17 commits, 15 PRs, 51 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Sherif primarily focused on modifying and updating the Helm chart documentation for the Loki-distributed component within the Grafana Helm charts repository. Their contributions involved upgrading dependencies, adding configurations for new features like the index gateway, and providing instructions for upgrading the chart. The user also addressed linting issues within the documentation and adjusted default settings. These changes aimed to improve user experience and simplify the setup and upgrade processes for the Loki Helm chart.
kubenetesgrafanahelm-charts
sherifkayad/grafana-helm-charts
May 2021 - Jul 2023
Contributions:37 pushes, 19 branches in 2 years 2 months
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