Syed Abdi
Principal Site Reliability Engineer at Arbisoft
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Top SchoolSyed Abdi is a Principal Site Reliability Engineer with 7 years of experience building and automating cloud-native platforms, currently leading SRE efforts at Arbisoft from Lahore. He specializes in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker and GitOps tooling like ArgoCD and Argo Workflows to make systems more reliable, scalable, and secure. His background in e-learning includes hands-on contributions to the widely used Open edX platform and automation scripts that improved AWS RDS monitoring and log export workflows. Known for pragmatic infrastructure automation, he blends Python-driven DevOps work with configuration-level tuning—such as environment-specific time zone and variable management—to reduce operational friction. Always learning, he focuses on enabling engineering teams to ship faster with confidence while keeping systems observable and resilient.
7 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at COMSATS University Islamabad
English, Urdu
Github Skills (20)
boto10
python10
mysql10
django10
configuration-management10
automation10
aws10
automations10
cloudwatch10
devops10
cms9
datastore9
lms9
databases9
storage9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
openedx-unsupported/configuration
Jan 2019 - Oct 2022
A collection of edx configuration scripts and utilities that edx.org uses to deploy openedx.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Python Developer
DevOps Engineer & Python DeveloperContributions:43 reviews, 250 commits, 212 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Syed primarily focused on developing and maintaining Python scripts for AWS infrastructure management and monitoring. Key contributions include creating a script to check for missing RDS CloudWatch alarms, updating existing scripts for table size monitoring and MySQL process listing, and adding functionalities to export slow query logs and deadlocks to CloudWatch. The user also worked on scripts for environment-specific configurations and email notifications, demonstrating proficiency in automating and improving operational tasks.
openedxansibledockerpython
openedx/openedx-platform
Jan 2019 - Nov 2022
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 20 commits, 20 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Syed primarily focused on modifying configuration files within the Open edX platform, particularly concerning time zone settings and moving default values from a configuration repository. They made changes to environment-specific files (`.py`) related to both the Learning Management System (LMS) and the Content Management System (CMS), changing time zones and updating numerous environment variables. These changes indicate a focus on backend configuration and settings management within the edX platform.
lmsopenedxbackend-service
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