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Qasim Sarfraz

Qasim Sarfraz

Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft

OSS · eBPF · Containers · Kubernetes

# about

Software Engineer with a passion for open source and cloud native technologies. Currently part of the Linux team at Microsoft, contributing to the open source ecosystem with a focus on eBPF, Containers, and Kubernetes.

Core maintainer of Inspektor Gadget, a CNCF Sandbox project for eBPF-based data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters. Contributor to CoreDNS and maintainer of its header plugin.

tech_stack

Go Python eBPF C Bash Kubernetes Docker Cilium CoreDNS Linux AWS Azure Ansible Git

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# experience

Aug 2022 — Present

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft, Hamburg

Part of the Linux team, contributing to the open source ecosystem. Core maintainer of CNCF Sandbox project Inspektor Gadget — an eBPF-based framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts.

eBPF Go Kubernetes OSS
Nov 2017 — Jun 2022

Full Stack Engineer

Zeal Network SE, Hamburg

Planned and executed migration from on-premises to cloud. Developed microservices with cloud native approach. Built reliable Kubernetes-based platform across multiple cloud providers with centralized monitoring and alerting.

Go Kubernetes AWS Cilium
Mar 2017 — Oct 2017

DevOps Engineer

INTECH Process Automation, Lahore

Responsible for deployment, maintenance, scalability and system engineering of IoT platform solutions.

Ansible DC/OS IoT
Oct 2014 — Feb 2017

Design Engineer III

Xgrid / PLUMgrid, Islamabad

Senior member of PLUMgrid Cloud Solutions team. Led design and development of Docker-based and Red Hat OpenStack automated installations and upgrades. Completed 8-week training at PLUMgrid HQ, Santa Clara.

Docker OpenStack Puppet Ansible
2010 — 2014

BSc Electrical Engineering

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

Concentration in Computers.