Zak Hassan
I’m a dad and engineer based in beautiful Vancouver, British Colombia Canada. Over the years, I’ve had the priviledge of working for Red Hat, Hootsuite, SAP, Workday and currently Okta.
I’ve been lucky enough to work on some really interesting production systems and the scaling challenges of running production workloads in the cloud at multiple companies.
I got the opportunity over the years to work across three interesting verticles: Cloud, Security and Artificial Intelligence.
When I’m not busy with work, I enjoy sharing my knowledge and insights with others through my blog. It’s always great to connect with like-minded folks and learn from each other.
And when I’m not in front of my computer, I love to get outside and explore the great outdoors. Vancouver has so much to offer, from scenic hikes to refreshing swims and exciting kayaking trips. It’s a wonderful way to recharge and stay balanced.
Thanks for taking the time to read a little bit about me.
Here is my most recent position
(Currently) STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER, SRE / Cloud - Okta
- Collaborated with Security team on improvements to Okta’s cloud infrastructure and led initiatives to strengthen the security posture
- Contributed to product roadmaps by providing insights into infrastructure capabilities and constraints
- Led cross-functional teams in strategic planning sessions to ensure alignment between product development and operational capabilities
- Designed, built, operated, and monitored Okta’s production infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance
- for critical infrastructure on Cloud environments
- Responded to production incidents, diagnosed root causes, and implemented solutions to prevent future occurrences
- Developed and maintained technical documentation, runbooks, and procedures for knowledge transfer
- Mentored and coached the professional development of engineers through mentorship
(Prior) AI and Machine Learning Experience
I led the log-anomaly-detection project within the AiOps team at Red Hat which was a great project back in 2017 and a lot has changed in the AI ML world.
Worked on analytics platform on OpenShift and leveraging Open Source ML Frameworks: Apache Spark, Tensorflow, Scikitlearn, KubeFlow and MLFlow.
Designed monitoring stack to expose metrics from Apache Spark Cluster and Tensorflow + Nvidia GPU through cloud-native technology: Prometheus and Kubernetes.
Linkedin:
https://social.zakhassan.com/linkedin
Github:
https://social.zakhassan.com/github