Afsal Kr
About Afsal Kr
Afsal Kr is a Cloud DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in system administration and monitoring tools. He has worked at various technology companies in India, including Trellix, Myntra, and Endurance International Group.
Work at Trellix
Afsal Kr has been employed at Trellix as a Cloud DevOps Engineer since 2018. In this role, he focuses on cloud infrastructure management and automation. His responsibilities include implementing log aggregation using the ELK stack, which enhances data analysis and monitoring capabilities. Afsal also participates in infrastructure security audits and ensures periodic server patching, contributing to the overall security and reliability of the cloud environment.
Previous Experience in Cloud and Systems Engineering
Before joining Trellix, Afsal Kr held several positions in the technology sector. He worked at Myntra as a Senior Operations Engineer from 2017 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Hosting Product Specialist at Endurance International Group from 2016 to 2017, and as a Hosting Product Specialist from 2015 to 2016. His earlier experience includes a role as a Systems Engineer at Admod Technologies Pvt Ltd from 2014 to 2015, and as a Linux System Administrator at Syntrio Technologies Pvt. Ltd. from 2013 to 2014.
Education and Expertise
Afsal Kr earned his Engineer’s Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Musaliar College of Engineering and Technology, completing his studies from 2008 to 2012. He possesses expertise in configuring and managing SaaS incident response tools, including PagerDuty and OpsGenie. His technical skills extend to a variety of monitoring tools such as New Relic, Grafana, Prometheus, Nagios, Icinga, and Sensu, which he utilizes to enhance system performance and reliability.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Afsal Kr has demonstrated proficiency in creating and configuring custom monitoring plugins using Bash scripts. His contributions to infrastructure management include extensive experience with monitoring tools and implementing solutions that improve operational efficiency. He has participated in security audits, ensuring that systems are regularly updated and secure, which is critical in maintaining the integrity of cloud services.