Karim El Tal
About Karim El Tal
Karim El Tal is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at ZEDEDA in Berlin, Germany, where he has worked since 2022. He has a strong background in cloud security and infrastructure management, having integrated Okta with ArgoCD and deployed Lacework as part of his role.
Work at ZEDEDA
Karim El Tal has been employed as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at ZEDEDA since 2022. His role involves enhancing the security and management of ZEDEDA's infrastructure. He integrated Okta with ArgoCD and deployed Lacework as part of the company's cloud security initiatives. Additionally, he implemented a blue/green deployment strategy that included a DNS switch for migration projects. His contributions also include conducting a Proof of Concept for HashiCorp Boundary and creating Terraform modules for AWS EKS clouds as part of the Cluster 2.0 project.
Education and Expertise
Karim El Tal holds a Master of Science in Computer Science, specializing in Distributed Systems and Networks, from Technische Universität Berlin, where he studied from 2017 to 2020. He also earned an Engineer's Degree in Computer Engineering from Lebanese American University, studying from 2008 to 2012. Additionally, he participated in an Exchange Semester at Temple University in 2012. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his expertise in site reliability engineering and cloud infrastructure.
Professional Background
Karim El Tal has a diverse professional background in site reliability engineering and software development. Before joining ZEDEDA, he worked as a Senior DevOps Engineer at SumUp from 2021 to 2022 and served as a Site Reliability Engineer at Careem from 2017 to 2021. He also held positions at Accenture DACH as an SRE/DevOps Associate Manager and at Consolidated Contractors International Company as a Software Developer. His early career included roles as a Teaching Assistant at Lebanese American University and as a Trainee at various companies.
Technical Contributions
Throughout his career, Karim El Tal has made significant technical contributions to various projects. At ZEDEDA, he developed a migration script using Bash for backing up and restoring InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, and Vault. He also designed and implemented the ArgoCD GitOps tool with the Terraform Helm Provider for the Cluster 2.0 project. His experience with cloud security and deployment strategies further showcases his technical capabilities in the field of site reliability engineering.