5.0
(25 reviews)
Site Reliability Engineer and DevOps Mentor
France
Speaks English and French
Active this week Usually responds in a few hours

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$450 / month

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MentorCruise summary

Akram is a Lead SRE and speaker at Talend. He has led global engineering teams, modernized cloud-native platforms, and spoken internationally about Kubernetes, observability, and platform engineering. He helps DevOps engineers build practical skills, solve technical challenges, and plan their growth.

Based on 21 verified mentee reviews

  • Reviewers often praise his deep knowledge of DevOps, SRE, cloud, and architecture.
  • Two reviewers mention creating tailored plans with specific goals and regular follow-ups.
  • Two reviewers value his habit of guiding people toward answers instead of giving them directly, which encourages independent learning and discovery.

About

Akram Riahi is a leader, international speaker, and community leader specializing in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, DevOps, and Observability. With extensive experience leading global engineering teams and modernizing cloud-native platforms, he helps organizations improve reliability, scalability, and operational excellence at enterprise scale.

Beyond his day-to-day leadership, Akram is an active mentor, and advocate for the cloud-native community. He regularly shares his experience at international conferences, including Devoxx France, DevOps Pro Europe, Conf42, Chaos Carnival, and many other global events, where he speaks about Kubernetes, observability, platform engineering, DevOps, and modern SRE practices.

Certifications: CKA, CKAD, Terraform Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate , Vault: Certified HashiCorp Implementation Partner, GitLab Certified Associate, Certified Chaos Engineering Professional, Prometheus Certified Associate, Mongodb optimization and performance certified, CAPA(Certified Argo Project Associate).
Github: https://github.com/akria18

What mentees say

5 out of 5 stars

Akram is a good person and a great mentor.

Jean

Jean

Standard Plan • 1 month

5 out of 5 stars

Akram played a huge role in helping me reach my goals. He didn’t just give advice, he helped me build skills and confidence. I’m genuinely grateful for his support and the impact he had on my technical growth.

Laz

Laz

Standard Plan • 1 month

5 out of 5 stars

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What happens when you start

You tell Akram your goals. They see exactly what you want to work on before session one.

You meet within days. Akram reviews your application and books your first session, usually within a day or two.

You leave with a plan. Concrete next steps and a weekly rhythm from your very first week.

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