Observability stack review & alert-fatigue audit

Akram Riahi

with Akram Riahi

Alert fatigue is killing your on-call: pages fire on causes nobody acts on while real user pain slips through quietly. In this session we review your observability stack end to … Read more

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Akram Riahi

Akram Riahi

Lead SRE/Speaker at Talend

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About this session

Alert fatigue is killing your on-call: pages fire on causes nobody acts on while real user pain slips through quietly. In this session we review your observability stack end to end and turn the noise into signal. It's the hands-on version of my conference talk "The Observability Evolution: from Rookie to Mega."

What we'll cover:

- Walkthrough of your current setup — Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry, logging, dashboards, alert rules
- Alert audit: which rules page on symptoms vs. causes, what to delete outright, what to demote to tickets
- SLOs and burn-rate alerting: we'll define 2–3 SLOs that actually reflect user experience
- Gaps and hotspots: missing golden signals, metric cardinality problems, cost drivers

You'll leave with:

- A written, prioritized audit of findings
- Concrete alert rules and SLO definitions ready to implement
- A pragmatic roadmap: quick wins for next week, structural fixes for the next quarter

To prepare: read-only access to your dashboards and alert rules via screen-share (exports or screenshots work if access is restricted). Works whether you're on Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana Cloud, or a mix.

Your mentor

Akram Riahi is a leader, international speaker, and community leader specializing in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, DevOps, AI SRE 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

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“Akram has been mentoring me for over half year now, helping me build stronger skills in DevOps. He gave me guidance and is always motivating and helping! He is a crucial part in my transition from being a simple devel…” “Akram has been mentoring me for over half year now, helping me build stronger skills in DevOps. He gave me guidance and is always motivating and helping! He is a crucial part in my transition from being a simple developer to becoming a well-rounded software engineer with deeper and broader expertise.”
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Stefan Georg

Lite Plan · 11 months

“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.”
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Laz

Standard Plan · 1 month

“I colaborated 1 month with Akram, and it was a very pleasant experience, always proactive, and very available for my questions, we crafted a plan together that suits my needs. Very recommended!”
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Aris

Lite Plan · 1 month

“Akram is a good person and a great mentor.”
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Jean

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“Akram is a professional mentor who can guide you in the right direction. Even within just one month, he has already helped me find clarity. I need to pause the mentorship for now due to my current workload, but I fully …” “Akram is a professional mentor who can guide you in the right direction. Even within just one month, he has already helped me find clarity. I need to pause the mentorship for now due to my current workload, but I fully intend to continue in the future.”
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Martin

Standard Plan · 1 month

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