DevOps Exchange - Toronto

The DevOps Exchange - Toronto returns on the 25th May, hosted by Digital Media company, theScore in Toronto.

Join us for another jam-packed evening filled with talks discussing the latest developments and trends in the DevOps space as we are joined by 3 great companies; open source application delivery and infrastructure management gitops platform Kubefirst, Software Development company, **Canvass AI **and finally our hosts at theScore.

We'll hear from Ashish Bhatia at CanvassAI who will share tips and give an understanding of Kubernetes common problems/issue and debugging steps.. Frédéric Harper at Kubefirst will give us an introduction to GitOps and will guide us through how using this framework will help you better collaborate with your team, deploy and iterate faster within a more secure environment. Finally, Shlomo Bielakfrom our hosts at theScore will be talking about CI/CD models and will be exploring what it is to have confidence for production practice..

The event will consist of 3 x 20 minutes talks starting at 7pm. Please see the agenda below and we hope to see you all there!

If you are interested in coming, please RSVP above to secure your spot. Alternatively, if you'd prefer to register on Meetup.com the link is here.

Agenda:

6:30pm - Arrive and drinks

Ashish Bhatia, DevOps Engineer @Canvass AI
“Debugging Kubernetes common problems”

This talk will share tips and helps in understanding of Kubernetes common problems/issue and debugging steps.

Bio: As a passionate advocate for cloud technology, Ashish currently works as a DevOps Engineer at Canvass AI. Throughout her career, she has gained extensive experience in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and has applied her expertise across diverse industries, focusing on Infrastructure as Code and implementing DevOps practices. With over 11 years of IT Experience and 8 years of dedicated work in Cloud, DevOps, SRE. she firmly embraces the principle of "Stay curious, keep learning."

Frédéric Harper, Principal Developer @ Kubefirst
"Git Shit Done, the GitOps Way"

Are you an avid Cloud user, and are now contemplating Kubernetes for your project? Did you already start to play with clusters, controllers, pods and anything K8s? In both cases, stop what you are doing right now, and let me help you in your container orchestration journey by introducing you to GitOps. I know, I know… you barely jumped the DevOps wagon, and there is already this new kid in town. Worry not my friend, because this talk will set you on the path to success for implementing Continuous Deployment (CD) for cloud native applications. You’ll learn what the hell is GitOps, and how it will help you better collaborate with your team, deploy and iterate faster within a more secure environment, while saving some costs on the road. In the end, you’ll leave with concrete steps to implement best practices to get shit done, the GitOps way!

Bio: As the Principal Developer Advocate at Kubefirst, Frédéric Harper helps Developers, and DevOps be successful with their Kubernetes journey. Fred has shared his passion for technology on the stage at multitudinous events around the world. He’s helped build successful, and healthy communities at npm, Mozilla, Microsoft, DigitalOcean, and Fitbit. He is also the author of the book Personal Branding for Developers at Apress.

Shlomo Bielak, VP of Engineering @ theScore
"DevOps Happiness - Going from confidence in production to confidence for production"

The most advanced models for CI/CD don’t account for the heroes made with the ever-changing service offerings. These heroes pay the greatest price, their personal time. Let’s change the SDLC to protect those talented individuals. Exploring what it is to have confidence for production practice.

Bio: Shlomo, theScore’s VP of Engineering is building expertise to redesign the SDLC for Engineering effectiveness and sustainability (ESG). His experience focuses on developing SRE Operating models, Continuous Verification through Observability in Non-Production, Monitoring-as-Code Service Factories, QA automation, DevOps, DevSecOps, and enabling continuous deployment to production for the enterprise. A rich and responsive customer experience is the outcome.

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Please ensure you RSVP as soon as possible to secure your space.

DevOps Exchange - Toronto is organised by LinuxRecruit - Continuous Delivery of Top Tech Talent.

www.linuxrecruit.io/jobs