Site Reliability Engineering Team Lead

Hodaya Nir

Building reliable platforms and stronger engineering teams at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, production reliability, and people-centered technical leadership.

About

Curious by default, reliable by design.

I'm passionate about solving complex problems, building strong teams, and creating meaningful impact through technology. I enjoy bringing people together, turning ideas into practical solutions, and finding creative ways to tackle challenges. Colleagues often know me as someone who combines technical depth with collaboration, curiosity, and a genuine desire to help others succeed.

As a Site Reliability Engineering Team Lead, I bring a mix of leadership, ownership, and hands-on engineering experience. Beyond work, I actively contribute to the tech community through Hackeriot, mentoring, and knowledge sharing. When I'm not immersed in technology, you'll probably find me dancing Brazilian Zouk, organizing events, or exploring something new because learning, connecting with people, and thinking outside the box are a big part of who I am.

Systems Thinking

Designing infrastructure with reliability, scale, and operational clarity in mind.

Technical Leadership

Mentoring engineers, guiding interviews, and helping teams raise their standards.

Community Building

Creating spaces for women in cybersecurity and technology to connect and grow.

CV Snapshot

Experience built around resilient production platforms.

Current focus

Site Reliability Engineering Team Lead, Cato Networks

Leading work across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, platform engineering, CI/CD, observability, automation, and large-scale production reliability.

Impact areas

Infrastructure migrations and operational excellence

Driving critical migrations, improving engineering workflows, and helping platforms scale while keeping production systems understandable and maintainable.

Leadership

Mentoring, interviews, and team enablement

Supporting engineer growth through mentoring, knowledge sharing, technical interviewing, and collaboration across teams.

Education

B.Sc. in Information Technology

The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo. Bachelor of Science degree supporting a career focused on production engineering, infrastructure, and technical leadership.

Core toolkit

  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Helm
  • Docker
  • IAC
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • Python
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • Nginx
  • NLB
  • Mentoring
  • Hiring
  • Project management

Community

Creating opportunities beyond the day-to-day role.

Hackeriot Organizer and Workshop Lead

Helping create opportunities for women in cybersecurity and technology through events, workshops, networking initiatives, and community support, including repeated workshop leadership at the Hackeriot conference.

Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing

Supporting engineers through mentoring, technical interviews, practical guidance, and a bias toward sharing what works.

Life Outside the Terminal

Brazilian Zouk, community events, curiosity-led learning, and new ideas keep the work creative and human.

Contact

Let's connect.

The best place to reach me professionally is LinkedIn. I'm always happy to connect around reliability engineering, platform work, mentoring, or community initiatives.

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