When I joined a team of 8 developers, their Linode Kubernetes Engine infrastructure was built through UI clicks, manual helm deployments, and YAML manifests scattered across environments - and I didn't understand what their application actually did.
Artur Polek is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Akamai Technologies with over 7 years of experience in SRE and DevOps across enterprise-scale systems. He spent nearly 4 years managing AppDynamics cSaaS reliability and operations at Cisco, building resilient infrastructure for complex distributed applications. Artur specializes in Kubernetes infrastructure automation, observability stack architecture, and platform reliability—often building resilient systems for applications he doesn't fully understand. Holding both CKA and CKAD certifications alongside a Master's in ICT from Cracow University of Technology, his approach combines container orchestration expertise with modern SRE practices. Based in Kraków, Poland, he brings a unique perspective shaped by his former role as a Polish Football Association referee, where split-second decision-making under pressure continues to inform his incident response approach.
