About Yahya
Accomplished Infrastructure Engineering Manager with a proven track record in team leadership, driving innovation, and leading
initiatives across Platforms, Networking, AI Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, HPC, Databases / Storage Systems, and Software
Engineering. My expertise in AI infrastructure, security, cloud computing, automation, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and full-stack development
has enabled me to architect high-availability systems and mentor engineering teams to meet critical business objectives.
English
Native or bilingual
Turkish
Conversational
French
Conversational
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- Turing SystemFreelancerJune 2025 - Today (11 months)Self Employed — Turing | OpenAI
- Designed and implemented cloud-native architectures (GCP, Azure, AWS) with a focus on data platforms, API integrations, and CRM ecosystem interoperability.
- Built and optimized Kubernetes (K8s) clusters, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Terraform) and infrastructure-as-code foundations to support scalable MarTech and consumer data solutions.
- Developed automation frameworks for Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) , Software - Defined Networking (SDN) , and API-based workows, reducing manual operations by 60% and improving system reliability.
- Implemented data ingestion and transformation pipelines using Python & SQL, including
- BigQuery queries for analytics, data validation, and quality assurance.
- Worked on POCs (Proofs of Concept) to test innovative architectures for CDP integrations, event-driven systems (Kafka) , and API connectivity between CRM, touchpoints, and consumer data layers.
- Advised clients on best practices in system integration, API governance, data security, CI/CD automation, and monitoring (Datadog, ELK, Prometheus).
- Collaborated with international teams Europe/India/U.S. to define technical roadmaps, documentation (Confluence, ServiceNow) and ensure project delivery aligned with business expectations.
- Tesla, incStaff. Software Engineer (Global Network Automation Manager)AUTOMOBILEJanuary 2020 - May 2024 (4 years and 4 months)Gyatt In Ohio, United States
- Developed and maintained full-stack features using Python (REST APIs) and React, delivering scalable, high-performance applications across multiple business domains.
- Designed and implemented API-driven architectures integrating internal and external systems using REST, Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, and event-driven workflows.
- Integrated and optimized Google Cloud services—including BigQuery, Firestore, Cloud Run, Secret Manager, and Pub/Sub—to support data-intensive and API-centric applications.
- Improved application performance through query optimization, frontend performance tuning, caching strategies, and monitoring instrumentation (Datadog, ELK, Prometheus).
- Led deployments on Cloud Run and other GCP compute services using Terraform IaC, ensuring consistent, multi-environment, automated delivery pipelines (CI/CD, GitOps).
- Managed IAM permissions, service accounts, and environment-specific configurations across development, staging, and production environments.
- Collaborated in international teams (U.S., Europe, India), conducting all technical ceremonies in English, and aligning product, engineering, and data teams around shared technical goals.
- Championed data-driven development by partnering with analytics teams and enabling access to secure, high-quality datasets using BigQuery, SQL, and validation frameworks.
- Oversaw architecture, roadmap planning, and platform modernization initiatives, including MarTech, AI/ML, automation frameworks, and CRM integrations, with budgets exceeding $20M.
- Drove innovation by launching and scaling POCs for new data and cloud architectures, automation tools, and integration strategies across global digital platforms.
- Maintained high standards for documentation, operational excellence, and governance through Confluence, ServiceNow, and architecture review processes.
- TeslaSr. Software EngineerJanuary 2019 - January 2020 (1 year)
- Deployed Kubernetes clusters and designed HA infra
- Built CI/CD pipeline with HA implementation
- Developed job-oriented system to enhance task visibility and completion
- Designed highly scalable UI framework based on react and flask
- Built inhouse monitoring system / platform / retired SolarWinds
- Designed / Deployed inhouse IPAM
- Played team leader role to guide, mentor and lead new members.
- Built config audit tool, to audit production devices configuration based on standardized template
- Deployed Grafana instance with Prometheus for monitoring of network devices
- Worked on integrating systems (Netbrain, NetBox, Solarwinds, Firemon, and kentik)
- Automated config push to network devices (enforcing standards)
- Built config generator to generate WAN POP and Data Center devices config for (Cisco, Junos, Arista)
- Built ASN generator to allocate AS number for new devices
- Developed a config push system that pushed configs in a controlled way to various network vendor (cisco, juniper, arista).
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Education
- BS: CybersecurityUniversity of Cincinnati2021