Docker Captain, Security Author, Community Builder.

Mohammad‑Ali A’râbi is a Senior Backend Engineer at JobRad, Docker Captain, Snyk Ambassador, and founder of the Black Forest Docker community. He writes Docker and Kubernetes Security and speaks at developer conferences across Europe.

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About

He is a Senior Backend Engineer at JobRad, a Docker Captain, Snyk Ambassador, and a CNCF community organizer in Freiburg. He founded the Black Forest Docker community and has organized a dozen+ meetups and workshops. His background is in mathematics and logic; he studied Pure Mathematics and researched logic and programming language theory before moving full‑time into software engineering.

  • CI/CD, supply‑chain security, Kubernetes, developer productivity
  • Author of Docker and Kubernetes Security (self‑published, 2025)
  • Speaker at WeAreDevelopers, PlatformCon, Appdevcon, and more
  • Based in Freiburg, Germany (originally from Iran)

Speaking & Community

He regularly speaks about Docker, Kubernetes, Git, and software supply‑chain security. He organizes Docker Black Forest and CNCF Freiburg meetups.

Writing

Docker and Kubernetes Security

A practitioner’s guide to securing images, builds, and supply chains — from SBOMs and attestations to runtime hardening. Self‑publishing in 2025.

Projects

Okterakt

Workshops & consulting in DevOps and container security.

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Contact

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