Iris Dyrmishi
Senior Observability Engineer @ Miro ∣ CNCF Ambassador
Porto, Portugal
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I'm an Observability Engineer specializing in architecting and building scalable observability platforms for resilient cloud-native systems.I help teams improve their telemetry signals to ensure operational excellence and system reliability. Beyond engineering, I am a CNCF Ambassador and an organizer for KCD Porto and Cloud Native Porto. I leverage these leadership roles to build spaces and platforms that empower others to connect and share ideas
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Cutting Metrics Traffic, Cutting Costs: The AZ-Aware Observability Blueprint
We know observability gets expensive, yet we consistently overlook the highest-cost element: network traffic. Optimizing for storage and compute is common, but inter-AZ data transfer remains a major budget sink.
This talk presents a field-proven strategy for significantly reducing cloud traffic costs by minimizing cross-availability zone (AZ) metrics collection. We'll show how to leverage standard relabeling mechanisms in popular tools, like Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and VictoriaMetrics, to implement an AZ-aware sharding strategy. Configuring agents to scrape only targets within their own zone drastically reduces inter-AZ transfer. We'll share a practical, vendor-agnostic blueprint, including real-world savings data, applicable to any large-scale metrics pipeline. This approach directly addresses unnecessary cloud spend and provides a clear path to a more cost-efficient and resilient observability stack.
Built for Devs, Powered by SREs (Who Don’t Always Agree)
Ever received a ticket asking you to migrate everything to a tool you've never even heard of, 24 hours before the one you actually use gets decommissioned by another SRE team? Then keep reading, because this talk is for you.
In big organizations, platform engineering doesn't come from a single team; it's a shared effort across many specialized SRE teams like Compute, Observability, Networking, Security, and more. Each team has its own priorities and areas of expertise, but in the end, we're all working towards the same goal: making developers' lives easier and building a bulletproof platform.
This talk is about how we actually do that, not just the technical side, but how we align, communicate, and find common ground to deliver something that feels unified. We'll share real examples from our day-to-day: pre-built Helm blueprints for out-of-the-box observability, joint cost-saving efforts that made resource usage more transparent (and even got a nod of approval from FinOps), and more, all using open source tools.
This talk is led by two SREs who've been in the thick of these collaborations and have a few lessons (and maybe a few scars) to share. Attendees will walk away with practical tactics for cross-team alignment, examples of reusable tooling patterns, and the confidence to push back (constructively) when timelines get absurd.
Crafting Open Source Success: Contributions, Community, and the CNCF Journey
Join us for a fireside chat exploring the success of open-source through the lens of contributions, community building, and the CNCF's (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) journey. We'll discuss how individual and organizational efforts have driven projects like Kubernetes, the importance of fostering an inclusive community, and CNCF’s role in shaping the future of cloud-native technology.
OpenTelemetry: Realising the Value of Open Standards
Technology adoption can be challenging, especially when it involves a fundamental change in how engineering teams observe and operate their systems. In this panel moderated by Hope Oluwalolope (Microsoft) we hear from experts in observability like Daniel Gomez Blanco (Skyscanner), Iris Dyrmishi (Miro), and Marcin Sodkiewicz (Ryanair) as they tell us about their experiences adopting OpenTelemetry within their organisations and the value gained from embracing open standards. We’ll hear about their initial motivation for adoption, what steps they took to roll out a solution across teams, success stories after adoption, lessons learnt, some of the challenges they’re still facing today (both technical and human) and what their next steps are to increase the effectiveness of their observability solutions.
You Can’t Fix What You Can’t See: Tales from the Observability Frontier
Observability isn’t a tool — it’s a strategy. This talk brings together three seasoned engineers to discuss how to design an observability setup that scales with your system and your team. We’ll explore architectural patterns, and discuss our ideal observability setups, so you know what to be in the lookout for our observability journey. Also, the human side of observability — onboarding, alert fatigue, and cross-team visibility. Whether you’re a platform engineer or a tech lead, you’ll leave with actionable insights.
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