Sonali Srivastava

Sonali Srivastava is a Senior Developer Advocate at Improving and an organizer with the CNCF Women in Cloud Native Community Group. With over seven years of experience across system administration, software development, and developer advocacy, she is a well-recognized voice in the open source and cloud-native ecosystem.

Her work focuses on bridging the gap between developers and CNCF projects through practical proofs of concept and clear, hands-on content, including blogs, demos, tutorials, and videos. She is the creator of LFS255: Mastering Kubernetes Security with Kyverno, a comprehensive course hosted by The Linux Foundation.

Sonali regularly speaks at industry conferences such as KubeCon India, SOSS Community Day, Kubernetes Community Days, and FOSS United. She has contributed to the systemd project through an Outreachy internship and continues to actively contribute to open source documentation and community initiatives.

Based in Mumbai, India, Sonali believes that sustainable careers are built on technical depth and steady growth driven by inner peace and realistic goals. She actively supports students, caregivers, and career returners entering or re-entering technology, and is committed to creating inclusive, supportive spaces for underrepresented groups in tech.