DevConf.CZ 2026

Neeraj Bhatt

I am a Senior Software Engineer on the Red Hat OpenShift team with over 10 years of IT experience. Specializing in cloud infrastructure and automation, I expertly navigate Kubernetes, OpenShift, AWS, Go, and Python. I excel at designing large-scale containerized applications and resolving complex live production issues to ensure minimal downtime. I am passionate about driving innovation and building highly scalable, secure solutions.


Company or affiliation:

Red Hat

Job title:

Senior Software Engineer


Session

06-19
11:00
35min
Who Dropped the Packet? Solving K8s Network Mysteries in Real-Time
Neeraj Bhatt, Ramesh Sahoo

Ever felt like finding a network issue in Kubernetes is like looking for a needle in a burning haystack? As microservices scale dynamically across nodes, traditional tools like tcpdump simply don't cut it anymore. Enter the OpenShift Network Observability Operator.

Powered by the magic of eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter), it provides deep, low-overhead, real-time visibility into your cluster's network traffic—without touching a single line of application code. In this talk, we’ll dive into how the operator translates raw kernel data into actionable insights. We’ll explore the architecture, explain why eBPF is the ultimate superpower for K8s networking, and share real-world customer success stories.

The session culminates in a live, high-stakes troubleshooting demo: we will purposefully break a microservice architecture and use the operator to diagnose complex communication failures and dropped packets in real-time. Walk away ready to master your cluster's network.

Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, and Hyperscale Infrastructure
D0207 (capacity 90)