Alex Palesandro
Security Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolAlex Palesandro is a Security Engineer with 14 years of experience specializing in cloud-native infrastructures, Kubernetes, DevOps, and Go, currently focused on security at AWS. He led feature teams at D2iQ/DKP to deliver multi-tenancy isolation and observability for network-constrained clusters and previously ran Liqo as project leader and maintainer, where he architected control-plane components enabling dynamic multi-cluster topologies. His PhD in Computer and Information Systems Security underpins a research-driven approach to intercloud architectures, reflected in academic publications and contributions to EU-funded projects. Alex combines hands-on engineering—implementing virtual-kubelet providers, CI/CD pipelines, and infra build scripts—with customer-facing guidance to accelerate cloud adoption. He holds Kubernetes and Google Cloud certifications and speaks Italian, English, and French, enabling cross-border collaboration and community advocacy. An uncommon strength is his blend of deep academic rigor and practical open-source impact on multi-cluster networking.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Diplome d'ingenieur Computer Engineering, Diplome d'ingenieur Computer Engineering at National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of GrenobleDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer and Information Systems Security, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer and Information Systems Security at Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III)Liceo Scientifico "Marie Curie"Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Torino
Italian, English, French, German
Stackoverflow
9reputation
0reached
1answer
0questions
Github Skills (10)
kubernetes10
cluster-computing10
go10
cloud-computing10
clustering10
cicd10
kubernetes-pods10
dockers9
docker9
kubectl6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
liqotech/liqo
Feb 2020 - Dec 2021
Enable dynamic and seamless Kubernetes multi-cluster topologies
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:2 releases, 830 reviews, 188 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Alex focused on creating, modifying, and integrating core components to build a virtual-kubelet within the liqo/liqo repository. This involved the implementation of virtual-kubelet provider interface, including features for pod creation, updating, and deletion. The user also made contributions to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure build scripts.
cloud-computingmulti-clusterclustersresource-sharingkubernetes-clusters
palexster/liqo
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
Building your shared Kubernetes ocean
Contributions:3 releases, 12 PRs, 360 pushes in 8 months
multi-clusteroceanskaffoldk8skubernetes
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.