Summary
Alon Firestein is a Cloud Security Developer with six years of software engineering experience, currently building cloud-native security features at Varonis after prior roles at IBM. He blends a formal background in computer science and mathematics with hands-on expertise in Go, Python, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud). At IBM he developed storage and data-protection integrations—most notably an OpenShift marketplace plugin for IBM FlashSystem that exports capacity metrics to Prometheus—demonstrating an ability to bridge infrastructure, observability, and platform integrations. Comfortable across Linux environments and automation tooling, he has shipped solutions for backup, storage, and containerized deployments. A former Israel Defense Forces company sergeant major, he brings disciplined leadership and rapid learning to collaborative engineering teams. He’s driven by pragmatic problem solving and enjoys turning complex cloud security requirements into reliable, production-ready tooling.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics and Computer Science at Ariel University
English, Hebrew