Summary
Alon Itach is a Senior DevOps lecturer and former Microsoft Healthcare R&D software engineer with eight years of experience building and teaching cloud-native, infrastructure-focused practices. Based in Tel Aviv, he authors the widely referenced DevOpsTheHardWay on GitHub and focuses on creating high-quality, hands-on educational content that bridges theory and real-world tooling. His background in electrical engineering and computer science informs a systems-oriented approach to observability, automation, and resilient deployments. Known for translating complex operational challenges into practical lab exercises, he helps engineers accelerate from concept to production-ready workflows.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering and Computers Science, Electrical Engineering and Computers Science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem