Bella Khizgiyaev
Software Engineer at Red Hat
Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolBella Khizgiyaev is a software engineer with six years of experience building reliable backend systems, currently contributing at Red Hat from Israel. She has a strong background in storage and VM operations, evidenced by her contributions to the well-known oVirt Engine virtualization manager where she improved storage domain management, snapshot handling, and LUN refresh reliability. Prior roles at Dell EMC and hands-on systems work in the Israeli Air Force and Check Point give her a practical understanding of production infrastructure and operational resilience. Bella holds a degree in Communication Systems Engineering from Ben-Gurion University and pairs formal training with applied sysadmin skills from military schooling. Colleagues value her for shipping bug fixes and feature improvements that reduce operational risk in complex virtualization stacks. She combines a systems-first mindset with backend engineering discipline to tackle subtle reliability issues that often surface only at scale.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Physics and Chemistry, Physics and Chemistry at Hadera high schoolSystem Administrator, System Administrator at IDF - The School Of Computer Profession (BASMACH)Bachelor's degree, Communication Systems Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Communication Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
English, Russian, Hebrew
Github Skills (9)
management10
data-storage10
javas10
file-storage10
storage10
backend10
virtualization10
java10
sql8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
oVirt/ovirt-engine
May 2020 - Oct 2021
The oVirt Engine virtualization manager
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:21 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Bella primarily contributed to the backend logic of the oVirt Engine virtualization manager. Their work included adding features related to storage domain management, such as handling low disk space warnings and correcting issues with VM exports. The user also addressed bugs related to LUN refresh operations and snapshot disk management within the system. Their commits demonstrate a focus on improving the reliability and functionality of storage and VM operations within the oVirt environment.
defoldlibvirtovirtvirtualizationovirt-engine
bkhizgiy/forklift
Sep 2022 - Nov 2024
Contributions:428 pushes, 88 branches in 2 years 2 months
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