Djalal Harouni
Cloud Runtime Security - EBPF And Linux Kernel at systemd OSS project (system components for Linux operating systems)
United States
Summary
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RockstarDjalal Harouni is a senior software engineer with 14 years focused on eBPF, Linux kernel security, and cloud runtime protection, currently building AI-driven cloud runtime security at Garnet. He has deep open-source pedigree as a long-time systemd maintainer and contributor to projects like Tetragon and glib, bringing hands-on kernel, driver, and container hardening experience. His work at Cisco and Isovalent centered on live CVE protection and integrating eBPF-based defenses into data center switches and cloud-native stacks. As a consultant and technical lead he has delivered embedded Linux, IoT, and kernel self-protection solutions, including a lightweight Linux Security Module for constrained devices. Known for bridging low-level kernel engineering with operational DevOps and documentation, he combines exploit mitigation expertise with pragmatic tooling and operator experience.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (14)
c1710
debug10
maintenance10
go10
c1110
devops10
ebpf10
bpf10
glib10
cicd9
kubernetes-pods9
security9
kubernetes9
yaml8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cilium/tetragon
May 2022 - Jan 2023
eBPF-based Security Observability and Runtime Enforcement
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:545 reviews, 596 commits, 278 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Djalal primarily focused on enhancing the Tetragon project's eBPF-based security observability and runtime enforcement capabilities. They implemented changes related to BPF map and program naming conventions, and also introduced modifications to the configuration and logging mechanisms. Furthermore, they contributed to the operator component, including changes to the environment variable handling and the creation of command reference documentation. The user's work suggests involvement in both core backend and system-level infrastructure aspects of the project.
bpfkernelenforcementsecurityruntime
GNOME/glib
Oct 2013 - Oct 2013
Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 3 days
Contributions summary:Djalal primarily contributed to bug fixes within the glib library. Their work focused on correcting redundant declarations of functions within the code, addressing issues in multiple files such as gutils.c, gconvert.c, and gio/gbufferedinputstream.c. The user also removed unnecessary inclusions, demonstrating a focus on code optimization and maintenance. These commits likely improved code clarity and reduced potential compilation conflicts.
pygobjectgnome-shell-extensiongtk-rsgnomegitlab
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