Henry Beberman
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarHenry Beberman is a Principal Software Engineer based in Redmond with eight years of experience building and hardening Linux distributions and cloud agent tooling at Microsoft. He specializes in CBL-Mariner and has driven build-system, package dependency, and security fixes for high-profile repos like microsoft/azurelinux and Azure/AgentBaker. Henry blends low-level OS engineering with DevOps and cloud provisioning work—adding OS-SKU awareness, VHD import support, and systemd/log rotation automation to streamline image build pipelines. He has a track record of addressing critical vulnerabilities (e.g., CVE fixes) and ensuring cryptographic dependencies are correctly integrated. Known for pragmatic, production-focused changes, he operates at the intersection of secure system design and repeatable cloud infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (28)
docker10
cloud-init10
package-management10
scripting10
linux10
bash10
cloud-infrastructure10
vhd10
dockers10
packer10
script10
sh10
systemd10
shell10
vhdx10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/azurelinux
Aug 2020 - Dec 2022
Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:338 reviews, 138 commits, 309 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Henry contributed to the `microsoft/azurelinux` repository by making changes to the build scripts and dependencies related to the Linux OS for Azure. Their primary contribution involved adding and managing dependencies like `libgcrypt`, ensuring that the build process includes necessary packages for cryptographic functionality. They also addressed security vulnerabilities, specifically fixing CVE-2020-13645 and CVE-2020-14342.
cdrappliancesvmslinux-oslinux
Azure/AgentBaker
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
Agent Baker is aiming to provide a centralized, portable k8s agent node provisioning lib as well as rich support on different OS image with optimized k8s binaries.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Cloud Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Cloud EngineerContributions:109 reviews, 40 commits, 82 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Henry's contributions primarily involve modifying build processes and infrastructure configurations for the `azure/agentbaker` repository, specifically targeting the CBLMariner OS. Their work includes adapting the build process to import VHDs, adding OS-SKU awareness, and adjusting configurations for the Mariner environment. The user also added tools and scripts for managing the OS, including log rotation, systemd services, and network configuration, and generally streamlined the build pipeline.
provisioningvhdagentcloud-initaiming
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