Joël Takvorian
Principal Software Developer (Network Observability, Kiali, Hawkular, Vert.x) at Red Hat
Cuges-les-Pins, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Summary
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Top SchoolJoël Takvorian is a Principal Software Developer and technology lead with 12+ years building cloud-native observability for Kubernetes and OpenShift at Red Hat. He leads the Network Observability team behind projects like netobserv, combining Go, TypeScript, eBPF agents, and operators to deliver metrics, flow logs and performant collection pipelines. His background spans service-mesh observability with Kiali and Hawkular metrics, plus long-standing stewardship of Vert.x micrometer metrics, giving him rare cross-language expertise from Go and TypeScript to Java and some C. Joël contributes to prominent open-source projects including OpenShift Console UX fixes and operator bundle maintenance, blending hands-on coding with release and DevOps work. He pairs systems-level engineering with pragmatic UX and deployment sensibilities, often writing technical blog posts and speaking at conferences. Based in Provence, he brings a practical engineer’s mindset to observability problems that require both low-level data capture and clean user-facing flows.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MSc. equivalent, Computer science, MSc. equivalent, Computer science at Aix-Marseille UniversityDESS (postgrad.), Strategic Systems Analysis, DESS (postgrad.), Strategic Systems Analysis at UVSQ Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
French, English, Spanish
Github Skills (30)
kubernetes10
javascript10
docker10
policies10
ui-design10
dockers10
cicd10
uid10
go10
openshift10
front-end-development10
kubernetes-pods10
network10
operator-sdk10
react10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
kiali/kiali
Feb 2018 - Mar 2021
Kiali project, observability for the Istio service mesh
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:103 reviews, 924 commits, 357 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Joël primarily worked on back-end development tasks within the Kiali project, evidenced by their contributions to unit tests, selector functionality, and error handling within service details. They utilized Go for these tasks. Their commits also reflect involvement in DevOps-related activities, specifically regarding testing and the deployment of components to Kubernetes and OpenShift environments, including the creation and maintenance of related resources, and automated deployment scripts.
meshkialiobservabilityopenshiftistio
openshift/console
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
OpenShift Cluster Console UI
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:66 reviews, 25 commits, 13 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Joël primarily focused on improving the OpenShift console UI, addressing issues related to network policies and volume snapshots. They fixed documentation links and text errors, ensuring accurate information and better user experience. The user also worked on the volume snapshot creation flow, including route fixes, YAML link modifications, and simplifying the process. Their contributions involved modifying React components and updating routes within the console application.
consoleopenshiftk8skubernetescluster
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