Liyi Huang
Solutions Architect at Tetrate
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolLiyi Huang is a Solutions Architect with 11 years of hands-on experience designing and automating L2–L7 networks and hybrid cloud architectures, combining deep expertise in Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, F5, AWS and Azure. He blends cloud-native skills (Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, eBPF) with strong automation practice (Python, Ansible, Terraform), and holds senior certifications including CCIE Service Provider, CKA, and multiple AWS specialties. At Tetrate he helps enterprises adopt Istio-based zero-trust service mesh across multi-cluster cloud and on‑prem environments and feeds product teams with client-driven feature requests. His contributions to the prominent Cilium project—improving CLI diagnostics and TCPdump reliability—underscore a practical focus on observability and debugging in modern networking stacks. Academically grounded with a Master’s in OpenFlow-based SDN and a history of architecting complex hybrid network designs, he thrives at the intersection of networking, security and cloud-native operations.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.0/4.0, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.0/4.0 at Chengdu College of UESTCToronto Metropolitan University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (15)
cni10
kubernetes10
go10
helm10
networking10
ebpf10
kubernetes-pods10
devops9
observability9
debugging9
documentation8
scripting7
script7
sh7
shell7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
cilium/cilium
Apr 2023 - Apr 2025
eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:51 reviews, 22 PRs, 249 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Liyi's contributions primarily focus on enhancing the Cilium CLI and core functionalities related to system diagnostics and operation. They implemented features to collect Helm values within system dumps, streamlining the troubleshooting process. Additionally, the user addressed and fixed issues related to TCPdump termination, improving its reliability. Furthermore, they made several documentation updates across multiple areas, including configuration, Hubble TLS setup, and upgrading the system.
bpfcontainerskerneltroubleshootingkubernetes-networking
liyihuang/cilium-cli
May 2023 - Feb 2025
CLI to install, manage & troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters running Cilium
Contributions:6 reviews, 5 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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