Marco Iorio
Software Engineer, Isovalent At Cisco
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolMarco Iorio is a software engineer with 8 years of experience building cloud-native, distributed systems and Kubernetes extensions, currently contributing to Cilium at Isovalent (Cisco). He holds a PhD in Computer Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and has a track record as a maintainer and core developer of Liqo, an open-source project that enables dynamic multi-cluster Kubernetes topologies. Marco blends research-grade rigor with production engineering—designing operator-pattern components, building CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing performance for demanding edge and in-vehicle scenarios. He co-founded CrownLabs to deliver remote computing labs and has hands-on DevOps skills evidenced by work on install scripts, virtual kubelet deployment, and adding build/test targets for large repos. Comfortable moving between systems design, security for V2X communications, and implementation details, he excels at turning complex distributed requirements into practical, well-tested solutions.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Torino
Italian, English
Github Skills (22)
kubernetes10
scripting10
etcd10
cicd10
script10
go10
helm10
kubernetes-pods10
sh10
shell10
cloud-computing9
bpf9
networking9
distributed-systems9
k8s8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
liqotech/liqo
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
Enable dynamic and seamless Kubernetes multi-cluster topologies
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:962 reviews, 239 commits, 220 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Marco primarily focused on improving the installation scripts for the Liqo project, adding features, and resolving configuration issues. The code differences show a good understanding of shell scripting (install.sh). They are also responsible for the deployment of virtual kubelet and configuration of the pod. The user's contributions show also involvement in setting up and maintaining the CI/CD pipeline using helm.
cloud-computingmulti-clusterclustersresource-sharingkubernetes-clusters
cilium/cilium
Dec 2022 - Apr 2025
eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:1195 reviews, 467 PRs, 449 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Marco primarily contributed to the development and implementation of core features within the `cilium/cilium` repository, focusing on networking, security, and observability. They were involved in implementing new functionality, specifically a new "cell" for the kvstore client. Additionally, the user was also responsible for creating and integrating features within the build process, including adding and integrating several build and test targets. This shows they possess knowledge of both back-end system development and DevOps practices to facilitate the overall software development lifecycle.
bpfcontainerskerneltroubleshootingkubernetes-networking
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.