Michel Peterson
Principal Software Engineer - Microsoft Defender For Endpoint
Israel
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Top SchoolMichel Peterson is a Principal Software Engineer with 17 years of experience blending deep technical expertise in cloud-native networking and security with strong product and people leadership. Currently at Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, he has a proven track record of architecting scalable solutions at Red Hat (OpenShift/OpenStack) and contributing to notable open-source projects like submariner-io, where he tackled API refactors and race conditions in clustered networking. Transitioning from hands-on engineering to management and back has given him rare fluency in both code and organizational strategy, enabling fast adaptation across technical and commercial domains. He repeatedly improves delivery through agile transformations, crisis-managed programs, and cross-team knowledge sharing, while keeping an entrepreneurial eye on business opportunities and P&L. Based in Israel with a background that spans embedded systems to cloud security, he brings structured problem decomposition and a knack for turning complex infrastructure challenges into practical, resilient designs.
17 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Electronic Technician Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician, Electronic Technician Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician at High SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Government, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Government at Reichman University
English, Spanish, German, Hebrew
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Github Skills (19)
kubernetes10
ipsec10
networking10
go10
kubernetes-pods10
apidoc9
devops9
api9
hash6
flash6
dictionary6
playback6
bluetooth6
docker6
linux6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
submariner-io/submariner
Aug 2019 - Jan 2020
Networking component for interconnecting Pods and Services across Kubernetes clusters.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 54 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Michel primarily focused on enhancing the Submariner networking component. They refactored the API, modifying the types used for endpoints and addressing conventions of the Kubernetes API. They also addressed race conditions within the `strongSwan` component by implementing mechanisms to handle stale cables. Additionally, the user worked on fixing entrypoints and utilizing the Endpoint CRD to configure routes, demonstrating knowledge of system internals and networking principles within a Kubernetes context.
clusterskubernetes-clustersk8skubernetesmatter
mpeterson/dotfiles
Apr 2009 - Jun 2020
Contributions:154 commits, 79 pushes in 11 years 4 months
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