Mike Heth
Level 2 Lead Engineer at IBM
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Heth is a seasoned Level 2 Lead Engineer with 12+ years of hands-on experience securing and supporting complex enterprise environments, currently focused on IBM security products. He combines deep systems and networking expertise—from Active Directory, firewalls and IDS/IPS to Unix/Linux and Solaris—with proven troubleshooting and incident analysis skills including packet capture and log forensics. Mike has a strong track record creating product documentation, test procedures, and user guides while collaborating with engineering teams to drive product improvements under tight deadlines. He is also an active open-source contributor to major cloud projects (notably OpenStack Nova and multiple Kubernetes repositories), improving docs, API behavior, and reliability of distributed systems. Based in Atlanta, he pairs practical field support experience with formal training in electronic engineering and information system security, and brings a knack for turning ambiguous security events into actionable remediation. Colleagues rely on him as both a technical escalator and a concise documenter who makes complex systems understandable.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Degree, Information System Security, Bachelor of Science Degree, Information System Security at ITT Technical Institute-TampaAssociate of Science Degree, Electronic Engineering Technologies, 4.0, Associate of Science Degree, Electronic Engineering Technologies, 4.0 at Spencerian College-LexingtonNetwork and System Administration/Administrator, Network and System Administration/Administrator at Hamilton College
Github Skills (28)
kubernetes10
concurrent10
networkmanager10
python10
apidoc10
api-design10
tox10
protocol-buffers10
testing10
net10
http10
servicenow10
client-go10
go10
openstack10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes/kubernetes
Dec 2015 - Jan 2023
Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1238 reviews, 225 commits, 292 PRs in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Mike's contributions primarily involve enhancing the Kubernetes codebase by improving internal functionality, focusing on code readability, and fixing potential issues. They documented restrictions on informer clients and enhanced comments for clarity and accuracy. The user also regularized the naming of the post-start hook for injecting APF config objects and clarified the comment on Watch::ResultChan(). Moreover, they cleaned up and improved several internal methods within the codebase, addressing potential data corruption and code quality concerns.
containersschedulingdockergradeproduction-grade
kubernetes/apiserver
Feb 2018 - Nov 2022
Library for writing a Kubernetes-style API server.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:129 commits in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Mike's contributions center around the Kubernetes API server, specifically focusing on enhancing its performance, features, and stability. They introduced and refined parameters for HTTP/2 stream management, improving the handling of aggregated API servers. Additionally, the user addressed documentation clarity issues related to watch cache sizes and corrected logic within the authentication and authorization components. Furthermore, the user made refactorings and improvements to the underlying Fair Queuing system within the project.
kubernetesk8s-staging
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