NicolasĀ Ontiveros
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolNicolas Ontiveros is a Senior Software Engineer in Seattle with six years of experience building secure, low-level systems for Azure and edge platforms. A Harvard-trained electrical engineer, he has strong C++/C# skills and a track record at Microsoft shipping Edge OS and Azure Red Hat OpenShift features. He contributes to high-profile open-source projects like microsoft/azurelinux, where his work patching QEMU-KVM vulnerabilities highlights a focus on virtualization security and system stability. Comfortable across firmware-to-cloud stacks and IoT scenarios, he blends hardware-aware engineering instincts with production-scale cloud development. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who surfaces subtle security risks before they reach customers.
6 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering at Harvard UniversityGranite Bay High School
Swedish
Github Skills (6)
c1710
c1110
virtualization10
security9
kernel8
kernel-mode8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/azurelinux
Aug 2020 - Oct 2021
Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:79 reviews, 153 commits, 126 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Nicolas's commits primarily focused on patching security vulnerabilities within the QEMU-KVM component, which is used for virtualization. Their work involved identifying and addressing vulnerabilities related to network packet processing and other potential security flaws. Additionally, they added support for packages related to general system utilities, which is common for system development. Their contributions reflect a focus on system security and stability.
cdrappliancesvmslinux-oslinux
niontive/ARO-RP
Mar 2023 - Mar 2024
Azure Red Hat OpenShift RP
Contributions:26 reviews, 7 PRs, 144 pushes in 11 months
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