Summary
AJ Stensland is a Security Consultant II with eight years of hands-on experience securing web and AWS cloud-native applications, specializing in penetration testing, secure code review, API security, and security tooling. He has led large-scale assessments for Fortune 500 clients, performed 80+ penetration tests across cloud and AI systems, and built internal extensions and auditing tools to streamline testing coverage. Comfortable communicating complex risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, AJ mentors junior engineers and shapes remediation strategies that scale across multi-account AWS environments. He combines a CS degree with practical exploit development and DevSecOps experience, and outside work channels his technical creativity into music production and indie software projects, reflecting a blend of analytical rigor and creative problem-solving.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ithaca High School
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Binghamton University