Andrew Kirch
Infrastructure And Security Architect at ECS Tuning
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Summary
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SeniorAndrew Kirch is an Infrastructure and Security Architect with 13 years of experience transitioning from Linux administration and DevOps into principled information security and risk management. Based in Indianapolis, he has modernized large-scale infrastructures—leading PCI compliance network redesigns, VMware-to-VSAN migrations with Azure DR, and Kubernetes and sharded MongoDB rollouts for high-scale startups. He combines hands-on systems work (networking, storage, monitoring) with security controls including IDS/IDP, WAF, endpoint detection and cloud governance that cut AWS spend by over $10,000/month. A pragmatic operator, he has rescued failing deployments, expanded monitoring coverage by thousands of percent, and translated technical programs into C-level visibility and measurable business outcomes. Outside of day-to-day ops he has driven community growth and cost-saving strategies at scale, authored compliance programs (ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI), and produces practical roadmaps that bridge engineering, security, and hiring.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (38)
security-hardening10
unix10
vulnerability-scanners10
security-scanner10
linux10
vulnerability-assessment10
security-vulnerability10
pci10
hipaa10
vulnerability-detection10
compliance10
pci-dss10
shell10
gdpr10
auditing10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
zenoss/core-autodeploy
Jun 2013 - Feb 2016
Auto-deployment scripts for Zenoss Core 4
Contributions:16 commits in 2 years 8 months
zenoss
CISOfy/lynis
Jul 2020 - May 2025
Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.
Contributions:5 comments, 3 issues in 4 years 10 months
linuxmacospcipci-dsssecurity
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