Austin Sasko is a Staff Architect with 11+ years of hands-on experience building secure, reliable systems across DevOps, SRE, and engineering roles at American Express and prior startups. He blends a formal MS in Cyber Security and a bachelor’s in information assurance with practical expertise in Linux administration, incident response, and production reliability. Known for moving up through technical ranks from Site Reliability Engineer to Staff Architect, he focuses on designing maintainable, secure infrastructure that supports long-term innovation. He has experience bridging customer-facing technical support and deep engineering work, which sharpens his ability to translate operational pain points into durable solutions. Based in New York, he aims to sustain roles that combine engineering leadership with strong security stewardship. A former founder, he brings entrepreneurial instincts to large-scale enterprise challenges.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Cyber Security, Master of Science - MS Cyber Security at Fordham University
Bachelor's degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Bachelor's degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Florida Polytechnic University
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Austin Sasko - Staff Architect at American Express