Brian Nuszkowski
Principal Security Engineer at Cruise
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Nuszkowski is a Principal Security Engineer with 12 years of experience building secure infrastructure and authentication systems, currently leading security efforts at Cruise in Ann Arbor. His background spans SRE, DevOps, and cloud services across companies like Uber ATG, Duo, and Domino’s, giving him deep operational experience in production systems. He contributes to high-profile open source security tooling—most notably enhancements to HashiCorp Vault’s authentication and transit engines—and has a knack for pragmatic documentation improvements in security utilities. Known for blending hands-on backend engineering with infrastructure-first security, he focuses on making complex auth and secrets workflows both auditable and user-friendly. An early career foundation in platform and network engineering informs his practical approach to risk reduction and secure system design.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BS Information Technology Sociology, BS Information Technology Sociology at Central Michigan University
Github Skills (25)
markdown10
secret-management10
user-authentication10
authentication10
security10
secrets-manager10
two-factor-authentication10
go10
markdown-it10
aws10
read-me10
vault10
html10
documentation10
2factor9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
broamski/aws-mfa
Dec 2015 - May 2018
Manage AWS MFA Security Credentials
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:62 commits, 17 PRs, 46 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Brian's contributions primarily focused on improving the project's documentation. They updated the README file extensively, correcting syntax, fixing spelling and grammar, and enhancing readability and clarity. Further improvements involved standardizing usage examples and adding a link to AWS documentation relevant to the project's functionality. They also added a setup helper.
multi-factor-authenticationsecurityaws-stsamazon-web-servicesawscli
jedi4ever/devopsdays-webby
Jun 2015 - Mar 2016
Website code for the devopsdays website
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:75 commits, 36 PRs, 13 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily worked on the website code for the devopsdays website, contributing significantly to the content of various event pages, including those for Detroit 2015 and Detroit 2016. Their contributions encompass the creation and formatting of event schedules, location details, registration information, and FAQ sections. Furthermore, they updated the site's welcome page with relevant event details and CFP information, demonstrating a focus on the website's overall presentation and user experience.
devopsdays
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