David Filiatrault
Principal Hybrid Edge Consultant, Professional Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Filiatrault is a seasoned technology executive and Principal Hybrid Edge Consultant at AWS Professional Services with 25+ years solving complex security and operations challenges for Fortune 500 financial and enterprise customers. He leads global engagements for AWS Outposts, Detective Controls, and Cloud Custodian, bringing hands-on cloud engineering experience to large-scale security transformation and compliance programs. Known for turning around fragile IT operations, he has driven rapid availability and performance improvements, led two major company turnarounds, and managed cross-functional teams worldwide to deliver measurable business value. David pairs deep technical fluency (SIEM, DevOps, Secure SDLC, cloud native architectures) with executive-level communication—backed by an MBA—to translate risk and opportunity into operational plans. An active contributor to Cloud Custodian, he has enhanced AWS security and cost-optimization tooling that supports governance at scale. Based in Irvine, CA, he blends rigorous audit-ready delivery (PCI, SSAE-16, state audits) with a knack for pragmatic, high-impact engineering.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Rochester Institute of TechnologyMaster, Business Administration, Master, Business Administration at Virginia Tech
English
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Github Skills (23)
cloud-computing10
python10
rule-engine10
aws10
engine10
amazon-s39
aws-s39
s3-bucket9
devops8
elasticsearch6
encryption6
lambda6
lambdas6
amazon-ec26
docker6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian
Apr 2017 - Nov 2020
Rules engine for cloud security, cost optimization, and governance, DSL in yaml for policies to query, filter, and take actions on resources
Role in this project:
Cloud Engineer
Cloud EngineerContributions:33 commits, 42 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the AWS CloudCustodian project by implementing and improving features related to AWS security and cost optimization. They added filters and actions for Security Hub integration, refactored S3 logging functionalities, fixed ARN generation for resources, and updated the AWS SDK dependencies. These changes reflect a focus on enhancing the project's capabilities in cloud security and compliance, and maintaining compatibility with the latest AWS service releases.
gcpquery-filterserverlesscompliancecloud-security
aws-samples/aws-securityhub-automated-remediations-workshop
Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
Workshop on how to implement automated remediations of findings submitted to AWS Security Hub leveraging an open source tool named Cloud Custodian
Contributions:28 commits, 4 PRs, 24 pushes in 1 year 1 month
leveragingworkshopsecurityaws-security-hubsecurity-hub
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