Joel Knight
Sr. Cloud Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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SeniorJoel Knight is a Sr. Cloud Architect based in Calgary, Alberta with a decade of hands-on experience building secure, reliable cloud systems at Amazon Web Services. He blends deep security engineering expertise with cloud architecture practice, contributing to high-profile open-source projects like AWS's s2n-tls to harden TLS/SSL implementations and improve platform compatibility. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he has driven vulnerability fixes, RFC-compliance improvements, and CI/workflow integrations that boost stability across platforms including OpenBSD. Joel prefers direct contact via email and focuses on shipping robust, production-ready solutions that balance performance, compliance, and operational resilience.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (13)
c1710
mtls10
ssl10
tls1210
c1110
tls1310
cryptography10
openbsd10
cicd10
libtls10
testing9
c998
encryption8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
aws/s2n-tls
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
An implementation of the TLS/SSL protocols
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:11 reviews, 4 commits, 6 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Joel's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the security and reliability of the s2n-tls library. They addressed vulnerabilities and improved compliance with security standards by fixing issues related to RFC 5280 and TLS/SSL protocols. The user also worked on platform-specific adjustments, particularly for OpenBSD, to ensure correct build and function, and integrated a new CI workflow for OpenBSD. This includes optimizing the performance and stability of the TLS/SSL implementation.
cryptographysslc99tlscrypto
knightjoel/zpark
Aug 2017 - Apr 2022
Zpark: A Bot for Cisco Spark and Zabbix
Contributions:3 releases, 194 commits, 36 pushes in 4 years 8 months
pythoncisco-sparkflaskbotspark
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