Justin Kontny
Sr. Software Engineer - Security at Amazon
Detroit Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolJustin Kontny is a Sr. Software Engineer focused on security with over a decade of hands-on experience modernizing cloud and in-vehicle systems and three years in senior security engineering roles at AWS and Amazon. He designs and implements large-scale secure systems, authors core security tooling like SRA Verify, and has led cross-organizational initiatives that shaped AWS’s Security Reference Architecture and consulting offerings. Justin combines technical delivery with customer-facing leadership—owning sales engineering, workshops, and multi-year migration programs for enterprise clients across industries. He built the first cloud-native security team at LearnVest and has deep experience across Azure and AWS platform services, IAM, detective controls, and automated remediation. Known for mentoring engineers and driving operational excellence, he moves between hands-on coding and strategic architecture to influence long-term technical direction. Based in the Detroit area, he brings a practical, delivery-oriented approach rooted in both OEM (Ford) and cloud-native enterprise security experience.
3 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, MBA, Master's Degree, MBA at Wayne State UniversityInformation Technology, Information Technology, Information Technology, Information Technology at Oakland University
Github Skills (8)
tower10
aws-cloudformation10
aws10
amazon-web-services10
aws-security10
architecture10
aws-control-tower10
security10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
justin-kontny/aws-security-reference-architecture-examples
Apr 2023 - Feb 2024
Example solutions demonstrating how to implement patterns within the AWS Security Reference Architecture guide using CloudFormation and Customizations for AWS Control Tower.
Contributions:40 pushes, 4 branches in 10 months
aws-samples/aws-security-reference-architecture-examples
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
Example solutions demonstrating how to implement patterns within the AWS Security Reference Architecture guide using CloudFormation (including Customizations for AWS Control Tower) and Terraform.
Contributions:23 reviews, 28 PRs, 24 pushes in 2 years
aws-security-automationcontrol-toweraws-cloudformationarchitecture-guidesecurity
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