Nick Lykins
Lead Software Engineer at Capital One
Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNick Lykins is a Lead Software Engineer with eight years of experience building secure, container-driven microservice platforms and driving SRE/DevOps practices at Capital One. He architects and operates a security-first document storage platform focused on scalability, resilience, and minimizing technical debt while enabling feature velocity. His hands-on background includes contributing to the well-known open-source Cloud Custodian project—adding AWS integrations, Slack notifications, and unit tests—demonstrating applied expertise in cloud governance and automation. A former controls test engineer and CI/CD owner, he brings deep operational rigor across Linux, embedded, and multi-platform build systems. Nick pairs a 4.0 MS in Computer Science with a passion for mentoring engineers and translating security requirements into practical, auditable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, 4.0, MS, Computer Science, 4.0 at Kentucky State UniversityPhilosophy, Philosophy at Ohio UniversityBA, Government, Philosophy double major; English minor., BA, Government, Philosophy double major; English minor. at Morehead State UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Morgan County High School
English
Github Skills (14)
engine10
aws10
cloud-computing10
python10
devops10
rule-engine10
cicd9
testing9
dynamodb9
slack9
amazon-dynamodb9
cloud-security9
git7
serverless7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian
Jul 2017 - Jul 2018
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 / DevOps Engineer
Cloud Engineer / DevOps EngineerContributions:7 commits, 28 PRs, 4 branches in 1 year
Contributions summary:Nick contributed significantly to the `cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian` repository, a rules engine for cloud resource management. Their work included adding features like DynamoDB backup support and enabling/disabling streams, indicating a focus on resource management within the AWS environment. Furthermore, the user implemented Slack integration for the `c7n_mailer` tool and fixed related bugs, as well as adding a filter for cloudfront origins, demonstrating proficiency in operational aspects and integrations related to the cloud infrastructure. The user also implemented unit tests and addressed issues related to tag management, further showcasing contributions to both the core functionality and testing.
gcpquery-filterserverlesscompliancecloud-security
LykinsN/cloud-custodian
Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
Rules engine for AWS management, DSL in yaml for query, filter, and actions on resources
Contributions:131 pushes, 18 branches in 6 months
querycloud-infrastructureathenaquery-filterdsl
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