Shigechika Aikawa
Information Technology Administrator
Chiyoda, Japan
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Top SchoolShigechika Aikawa is an experienced Information Technology Administrator based in Chiyoda, Japan, with over 10 years focused on UNIX/Linux systems, networking (Cisco, Juniper), cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), VMware and security-oriented SRE/DevOps practices. With a long tenure at Nihon University and earlier systems engineering at Hitachi Software, he blends institutional IT management with deep hands-on skills in OSS tooling and vulnerability management. He has contributed to the well-regarded open-source scanner Vuls, improving WordPress vulnerability detection and resilience to API rate limits while adding Google Chat reporting—demonstrating practical, security-first automation. Trained in electrical engineering at Nihon University, he combines low-level systems understanding with pragmatic operational engineering and a penchant for triathlon-style endurance, hinting at steady, disciplined problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
BS, Electricity, BS, Electricity at 日本大学 - Nihon University
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Github Skills (12)
wordpress10
cybersecurity10
go10
vulnerability-detection10
vulnerability-scanners10
security10
centos9
api9
apim9
automations8
automation8
automation-testing8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
future-architect/vuls
Jul 2016 - Sep 2022
Agent-less vulnerability scanner for Linux, FreeBSD, Container, WordPress, Programming language libraries, Network devices
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 16 PRs, 16 comments in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Shigechika primarily contributed to improving the WordPress vulnerability scanning capabilities of the Vuls project. This included fixing issues related to the WPVULNDB API, implementing a retry mechanism to handle "Too Many Requests" errors, and addressing poor versioning. They also fixed issues related to CentOS package management and overall scanning functionality. Additionally, the user added support for reporting via Google Chat.
vulnerability-managementsecurity-vulnerabilityadministratorfreebsdvulnerability-scanners
shigechika/nginx-module-pagespeed
Oct 2017 - Jan 2023
nginx pagespeed dynamic module
Contributions:8 releases, 62 commits, 4 PRs in 5 years 3 months
nginxpagespeeddynamic-module
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