vixentael
Software Engineer
Kyiv, Ukraine
Summary
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RockstarSoftware Engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in data security and cryptography, based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Deeply involved in backend and security engineering, notably contributing to Acra, a well-regarded open-source database security suite that offers field-level encryption, encrypted search, and intrusion defense. Regularly speaks at and organizes conferences, and leads technical communities, signaling strong communication and ecosystem-building skills beyond hands-on coding. Proven track record improving logging, error handling, and maintainability in security-critical systems, including adapting logs to CEF for better incident analysis. Known for pragmatic, production-minded approaches to protecting data across SQL and NoSQL stores while balancing developer ergonomics.
13 years of coding experience
Github Skills (19)
admin10
it-security10
databases10
database-administration10
security10
database-security10
go10
cryptography10
golang10
logging10
encryption10
database10
mysql-proxy9
reverse-proxy9
postgresql9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
cossacklabs/acra
Nov 2017 - Dec 2021
Database security suite. Database proxy with field-level encryption, search through encrypted data, SQL injections prevention, intrusion detection, honeypots. Supports client-side and proxy-side ("transparent") encryption. SQL, NoSQL.
Role in this project:
Back-end & Security Engineer
Back-end & Security EngineerContributions:14 releases, 128 reviews, 122 commits in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:vixentael primarily contributed to the core functionality of the `acra` database security suite. Their commits demonstrate expertise in implementing and modifying logging features. They were also involved in adapting the logging format to CEF format and modifying code for the AcraProxy and AcraServer components. The changes show a focus on improving security and system maintainability, with error codes and improvements to logging.
proxydatabase-proxydjangoencryption-serverintrusion-detection
stanfy/submit-to-appstore-objc
Mar 2014 - Dec 2015
Contributions:11 commits, 6 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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