Steve Vaknin
Principal Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
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Top SchoolSteve Vaknin is a Principal Software Engineer based in Tel Aviv with six years of professional experience building secure, cloud-native software and leading engineering teams at Palo Alto Networks. He progressed from full-stack engineering to management and now architects solutions at scale, bringing practical expertise from a previous role at Bridgecrew where he contributed Kubernetes security checks to the widely used open-source Checkov project. His hands-on background in DevOps and security is complemented by a BS in Computer Science and five years of software development in the Israel Defense Forces, which instilled a disciplined approach to reliability and compliance. Known for improving code quality, fixing subtle bugs, and hardening Kubernetes API server configurations, he blends developer empathy with a strong security-first mindset.
6 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Netanya Academic College
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Github Skills (16)
it-security10
infrastructure-as-code10
kubernetes10
devops10
kubernetes-pods10
security10
aws-cloudformation8
terraformer8
terraform8
aws7
microsoft-azure7
azure7
static-analysis7
docker6
dockers6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
bridgecrewio/checkov
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.
Role in this project:
DevOps & Security Engineer
DevOps & Security EngineerContributions:138 reviews, 29 commits, 56 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Steve primarily contributed to the Kubernetes security and compliance checks within the `checkov` project. They implemented and tested numerous checks related to Kubernetes API server configurations, focusing on aspects like authorization modes, audit logging, and TLS settings. These contributions enhanced the project's ability to identify and prevent misconfigurations in Kubernetes deployments, thus improving security posture. The user also addressed code quality issues and bug fixes, demonstrating their commitment to code reliability.
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SteveVaknin/unique-terragoat-12
Jan 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:6 PRs, 10 pushes, 25 branches in 3 years 3 months
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