Summary
Vasken Houdoverdov is a systems-minded security professional with eight years of experience designing and operating secure, compliant environments across multiple UC campuses. Currently a System Administrator for Regulatory Compliance Services at UCLA, he focuses on defense-in-depth, incident response, and architecture that balances operational needs with regulatory requirements. His background spans hands-on roles from technician to information security analyst, giving him deep visibility into systems, networking, and pragmatic controls that actually work in production. Based in the Greater Los Angeles area, he brings a university-scale perspective on protecting research and student data while enabling IT services. Colleagues value his blend of technical rigor and institutional knowledge, and his GitHub interest in systems security reflects a continuous curiosity about hardening real-world infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer