Yuval Yacoby
Software Engineer
Center District, Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolYuval Yacoby is a software engineer with eight years of practical experience focused on improving CI/CD and DevOps workflows. Based in Israel’s Center District, he contributes to notable open-source security tooling such as Checkov, where he enhanced GitHub Actions integration by adding support for var files, multiple checks, and more robust output and baseline handling. He brings a pragmatic mindset to automating build-time security checks, helping teams catch infrastructure misconfigurations earlier in the pipeline. Currently expanding his formal education at Shenkar, Yuval blends hands-on engineering with a continual learning approach that keeps his tooling and integration skills current. His contributions reveal an attention to developer ergonomics and practical security in production-like workflows.
8 years of coding experience
Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art.
Github Skills (15)
terraformer10
infrastructure-as-code10
github-ci10
githubaction-workflow10
devops10
terraform10
cicd9
bash9
python7
kubernetes-pods5
gcp5
aws5
microsoft-azure5
azure5
kubernetes5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bridgecrewio/checkov
Oct 2021 - Jun 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 Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:18 commits, 5 PRs, 4 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Yuval's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the GitHub Actions integration within the Checkov project. This involved adding support for new features, specifically the `--var-file` flag, and allowing multiple `--check` flags. They also addressed issues related to baseline skipping and output formatting within the CI/CD pipeline, improving the integration's functionality and flexibility. These changes demonstrate a focus on streamlining the automated build and testing processes.
gcppolicy-as-codecomplianceaws-securityaws
yuvalyacoby/playground
Aug 2022 - Jan 2025
Contributions:14 reviews, 25 PRs, 14 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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