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Amiran Alavidze

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Director of Security Engineering at Zello
📍 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Amiran is a product security leader with over 20 years of experience in information security, risk management, and cloud security. He currently serves as the Director of Security Engineering at Zello. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic and accomplished expert who excels at communicating complex solutions. He holds a Masters degree from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Outside of his formal role, Amiran is a passionate and active member of the Vancouver information security community. He is involved with groups like OWASP Vancouver and DC604, frequently speaks at conferences such as BSides, and enjoys sharing his knowledge on complex topics like Kubernetes and CI/CD pipeline security.

He has developed his own practical framework for threat modeling and hardening CI/CD workflows, which he shares with the community.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Director of Security Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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CI/CD Security
He has developed a personal framework for hardening CI/CD workflows and frequently speaks on the security risks of tools like GitHub Actions.
Cloud-Native Security
His expertise covers securing cloud environments, including giving talks on Kubernetes security for managed cloud deployments (EKS, AKS, GKE).
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Career

Work history

10-2023
Director of Security Engineering
Zello
11-2022 - 10-2023
Sr. Security Engineer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
7-2022 - 11-2022
Director, Information Security
Planview, Inc.
4-2018 - 7-2022
Director, Security and Risk Management
Tasktop
3-2016 - 4-2018
Sr. Manager, IT Security
Sierra Wireless
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Education
1995 - 2001
Masters Degree
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)
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