Tyler Wengerd
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Senior Cloud Architect I
"Tenacious"
he/him
Cloud Architect with 10+ years of cloud expertise, both on AWS and GCP. Focused on security, networking, and IaC.
When I'm not at work, you might find me riding my bicycle or playing the ukulele (not simultaneously).
- Security
- Networking
- AWS
- GCP
My Certifications
AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Jun 17, 2024)
Expires Jun 17, 2027
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Sep 16, 2024)
Expires Sep 16, 2027
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Sep 16, 2024)
Expires Sep 16, 2027
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Apr 15, 2024)
Expires Apr 15, 2027
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Jul 9, 2026)
Expires Jul 9, 2029
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Jul 9, 2026)
Expires Jul 9, 2029
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Sep 16, 2024)
Expires Sep 16, 2027
AWS Partner: Accreditation (Technical)
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Aug 25, 2025)
Expires Aug 25, 2028
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
Google (last renewed/obtained: Dec 5, 2025)
Expires Dec 5, 2027
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer
Google (last renewed/obtained: Sep 26, 2025)
Expires Sep 26, 2027
Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate
Hashicorp (last renewed/obtained: Feb 21, 2025)
Expires Feb 21, 2027
Hashicorp Certified Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional
Hashicorp (last renewed/obtained: Feb 21, 2025)
Expires Feb 21, 2027
What my customers say
Quick and clear update. Great support.
planity.com · Oct 2026
What I'm writing
JA3 and JA4 Fingerprints in AWS WAF and Beyond
DoiT CREs dive into some of the latest client fingerprinting techniques with a focus on using them alongside AWS WAF
Sharing Secrets in AWS Parameter Store
Best practices for sharing secrets using AWS Parameter Store, and when does using AWS Secrets Manager makes more sense
Frequently asked
questions
What do you do at DoiT?
- - Run security assessments
- - Triage security incident investigations
- - Architect network and DNS designs
- - Troubleshoot permissions issues
- - Test out new features and services
Overall, though, I'm here because I like working with people and I like solving problems. If you're a person with a problem (who isn't?), maybe I can help.
I want to improve my security in AWS. Where do I start?
Want to learn more? We do security assessments all the time for DoiT customers, and I'd be happy to help you out. We also can automatically generate security insights for you!
I'm used to AWS (or GCP) and I'm trying to learn GCP (or AWS). What are some big differences?
- - AWS IAM roles are similar to Google Cloud's Service accounts. Google's service accounts and AWS IAM role can both be assigned to resources to give them permissions.
- - Google IAM roles are sets of permissions, similar to AWS IAM policies
- - If you need external access to AWS from a service, traditionally you created an IAM user with an access key. Google allows you to create keys for service accounts. These days, IAM Roles Anywhere are recommended, instead of IAM users, to allow external service access to AWS.
I might add a non-network/security answer here eventually. Keep an eye out!
What is a JA4 fingerprint?
Terraform? CloudFormation? Something else?
Disagree? That's okay – different strokes for different folks
Do you like dogs?
I love dogs! (See the GIF FAQ below.) I also love cats. Most animals, really. Snakes and lizards are cool and I enjoy seeing them in the wild and in my yard. Goats seem like a lot of fun, but they need way more space than I have right now. But yeah, uh, dogs! Dogs are great.
What's your favorite GIF?
Got 53 minutes? Check out this episode of DoiT's Cloud Masters podcast:
pro tip: it's only 35 1⁄3 minutes if you do 1.5x speedTime zone not a fit?
I'm on US Eastern time, but sometimes you need someone closer. That's fine, everyone needs to sleep. Here are my esteemed colleagues across plenty of timezones, so you can find one who works with your schedule.
- UTC-84 FDEsAWS Core Services×2AWS DevOps×2AWS Networking×2
- UTC-74 FDEsAmazon AppStream 2.0×2Amazon EC2×2Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)×2
- UTC-64 FDEsAWS Core Services×1AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)×1AWS Databases×1
- UTC-519 FDEsAWS Core Services×5AWS DevOps×5AWS Security and Identity×5
+14
- UTC9 FDEsAWS Core Services×4AWS Networking×4AWS Security and Identity×2
+4
- UTC+119 FDEsAWS Kubernetes×3BigQuery×3FinOps×3
+14
- UTC+212 FDEsAWS Core Services×4AWS Networking×4AWS Serverless×4
+7
- UTC+82 FDEsAmazon Aurora×1Amazon Bedrock×1Amazon RDS×1
- UTC+92 FDEsAWS Core Services×2AWS DevOps×1AWS Networking×1
- UTC+102 FDEsAWS Kubernetes×1AWS Serverless×1Google Cloud DevOps×1
- UTC+114 FDEsAWS Core Services×2AWS Databases×2AWS AI/ML×1
We do awesome work!
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Updated Nov 12, 2026, 8:15 AM
What customers are saying
Assertive input for design and business requirement of evaluation. Quite good assistance from Nikhil.
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response times were slow
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Diego gave clear advice, was able to share some information about the Dataform roadmap that we wouldn't have otherwise had access to, and helped to escalate our Google internal ticket.
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Diegos persistence to challenge Google support for their lackluster answers was outstanding.
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Nikhil was patient with me when the scope changed, which I really appreciate!
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Not great, I was directed here by David Spenard after asking in the chat whether I should go to Google only then to be told to go to Google after all. Kind of a waste of a day
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Thank you very much for the detailed analysis, findings, and recommendations.
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Great support
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Tested the fix from AWS and it appears to be working! Thanks Diego for quickly escalating to AWS and getting this sorted.
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Hi Kefeng, I will review these suggestions and read the documents you shared. Thank you in advance for all of it.
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Great and to the point assistance with clear cut recommendations!
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The response was prompt and clear.
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I would like to take a moment to appreciate one of the best customer support experiences I have ever had. What truly stood out was the incredible level of ownership, dedication, and genuine willingness to help demonstrated by the support agent - Houssem Sabbegh. At no point did it feel like he was simply handling a customer’s issue as part of his job. Instead, he approached the problem as if it were his own, taking complete responsibility and showing a sincere commitment to getting it resolved. He patiently stayed on the call with us for nearly two hours, thoroughly investigating the issue, exploring possible solutions, and ensuring that every concern was addressed. Not once did he seem rushed, frustrated, or eager to close the conversation. His sole focus was on making sure that the issue was completely resolved and that we were satisfied with the outcome. This level of patience, accountability, professionalism, and customer-centric attitude is extremely rare and deserves special recognition. It is one thing to provide technical assistance, but it is something entirely different to genuinely care about a customer’s problem and remain committed until it is resolved. What impressed me the most was that he never treated our issue as just another support ticket. He made us feel that resolving our problem was just as important to him as it was to us. That kind of ownership and empathy makes an enormous difference in the overall customer experience. I have interacted with many customer support teams over the years, but this experience genuinely stands out as one of the absolute best. If every customer support professional demonstrated even a fraction of this level of dedication and ownership, customer service experiences would be significantly better everywhere. I sincerely appreciate his efforts and would strongly recommend that his exceptional work be acknowledged and recognized by the team. He is a fantastic example of what outstanding customer support should look like. A huge thank you for going above and beyond. Your dedication, patience, and commitment truly made a difference, and your efforts did not go unnoticed!
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Super fast and good help on this!
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The common belief among my team is that Zvi from IT Support is a god.
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Diego was on point.
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Great service, super nice people and well prepared as well
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Thanks Alex for the assistance
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Isidoro was very helpful in getting what I needed from AWS quickly
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Houssem was fast and knowledgeable. He presented options and recommendations, and most importantly we resolved the incident in a timely manner. Couldn't have asked for a better response! Thank you Houssem!
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