Summary
Mazen Ataya is a Senior Cloud Security Site Reliability Engineer with 11 years of experience building secure, reliable cloud platforms across fintech and consulting environments. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he currently shapes cloud security and SRE practices at Credit Karma after driving cybersecurity and engineering efforts at M1 Finance. His background blends software engineering, DevOps, and security—delivering scalable systems and automation that reduce risk while improving developer velocity. A 4.0 CS graduate from Illinois Institute of Technology, he brings both academic rigor and hands-on production experience from roles at Slalom and IBM Cloud Object Storage. Colleagues know him for pragmatic engineering that prioritizes measurable impact on users and teams. Outside work he’s motivated by using web development and security to positively affect people’s lives.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 4.0, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, 4.0 at Illinois Institute of Technology
English, Arabic