Tyler Wengerd
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
Tyler Wengerd was awesome. He took the time to understand my use case to make the cloudflow solution fit. A big thank you to Tyler.
camunda.com · Jun 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-86 FDEsAWS Core Services×3AWS DevOps×3Amazon EC2×2
+1
- UTC-75 FDEsAmazon AppStream 2.0×2Amazon EC2×2Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)×2
- UTC-66 FDEsAWS Core Services×2AWS DevOps×2AWS Kubernetes×2
+1
- UTC-525 FDEsAWS Core Services×6AWS DevOps×6AWS Security and Identity×6
+20
- UTC10 FDEsAWS Core Services×4AWS Networking×4AWS Security and Identity×2
+5
- UTC+121 FDEsAWS Kubernetes×3AWS Security and Identity×3BigQuery×3
+16
- UTC+213 FDEsAWS Core Services×4AWS Databases×4AWS Networking×4
+8
- 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
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Updated Aug 3, 2026, 7:15 AM
What customers are saying
Logan has provided a promt and comprehensive reply to my query.
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John put his finger right on the exact issue.
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Answer came back fast and gave me actionable alternatives.
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I worked with three different people from the support team and they were all very helpful in resolving the issues. Bogdan connected with me via a screen share and helped guide me through to a resolution.
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Bogdan provided a prompt response.
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A special thank you to Houssem for his support throughout the GCP incident affecting our project. His dedication and clear communication helped us remain calm during the incident and provide our customers with accurate updates on the status of the outage. His team also took over outside the working hours of our France-based product team, ensuring continuous monitoring and follow-up as the support ticket progressed.
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Issue was raised with Google promptly and followed up
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Diego was very helpful, took the time to look into the issue, and provided clear and relevant answers.
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Bogdan helped me understand the requirements, walked me through the process and helped getting the connection with AWS done so I'll get what I requested
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Thank you so much for your assistance.
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I didn't open or ask for this ticket to be opened...so why was it opened?
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Dan conducted a prompt investigation and provided a detailed explanation addressing all of our concerns. While AWS could certainly be clearer regarding the nature of these SKUs, Dan's analysis provided the exact clarity we needed. We appreciate his thoroughness in looking into this for us.
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I got all the info i needed, thanks!
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I really like the whole process of getting the necessary help. From opening support tickets to google to guiding us to find the best solution for us, 10/10 support.
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Chris was awesome. He was so kind and attentive. I can definitely tell he's extremely talented as well.
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I'm very satisfied with doit!
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AWS needs some improvement...
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I'm a bit disappointed by the quality of the support here. For once, I didn't have the reflex to "ask AI" before asking to DoIt support (this one is on me, my apologies). Still, there was clearly a drift between expectations and reality here: - I expected more qualitative answers (in terms of documentation and troubleshooting) as I assumed DoIt know better the perfectscale exporter than us, since it is integrated with their platform; - The reality is I received an answer that is basically GenAI answer from the support (recognizable by all the "em dashes" (—). In addition to that, that didn't answered all my questions: how it basically works (exporter and cr-manager, as we were in the dark for this issue), confirm we were referring the right helm chart values, etc. Don't get me wrong: I'm fine with the usage of GenAI, even for support (we do as well). But IMO it should be done and reviewed by experts, a mix of human and GenAI is the best for quality. I generally have very good contact with DoIt support and it is the first time I experience this. I'm sure this feedback will help contributing to the improvement though !
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Michelle walked me through the change on a call, just so I could have a second set of eyes. Thanks!
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Come from AWS Enterprise Support, was not sure what to expect. The DoiT specialist was able to provide a satisfactory resolution to the case as well as follow up information from AWS.
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