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: Aug 15, 2015)
Expires Jul 13, 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Aug 12, 2017)
Expires Jul 13, 2026
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

5.0/ 5across 14 reviews customers left for me in the last 90 days

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

The AWS response made sense to stop the bad actor by locking the account down, but it applied to all users, and we had no way to re-enable trusted users for example to begin recovery, remediation, and forensics. While we hope to not encounter this scenario this way again, it's also true that the AWS response could have made things worse in that we would not have had any options to mitigate a worse breach other than begin to shut down our AWS services to halt an unknown in-progress actor, and generally further lock things down to eventually rebuild, causing undue harm to the business.

going.com · Jun 2025

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Frequently asked
questions

What do you do at DoiT?

I'm part of an elite team of engineers who help solve problems for DoiT customers. I have years of security and networking experience on AWS and GCP, so I tend to focus on those topics. For example:

- 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?

AWS has a Top 10 list here that I constantly reference. Beyond that, the list of tools never ends.

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?

One big difference I had to get used to is how they handle IAM:

- 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?

Wow, great question. I've written up a blog post about just that topic. Have a look and let me know if you have any questions or suggested improvements!

Terraform? CloudFormation? Something else?

I'm team Terraform (or OpenTofu) 95% of the time.

_{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 speed}

Time 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.

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We do awesome work!

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Updated Jun 17, 2026, 9:15 AM

Customer satisfaction

Based on the last 28 days

Median first reply time

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Top engagements by technology

Amazon RDS
Amazon EC2
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Vertex AI platform
Cloud SQL

Completed engagements

All time

Open engagements

As of June 16, 2026

Unassigned requests

As of June 16, 2026

What customers are saying

The responses were really clear
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Very clear explanation of the issue and prompt solving from DoIT and AWS side.
Today
Received details confirming fixes to GCP which resolved our issues.
Today
Detailed investigation of Wayman helped to resolve issue in timely manner.
Today
Fast and useful
Today
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.
Today
A little back and forth was needed but we got there! Certainly appreciate John's level of detail and professionalism. This was our first interaction so I certainly understand him wanting to ensure he understood the issue before we pulled in Google.
Today
Very helpful and prompt answer to my questions
Today
Ayuda rapida y super util
Today
Anwsers of the IA are catastrophic, being forced to pay 750€ to access an account is not acceptable. Answer from the person I got was clear and helped !
Today
Very useful and quick response.
Today
Nikhil provided the information needed for me to implement a solution to backup R53.
Today
Homebrew is my goto set of tools for public and work items
Today
Tyler provided extremely clear feedback and was super helpful on a call. His initial judgement was completely right, but he was still prepared to investigate further once I provided him with additional information.
Today
Thank you for the assistance!
Today
Fast response, great troubleshooting and helpful conversations.
Today
The response was what I expected
Today
Very efficient and good support.
Today
Steve ha sido muy rápido contestar y muy amable. Aunque la incidencia parece que se solucionó sola, nos dio luz sobre lo que había podido pasar.
Today
Últimamente he tenido contacto con el soporte de Doit de forma mas directa, la verdad me agrada muchísimo como han realizado los seguimientos de nuestros tickets Por ahora no tengo quejas, fuera de soporte de este ticket, nos han dado mas soporte en otras oportunidades y nos han capacitado en otras cosas, la verdad estoy super agradecida con ustedes <3
Today
The responses were really clear
Today
Very clear explanation of the issue and prompt solving from DoIT and AWS side.
Today
Received details confirming fixes to GCP which resolved our issues.
Today
Detailed investigation of Wayman helped to resolve issue in timely manner.
Today
Fast and useful
Today
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.
Today
A little back and forth was needed but we got there! Certainly appreciate John's level of detail and professionalism. This was our first interaction so I certainly understand him wanting to ensure he understood the issue before we pulled in Google.
Today
Very helpful and prompt answer to my questions
Today
Ayuda rapida y super util
Today
Anwsers of the IA are catastrophic, being forced to pay 750€ to access an account is not acceptable. Answer from the person I got was clear and helped !
Today
Very useful and quick response.
Today
Nikhil provided the information needed for me to implement a solution to backup R53.
Today
Homebrew is my goto set of tools for public and work items
Today
Tyler provided extremely clear feedback and was super helpful on a call. His initial judgement was completely right, but he was still prepared to investigate further once I provided him with additional information.
Today
Thank you for the assistance!
Today
Fast response, great troubleshooting and helpful conversations.
Today
The response was what I expected
Today
Very efficient and good support.
Today
Steve ha sido muy rápido contestar y muy amable. Aunque la incidencia parece que se solucionó sola, nos dio luz sobre lo que había podido pasar.
Today
Últimamente he tenido contacto con el soporte de Doit de forma mas directa, la verdad me agrada muchísimo como han realizado los seguimientos de nuestros tickets Por ahora no tengo quejas, fuera de soporte de este ticket, nos han dado mas soporte en otras oportunidades y nos han capacitado en otras cosas, la verdad estoy super agradecida con ustedes <3
Today

Insights by human experts

Preventable cloud waste

All time

Realized cost savings

All time

Budgets tracked per customer

Avg. $37,543 risk per customer

Anomalies detected per customer

Avg. $56,586 risk per customer

Engagements by cloud provider (90d)

Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud
Azure

Security Insights per customer

As of June 16, 2026

FinOps Insights per customer

As of June 16, 2026

Managed cloud spend (3y)

As of June 16, 2026

Managed commitments

Total value of $4.75B as of June 16, 2026

AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty

AWS Certified Developer – Associate

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

AWS Certified Security – Specialty

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate

AWS Partner: Accreditation (Technical)

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer

Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate

Hashicorp Certified Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional

JA3 and JA4 Fingerprints in AWS WAF and Beyond

Sharing Secrets in AWS Parameter Store

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Frequently askedquestions

Time zone not a fit?

We do awesome work!

Customer satisfaction

Median first reply time

Top engagements by technology

Completed engagements

Open engagements

Unassigned requests

What customers are saying

Insights by human experts

Preventable cloud waste

Realized cost savings

Budgets tracked per customer

Anomalies detected per customer

Engagements by cloud provider (90d)

Security Insights per customer

FinOps Insights per customer

Managed cloud spend (3y)

Managed commitments

Frequently asked
questions