👋 Hi there, I'm Tarek Cheikh
🎯 IT Architect | AWS Security Expert | Open Source Builder
I'm an IT nerd from Paris 🇫🇷 with deep roots in low-level development and cloud architecture. My journey started in the world of C programming on Linux, building telco and media systems, and working on 32-bit to 64-bit architecture migrations.
Since 2014, I've shifted my focus to the AWS ecosystem, specializing in:
- 🔐 Cloud security
- 🏗️ Well-Architected cloud systems
- ⚙️ Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloudformation)
- 🧩 DevOps & CI/CD
🚀 What I Do
- 🧠 Design secure, scalable cloud architectures for startups & enterprises
- 🛠️ Build automation pipelines and serverless apps
- 🧪 Experiment and publish open source AWS + Terraform projects
- 🎙️ Speaker at AWS Summit and other tech conferences
- 🧑💼 Founder of Toc Consulting — a cloud consulting company
📌 Featured Projects
🛠️ Technologies I Use
📈 GitHub Stats
🏆 Achievements & Metrics
- 🌟 20+ years in IT architecture and cloud computing
- ☁️ 50+ AWS projects deployed in production
- 🚀 Migrated 15+ legacy systems to cloud-native architectures
- 🎯 99.9% uptime maintained across client infrastructures
- 📚 20+ technical articles published on cloud security, Software programming and Linux
- 🎤 Speaker at tech conferences including AWS Summit Paris
🎓 Certifications
- 🌐 Cisco CCNA Certified
🎯 Current Focus
- 🤖 AI/ML Integration with AWS services (Bedrock, SageMaker)
- 🔒 Zero Trust Security architectures in the cloud
- 🌐 Multi-cloud strategies and hybrid solutions
- 📖 Learning: Advanced Kubernetes security patterns
📝 Recent Articles
- 🗺️ awsmap, Find Everything Running in Your AWS Account
- 🔐 Episode 5: Load Balancer Security Auditor — SSL, Protocols, and Public Exposure
- 🔑 Cryptex — Because openssl rand -base64 32 Gets Old Fast
- 🌐 The Hidden Backbone of the Internet: Why S3 Security Should Keep You Up at Night
- 🔍 The Anatomy of S3 Security: 22 Checks That Stand Between You and a Data Breach
- 🛠️ Building an S3 Security Scanner: From Frustration to Open Source
📫 Let's Connect
