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Ben Yan

Strategic Cloud Engineer Google Cloud
Hello I’m Ben! I currently work at Google Cloud, helping large enterprise customers secure their GCP environments. I’ve worked in gaming production, network operations, professional services, and spent most of college studying and building ✈️ 🚀

Experience

Strategic Cloud Engineer, Security and Trust

Google Cloud · Seattle, WA
2021 - Present

Securing workloads, identities, and data of enterprise GCP customers.

  • GCP Security Command Center, Logging, Monitoring, and Detection SME
  • Advised F50 Customers on Security Operations and Application Security on GCP
  • Enterprise-scale implementation and operationalization of VPC Service Controls, Cloud Operations (Logging, Monitoring, and Metrics), and BigQuery-based threat hunting
  • GCP Project and Organization spend management and environment sprawl management

Cloud Consultant

EY LLP · Seattle, WA
2019 - 2021

Advised F500 companies on migrations and operating models in the cloud

  • Automated on-prem VM migrations with Azure Migrate
  • Design, automation, and implementation of ADCS/PKI architectures in AWS
  • Cloud Operating model and tool decisions for industrial digital transformation

Broadcast Technologies Engineer

Bento Productions LLC · Los Angeles, CA
2015 - 2021

Broadcast, networking, and development generalist for digital-native mixed-media production company

  • L3 switched networks for livestream (Dante audio and video-over IP) and tournament production
  • NodeJS chatbots for livestream graphics and audience interaction
  • Live production and LAN tournament sysadmin