Nicolas Lamarche

Platform engineer with a CS degree and 8 years in software development across backend systems, cybersecurity, and infrastructure automation. Runs a multi-node home lab on Kubernetes with internal PKI, infrastructure-as-code, and network segmentation.

Cybersecurity Specialist

• Refactored the platform's alerting-incident pipeline from a monolithic API into a dedicated microservice (previously deferred 2 years due to scope), with zero customer-facing downtime during cutover
• Developed 20+ Python data source connectors (Cisco, Check Point, Fortinet, OpenVAS, Azure AD, Office 365, AWS CloudTrail/GuardDuty, Winlogbeat, Syslog) handling data pull, normalization, S3 datalake storage, and Kafka-to-Elasticsearch ingestion
• Built and maintained the Node.js backend powering connector management, the alert and incident pipeline, and identity and access management for both services and end users
• Developed Angular-based customer and admin portal used by \~80 organizations including government agencies, banks, and insurance companies
• Operated on AWS infrastructure with Terraform-managed Kubernetes deployments, GitHub version control, and AWS CodeBuild CI/CD pipelines
• Built and operated an ingestion pipeline processing terabytes of security telemetry daily, from source collection through Kafka to Elasticsearch-based real-time analysis
• Conducted independent security analysis and presented findings to stakeholders; took features from minimal specs to delivery with little oversight
• Maintained platform documentation in Confluence

Full Stack Developer

• Built and maintained the Node.js/TypeScript backend and Firebase data layer for HOP, a B2B wellness platform serving \~30 business clients
• Developed native mobile clients for HOP: Android (Java) and iOS (Kotlin)
• Built supply chain traceability chatbots using Flow.ai and Dialogflow, demoed to enterprise clients including Unilever
• Trained as Agile facilitator by a dedicated coach, leading ceremonies for a 5-person dev team

BSc Computer Science (Co-op) at Université de Sherbrooke, 2014-2018

DEC Comp. Sci. & Mathematics at Cégep de Sherbrooke, 2011-2015