Zak Scholl
About Zak Scholl
Zak Scholl is an Infrastructure Security Engineer currently employed at Notion, where he has worked since 2024. He has a diverse background in security engineering and data analysis, with previous roles at companies such as Humana, Zendesk, Shopify, and Tanium.
Current Role at Notion
Zak Scholl serves as an Infrastructure Security Engineer at Notion, a position he has held since 2024. In this role, he focuses on enhancing the security infrastructure of the organization. His responsibilities include deploying security solutions and developing detection systems, leveraging his extensive experience in cloud security.
Previous Experience in Security Engineering
Prior to his current role, Zak worked at Shopify as a Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer from 2022 to 2024. He was responsible for building a cloud custodian policy testing framework using Python. He also held the position of Senior Cloud Security Engineer at Tanium from 2021 to 2022, where he specialized in threat detection and incident response.
Data Analysis and Programming Background
Zak's career began with a role as a Programmer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2014 to 2015. He later transitioned to Humana, where he worked as a Data Analyst for nine months in 2016. His programming skills were further developed during his tenure at Zendesk, where he worked as a Software Engineer from 2019 to 2020.
Educational Background in Computer Science
Zak Scholl earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His studies spanned from 2011 to 2016, providing him with a solid foundation in programming and software development, which he has applied throughout his career.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Zak has a strong technical skill set, particularly in Python, which he has used to build detection as code pipelines and command line log and malware analysis tools. He has experience in deploying security solutions in AWS and has developed a Kubernetes operator for automatically provisioning AWS IAM roles. His work includes reverse engineering malware and developing novel detection techniques.