Marcus Chen
CKA, Terraform Associate
11 years in DevOps and security automation. Builds secure CI/CD pipelines for startups and enterprise organizations. Deep expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, and container security hardening.
Marcus Chen is a DevSecOps and platform-security instructor at GICCT, specialising in embedding security into the software-delivery lifecycle. He has spent his career at the intersection of development, operations, and security, helping engineering teams ship faster without sacrificing safety.
Background and expertise
His expertise spans CI/CD security, container and Kubernetes hardening, and infrastructure as code. He has built secure delivery pipelines for high-growth technology companies and has deep, practical knowledge of the toolchains teams actually deploy, from GitHub Actions and Terraform to Docker and Kubernetes. He is equally comfortable in a developer’s editor and a production incident.
Teaching approach
Marcus teaches security as an automatic property of good engineering rather than a gate at the end. His courses are intensely practical, built around real pipelines and clusters that students harden themselves. He leads the DevSecOps Engineering and Kubernetes Security programs at GICCT, and is a strong advocate for the cultural side of shifting security left.