Nikki Saliaris

Nikki Saliaris (née Gilland) is a Senior Security Engineer currently working at Snowflake since November 2024. Prior to this role, Nikki served as Principal Security Engineer at Datavolo, which was acquired by Snowflake, and at Stitch Fix. Nikki has substantial experience from Upstart, where responsibilities included Security Log Architect, Threat Intelligence Lead, and Senior Incident Response Engineer while also founding the Observability Guild. Earlier roles included Senior Security Engineer positions at Veeva Systems and Boeing, focusing on SIEM implementations and cyber security analysis. Nikki's career began with technical support positions at the University of South Carolina, where a Bachelor of Science in Integrated Information Technology was earned. Additional education includes a program at the University of Galway in 2014.