Bryant Brabson

About Bryant Brabson

Seasoned IT and Application Development Director with over 20 years of experience…

Experience

1. Director of Information Technology

   Saltworks Security

   Jan 2018 — Present · Franklin, TN, US

   Established configuration management (CM), continuous integration (CI), and deployment best practices for SaltMiner, Saltworks Security\'s Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) product.Tripled SaltMiner\'s deployment targets to include cloud, such as Microsoft Azure, and hybrid models, standardizing installations for key components like Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Fleet.Planned, performed, and directed internal and customer SaltMiner installations.Designed a demonstration ecosystem that showcased integrations with tools like OpenText Fortify Software Security Center (SSC) and Sonatype Lifecycle, using data from Jenkins security scans of popular OSS projects.Architected and implemented containerized version of SaltMiner, maintaining backwards compatibility with legacy form factor, resulting in enhanced and expanded nascent CM and CI capabilities through usage of Microsoft Azure DevOps features such as Pipelines.Spearheaded GitHub adoption by migrating source code, implementing Workflows, and setting up self-hosted containerized runners.Provided coding support as needed with.NET, Python, and Bash and PowerShell scripting.Member of consulting team 20••••22 that established the application security (AppSec) program at Fiserv, a Fortune 500 fintech company. Activities included:Rolled out tools such as SSC, OpenText Fortify on Demand, and Sonatype Lifecycle to Fiserv\'s global software development team.Conducted regular developer AppSec education sessions and code reviews to improve security practices.After AppSec program activation, led a hybrid team focused on Open Source Software (OSS) security, providing Sonatype Lifecycle server administration, integration with Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager and SSC, and developer guidance.

Education

• Bearden High School

  Diploma, Reading, writing, and arithmetic.

  1985 — 1987

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Government

Skills

• Ssrs
• Wpf
• Release Engineering
• History
• Application Architecture
• Xaml
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Json
• Css
• Ajax
• Iis
• Continuous Integration
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Linq
• Tfs
• Wcf
• Asp.net Mvc
• Jenkins
• Web Services
• Talend Open Studio for Data Integration
• Javascript
• Xml
• IT Management
• Html
• Integration
• Software Development
• Asp
• Databases
• Hl7
• Release Management
• Sql Server
• Cruisecontrol
• Change Management
• Healthcare
• Ado.net
• Visual Studio
• Git
• Entity Framework
• Deployment Planning
• Agile Methodologies