Niels Hansen
Devsecops Engineer @Garmin
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WORK HISTORY
Devsecops Engineer @Garmin
Olathe, KS, US
Senior member and technical lead for Garmin\'s team of DevSecOps engineers. Filling in team lead and project manager responsibilities in the interims of not having these roles (majority of time in role). Blending software engineering, system engineering, and cyber security engineering knowledge to ensure Garmin Cyber Security operates as efficiently, securely, and cost-effectively as possible. Utilizing and developing automation frameworks to reduce the need for manual processes across all security disciplines. Implementing and maintaining a data bus and SIEM technology (Elastic Stack and Kafka) that pulls data from cloud, on premise, purchased, and homegrown sources for log management, correlation, and use for off-the-line alerting, trend alerting, and threat hunting. Implementation and management of a SOAR technology (TheHive) for SOC case management, facilitating action through the use of APIs, and automation of SOC tasks.Temporary member of the Endpoint Security team following Ransomware incident shortly after starting at the company. Worked on a team to implement a brand new security stack (antivirus, EDR, admin controls, web protection and DNS tracking, email security) and deploy globally regionalized dependencies.Personally architect and plan new projects for the team. Delegates tasks to team members based on both strengths and interests. Conducts knowledge transfers with team members to prevent siloing and promote collaboration. Documenting architectures of implemented solutions and processes for both users and developers to ensure knowledge transfer across the DevSecOps team and Cyber Security as a whole. Presents team progress weekly to upper management. Leads requirement gathering sessions for received work requests.
EDUCATION
University of Kansas - School of Engineering
Master of Science - MS, Information Technology
University of Kansas - School of Engineering
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
Blue Valley CAPS
Mathematics and Computer Science
Blue Valley High School
High School
ABOUT NIELS HANSEN
I am the technical lead for the DevSecOps engineering team at Garmin International. I\'m currently working on developing and maintaining SIEM and SOAR systems built on a combination of purchased software, open source software, and custom code. I\'m also working on automating security functions across all disciplines in an effort to improve efficiency across all cyber security teams.I love working in tech, be it cyber security or software engineering, and always strive to make any project I work on something I, my managers, and my team can be proud of.I thrive working both solo projects and in a team setting. I seek out leadership opportunities whenever available, but am always open to notes on how to improve my work or processes.
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