Brendan Oconnor

About Brendan Oconnor

I build and run security programs, with an emphasis on blending technical security with compliance to ensure that companies can meet their business, technical, and regulatory goals. Security isn\'t an opponent of usability, business goals, privacy, or openness to user needs; instead, it\'s a partner of each of these things, and I do my best to ensure that organizations can use security to help them grow toward the success they desire. If you\'d like to talk about your needs, drop me an email: b•••@ussjoin.com.

Experience

1. Staff Security Engineer, Data Security

   GitLab

   Sep 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   As one of two founding engineers on the Data Security team, I help to find and eliminate security debt across our products and infrastructure. As a Staff Security Engineer, I work with teams across GitLab to protect our customers\' and company\'s data and improve both our processes and our security posture.

Education

• The Johns Hopkins University

  MSE, Computer Science

  2006 — 2009

• United World College of the American West

  International Baccalaureate

  2002 — 2004

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

  2011 — 2014

• The Johns Hopkins University

  BS, Computer Science

  2004 — 2008

Skills

• Research
• Software
• Computer Science
• Security
• Python
• Software Engineering
• Perl
• Java
• Linux
• Mysql
• Javascript
• Php
• Xml
• Ruby
• Html
• Ruby on Rails
• Sql
• User Interface Design
• Git
• C#
• Programming
• Distributed Systems
• Process Improvement
• Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Plumbing
• Computer Security
• Software Development
• Information Security
• Network Security
• National Security
• Security Management