Khoa Nguyen
Application Security Engineer
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKhoa Nguyen is a seasoned Application Security Engineer with 10 years of experience building and defending modern software systems across leading tech companies. Currently at Amazon, he focuses on threat emulation, analysis, and detection to strengthen secure software development at scale, following a track record of red team and security research roles at Microsoft. His career spans Security Software Engineer II and Red Team positions where he helped uncover and remediate critical vulnerabilities across cloud-native environments. He holds a Master of Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he combines hands-on technical depth with a calm, methodical approach to security challenges. Outside of work, he volunteers to give a dog and two cats a better life, underscoring a pragmatic, compassionate mindset that informs his teamwork and mentoring.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Master of Engineering - MEng at University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of EngineeringHigh School, High School at Orme School of ArizonaHigh School, High School at High School for the Gifted - Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh CityBachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at The College of Wooster
Github Skills (16)
css7
react5
woff25
fontawesome5
fonts5
svg5
nextjs4
fontawesome54
twofish4
woff3
google-fonts3
font-awesome3
branding3
logos2
iconic1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
WoosterCSClub/SWE-Career-Resources
Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:19 commits, 19 pushes in 1 month
khoaltn/khoaltn.github.io
Nov 2016 - Mar 2023
My personal website
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 70 pushes in 6 years 4 months
reactnextjs
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