Alex Webb
Senior Cyber Security Engineer at Truist
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Webb is a Senior Cyber Security Engineer in Raleigh with 11 years of experience securing enterprise environments and a background that spans systems administration to leadership roles in corporate information security at BB&T and Truist. He blends hands-on engineering—evidenced by meaningful open-source contributions to Form.io where he improved back-end data handling and stabilized PDF builder UX—with strategic security oversight as an AVP-level information security supervisor. His SANS certifications (GSEC, GMOB) and a BS in Computer Science underpin a practical focus on mobile and application security. Alex is comfortable moving between code-level fixes and policy-driven security programs, helping teams reduce attack surface while maintaining developer velocity. He’s notable for applying web application and API hardening techniques learned in open-source projects to large financial systems that demand rigorous access controls and auditability. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer-leader who surfaces technical debt into prioritized, auditable improvements.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at North Carolina State University(GMOB) Mobile Device Security Ethical Hacking, (GMOB) Mobile Device Security Ethical Hacking at SANS
Github Skills (16)
javascript10
nodejs10
api10
mongodb10
back-end-development10
forms10
api-design10
mongodb-database10
angular9
expressjs9
html9
css9
react7
js7
vanilla-javascript7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
formio/formio
Jul 2019 - Nov 2019
A Form and Data Management Platform for Progressive Web Applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 14 PRs, 16 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to back-end functionalities, modifying file component behavior and adding a token schema within the application. They also updated the access endpoint to limit data returned based on project and form read access. Additional contributions included refactoring the code in the utility, email and action handling files and fixing the file component when the URL is undefined. These changes suggest a focus on improving the application's data handling, security, and API behavior.
reactdata-managementweb-applicationsserverlessvanillajs
formio/formio.js
May 2019 - Dec 2019
JavaScript powered Forms with JSON Form Builder
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:80 commits, 44 PRs, 23 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on developing features within the PDF builder functionality of the formio.js project. Their work involved implementing and stabilizing the builder mode, including the creation of components, handling drag-and-drop interactions, and managing the display of the PDF within an iframe. They also addressed issues related to submissions, downloads, and data handling within the PDF context, ensuring proper data flow and functionality. Additionally, the user refined the component settings interface and improved the user experience related to file uploads and the submission list UI.
reactform-schemaform-builderjavascriptvanillajs
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