Alexander M
Detection Engineer at Various Projects
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolAlexander M is a Detection Engineer with 11 years of software engineering experience, currently shaping security detections at Datadog after roles at Dragos and Splunk. His background spans frontend to backend, infrastructure and automation, and languages from JavaScript to Go, with notable open-source contributions to high-profile projects like Docker CLI and the Go IPFS implementation (Kubo). He blends hands-on build and SRE experience—CI/CD, Kubernetes, Postgres, and cloud services—with a deep fascination for adversary behavior inspired by classic security literature. Alexander has led teams, consulted across media and publishing, and driven pragmatic security rollouts such as Osquery fleets and permission sync services. A long-time OSS mentor and contributor since 2015, he often focuses on test coverage, reliability, and practical tooling improvements that quietly raise the bar for large projects.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Religion, Religion/Religious Studies, Religion, Religion/Religious Studies at Wesleyan University
English
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Github Skills (19)
dependency-manager10
docker10
cloudnativepg10
package-management10
testing10
ipfs10
containerization10
dockers10
go10
cloud-native10
cobra10
test-automation10
cli10
toolchain9
automation9
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
buildpacks/pack
Jan 2020 - May 2020
CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:36 commits, 19 PRs, 17 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily focused on enhancing the command-line interface (CLI) functionality for building applications using Cloud Native Buildpacks. They added context support to the root Cobra command, integrated a default process flag, and incorporated time timeout knobs for improved build control. Furthermore, the user contributed to various internal commands, including rebase, create-builder, and build functionalities, showcasing expertise in managing and automating build processes within the pack CLI. Several commits also involved tuning timeouts, reflecting a focus on stability and reliability.
cloud-native-buildpackscncfbuildpackscloud-nativecli
docker/cli
Nov 2018 - May 2019
The Docker CLI
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 PR, 18 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Alexander contributed to the Docker CLI, specifically focusing on container creation and pull behavior. They introduced a new flag to control image pulling (always, missing, never), modifying the existing behavior of pulling images by default. This work involved changes to the `create.go` and `run.go` files, and also involved test cases for the new pull policies. The user also refactored the test suite for more efficient and comprehensive testing.
dockerdocker-clicli
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