Alexander Merck
Information Security Architect
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Merck is an Information Security Architect with eight years of hands-on experience securing large university environments and automating defensive operations. At Duke University he architects network security services, develops automated honeypots and threat-sharing platforms, and performs malware reverse engineering, forensics, and penetration testing. He combines deep operational SOC experience with software-driven automation to improve team efficiency and incident response at scale. Comfortable working on-site and remotely—including support for Duke Kunshan in China—he blends practical threat hunting with platform development. Outside work he’s a self-described “bullet hell” enthusiast, hinting at a penchant for tackling high-intensity, precision challenges.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of GeorgiaMaster of Science - MS, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master of Science - MS, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (43)
ips9
snmp9
csharp9
server9
installer8
honeypot8
markdown7
security7
container-image7
abstraction7
routeros7
scp7
sftp6
ssh6
ansible6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CommunityHoneyNetwork/mnemosyne
Mar 2018 - Feb 2022
CommunityHoneyNetwork Mnemosyne server
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 13 PRs in 3 years 11 months
server
CommunityHoneyNetwork/chn-docs
Mar 2018 - Dec 2019
mkdocs markdown documentation for generating communityhoneynetwork.readthedocs.io site
Contributions:30 commits, 11 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 year 9 months
mkdocsreadthedocsmarkdown
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