Alijohn Ghassemlouei
Head Of Security Engineering, Google Public Sector
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlijohn Ghassemlouei is a security engineering leader with nine years of focused experience building and scaling secure cloud and FedRAMP-capable platforms across public and private sector environments. Currently Head of Security Engineering for Google Public Sector, he has driven cross-functional teams through complex migrations, product hardening, and automation efforts previously at SAP and SAP NS2, where he rebuilt organizations, saved millions through open-source and automation, and achieved FedRAMP Moderate outcomes. Known for turning ambiguity into operational clarity, he blends hands-on vulnerability and red-team experience with programmatic leadership—growing teams, improving toolchains, and codifying repeatable security processes. A longtime volunteer at major infosec conferences (Black Hat, DEF CON) and an educator, he pairs pragmatic technical depth with a commitment to mentoring and public-facing community contributions. Notably, he has orchestrated multi-region deployments and consolidation of security services under tight timelines while maintaining high retention and stakeholder alignment.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Network Security, Bachelor of Science Network Security at University of Advancing Technology
English, Persian, French
Github Skills (159)
security-hardening10
python10
command-line-interface10
security-automation10
security10
automation10
ssh10
cybersecurity10
information-security10
ansible10
pci-dss10
application-security10
nessus10
compliance10
devops10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
aghassemlouei/oip
Aug 2022 - Aug 2024
"organicip" visualizer - uses libpcap and SDL to visualize IP traffic between endpoints
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years
visualizersdlvisualizeendpointslibpcap
aghassemlouei/awsweeper
May 2020 - May 2020
A tool for cleaning an AWS account
Contributions:18 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
golangcleaningathenaaccounttushare
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