Austin Taylor
United States
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Top SchoolAustin Taylor is a Senior Security Engineer with over 17 years in detection engineering and more than a decade of hands-on experience delivering reliable security tooling. He blends deep academic training (MS from Johns Hopkins) with practical military-rooted discipline from the Community College of the Air Force to build robust detection and vulnerability management systems. Austin contributes to open-source security projects such as VulnWhisperer, where he strengthened backend database integrations and error handling to ensure integrity and persistence of scan results. Known for turning noisy scan outputs into actionable, auditable data, he focuses on stability, reliability, and measurable detection outcomes. Based in the United States, he brings a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to closing gaps between vulnerability data and operational response.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science at University of Maryland University CollegeJohns Hopkins UniversityAssociate of Science, Associate of Science at Community College of the Air Force
Github Skills (9)
databases10
sqlite10
scanning10
python10
data-integration10
sql-database10
vulnerability-scanners10
security9
sql8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
austin-taylor/bluewall
Oct 2016 - Apr 2019
Bluewall is a firewall framework designed for offensive and defensive cyber professionals.
Contributions:86 commits, 6 PRs, 81 pushes in 2 years 6 months
firewallfirewall-frameworkcentosdefensive-cyber-professionalsdefensive
austin-taylor/flare
Apr 2017 - Aug 2019
An analytical framework for network traffic and behavioral analytics
Contributions:3 releases, 2 reviews, 77 commits in 2 years 3 months
network-trafficanalyticsnetwork-analysiselasticsearchdomains
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