Benjamin Feld
Staff Security Engineer at Aurora
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Feld is a Staff Security Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience securing complex, high-availability platforms across startups and large enterprises, currently helping build autonomous vehicle safety at Aurora. He combines a formal B.S. in Information Systems Security with industry certifications (CISSP, OSCP, CEH, Security+) and deep practical skills in networking, systems administration, incident response, and penetration testing. His career spans security operations and engineering roles at Slack and PlayStation, plus leading security for HIPAA and PCI environments at ViaWest, giving him both platform-scale and compliance-focused expertise. Known for bridging day-to-day incident handling with strategic security architecture, he frequently evaluates emerging tools and integrates them into production environments. Based in Denver, he brings a pragmatic, defender-first mindset and a proven track record of reducing risk while enabling product velocity. An under-the-radar strength is his early NOC/SOC background, which informs rapid triage and durable operational controls.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Information Systems Security, Bachelor of Science Information Systems Security at Westwood College - Denver North
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Github Skills (58)
vpn9
scrape9
secrets9
go-api9
security9
classify9
python9
policies9
cybersecurity9
vault9
php9
oauth9
spotify9
audio-effect9
audio-applications8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
rootshellz/Beatporter
Jul 2019 - Apr 2022
Scrape Beatport charts and add songs to Spotify playlists
Contributions:1 review, 40 commits, 22 PRs in 2 years 9 months
scrapespotify
rootshellz/rootshellz
Apr 2021 - May 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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