Benjamin Heater
Security Engineer
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Heater is a Security Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, ethical hacking, and systems engineering across cloud and on-premise environments. He primarily programs in PowerShell and regularly publishes code to GitHub, reflecting a practical, builder-first approach to security tooling. Comfortable operating within DevOps and Agile teams, he focuses on improving system resilience by reverse engineering, threat emulation, and deep dives into systems internals. Benjamin pairs technical curiosity with strong interpersonal skills, enjoying collaboration with colleagues from diverse backgrounds to solve complex problems. A perpetual learner with formal studies at George Mason University and Lord Fairfax Community College, he brings a pragmatic blend of offensive security expertise and systems administration know-how. Notably, his steady GitHub activity demonstrates a commitment to codifying security insights into repeatable, automatable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
Associates, Associates at Lord Fairfax Community CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at George Mason University
Spanish, Japanese, Korean, English
Github Skills (55)
web-application10
log-analysis10
infosec10
security10
endpoints10
nodejs10
incident-response10
supply-chain-security9
cms9
security-hardening9
wazuh9
javascript9
security-automation9
openscap9
ghost9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
0xBEN/PSProxmox
May 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:40 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
0xBEN/PSToolbox
Jan 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:36 commits, 73 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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