Brandon Sternfield
Technical Director, Federal Managed Services at Optiv + ClearShark
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolBrandon Sternfield is a cybersecurity engineering leader with nine years of experience designing, building, and delivering mission-critical security platforms for federal clients across the Washington DC–Baltimore area. Currently Manager of Cybersecurity Engineering for Federal Technical Services at Optiv + ClearShark, he progressed through principal architecture and Splunk-focused engineering roles, blending hands-on SIEM expertise with strategic program delivery. His background includes threat hunting, red teaming, and cyber protection work for DoD customers while deployed in Europe, bringing operational perspective to enterprise security solutions. A former Information Systems Specialist and US Cyber Command analyst, he pairs practical military-grade OPSEC experience with civilian systems engineering. Known for translating complex compliance and operational requirements into deployable, auditable platforms, he often bridges the gap between analysts and architects to accelerate secure mission outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Networks and Security, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Networks and Security at University of Maryland Global CampusAssociate of Science (AS) Computer Science, Associate of Science (AS) Computer Science at Full Sail University
English
Github Skills (29)
monitoring10
cybersecurity10
splunk10
cicd10
security10
elasticsearch10
ids10
logging10
rule10
simulation9
simulations9
spotify5
utility5
threejs4
admin4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
TheLawsOfChaos/security_content
Aug 2022 - Jan 2025
Splunk Security Content
Contributions:4 PRs, 76 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 5 months
securitysupply-chain-securitysecurity-toolssplunk
TheLawsOfChaos/sigma
Jan 2023 - Apr 2024
Generic Signature Format for SIEM Systems
Contributions:6 PRs, 46 pushes, 16 branches in 1 year 3 months
signaturesiemgenericsignature-pad
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