Cory Gehr
Senior Security Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolCory Gehr is a senior security engineer at Microsoft with 11 years of hands-on experience building backend web services and security tooling for the Windows & WebXT organization. He pairs deep .NET (C#) and Azure engineering skills with data-driven analytics to harden cloud services and elevate product security across global customer surfaces. His role spans proactive defense—authoring tooling and analytics—and reactive incident response, including participation in red team exercises. A Penn State alumnus who rose through multiple engineering roles and internships at Microsoft, he combines institutional knowledge of Microsoft’s platforms with a practical, operations-informed approach to security. Notably, he moves fluidly between building production services and contributing to security posture through automation and measurable telemetry.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Information Science and Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Information Science and Technology at Penn State University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
125reputation
27kreached
4answers
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Github Skills (98)
azure-sdk9
azure-devops-server9
dotnet9
server-side9
azure9
docker-container9
azure-devops-services9
xamarin9
tfs9
azure-kubernetes-service9
vscode9
ddd9
powershell8
azure-devops8
mining8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ContactAssistApp/protocol
Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
Common protocol buffer message structures and RPC for the project
Contributions:24 commits, 13 PRs, 19 pushes in 2 months
protocol-buffersrpc
corygehr/GroupMe-Bot
Feb 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:16 PRs, 84 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year
botchatchat-botnodejsgroupme
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