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.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at Penn State University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (128)
dotnet10
sdk10
tfs10
azure-sdk9
azure-devops-server9
dotnet-cli9
uwp-apps9
azure9
mining9
azure-functions9
chocolatey9
microsoft-store9
microsoft9
azure-devops-services9
migration9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ContactAssistApp/server
Apr 2020 - Jul 2020
CovidSafe backend API service
Contributions:58 PRs, 106 pushes, 48 branches in 3 months
apibackendnodejsbackend-apirest-api
covidsafe/Backend-Test
Mar 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:168 commits in 3 months
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