Darren Young
Sr. Manager, Cloud Security Operations
Hickory Hills, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolDarren Young is a senior cloud security operations leader with over two decades of hands-on systems and security experience and nine years in dedicated security roles. As Sr. Manager of Cloud Security Operations at iManage, he architects automation-first defenses that integrate directly into development stacks to reduce manual toil and scale secure operations. His background spans enterprise UNIX/Solaris administration, CISO-level responsibilities in higher education, and security leadership in financial services, giving him a practical, end-to-end perspective from hardware to apps. He is known for turning complex compliance and operational challenges into auditable, automated workflows that empower dev teams to move faster without sacrificing security. Based in Hickory Hills, IL, Darren balances rigorous IT work with an unexpected craft: woodworking, which reflects his detail-oriented, build-from-first-principles approach.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
College of DuPage
Stackoverflow
851reputation
21kreached
1answer
3questions
Github Skills (105)
mruby9
rvm9
kali-linux9
parrot9
controlling8
rubinius8
chroot8
truffleruby8
x5097
raspberry7
arm6
bluetooth6
distro6
ruby6
security6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
youngd24/PackerDemo
Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:76 commits, 62 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
youngd24/uwwiki
Dec 2019 - Dec 2019
Unplugged Woodworkers public Wiki project
Contributions:9 commits, 12 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 day
unpluggedproject-wikiwikipediatiddlywiki5manual
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