David Allen
Manager, Cyber Engineer at Nightwing
Florida, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Allen is a cybersecurity-focused software engineering manager with nine years of experience building and leading teams in defense and aerospace environments. He combines deep hands-on development in Python, C, C++, Java, Matlab, and C# with practical systems engineering—writing requirements, running scrums, and managing Jira/Atlassian workflows for customer-facing programs. At Raytheon and L3Harris he progressed from lab automation and test orchestration to chief software engineer roles, cutting test times by over 50% through automation and delivering reusable configuration systems. Now leading cyber engineering at Nightwing, he blends technical leadership with product ownership and direct customer engagement on complex, mission-critical projects. Known for translating operational needs into reliable, auditable software, he pairs a Computer Science degree from UCF with a track record of driving cross-functional teams to reduce cycle time and increase system reuse.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Associate’s Degree, Computer Programming, Associate’s Degree, Computer Programming at Eastern Florida State CollegeBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Central Florida
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Github Skills (9)
guice6
constants6
unity-game-engine6
base646
naming-conventions6
dependency-injection6
cryptography6
plugin6
java6
Github contributions (5)
ExFed/resume
Apr 2019 - Aug 2023
Contributions:10 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 4 months
ExFed/gstruct
Nov 2019 - Nov 2021
Contributions:175 commits, 96 pushes, 13 branches in 2 years
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