Summary
David Copenhaver is a Security Solutions Engineer with over two decades in IT and eight years focused on security, automation, and cloud engineering at enterprise scale. He combines hands-on work across Windows/Linux, Splunk, Palo Alto XSOAR, Prisma Cloud, Wiz, and Tanium with extensive Python, PowerShell and Go automation to turn security use cases into repeatable, production-grade playbooks and integrations. At Colgate-Palmolive he’s driven content development for SIEM, endpoint, and SOAR platforms and led POCs that bridge cloud-native posture tools with operational automation. His background spans system administration to project leadership, giving him a pragmatic view of secure deployments and measurable incident detection. Colleagues rely on him for translating complex security requirements into custom sensors, correlation searches, and automated responses that reduce manual toil.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Business Management and Information Systems, Associate's degree, Business Management and Information Systems at Warren County Community College
Computer Science, Computer Science at William Paterson University of New Jersey