David Hirst
Software Systems Engineer, Principal at The MITRE Corporation
Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Hirst is a Principal Software Systems Engineer with over nine years of focused engineering and leadership experience at MITRE, building and guiding complex systems from design through delivery. With a strong foundation in computer science (B.S., Northeastern) and systems engineering (M.S., Johns Hopkins), he blends hands-on software development with systems-level thinking to solve mission-critical problems. His career includes progressive technical leadership roles dating back to Research In Motion and earlier senior engineering work at The MITRE Corporation, reflecting deep institutional knowledge and continuity. Known for mentoring teams and translating rigorous requirements into auditable, reliable solutions, he operates comfortably at the intersection of software, systems, and organizational strategy. Based in Bedford, Massachusetts, he brings a pragmatic, long-term view to engineering challenges often found in government and research contexts.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Northeastern University
Github Skills (15)
cybersecurity10
hacking10
security-testing10
emulation10
security-automation9
mitre-attack9
plugin8
thread4
async3
redis3
tcp2
pipelining2
cpp2
redis-client2
cpp-library2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dhirst2880/sandcat
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
A CALDERA plugin
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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dhirst2880/caldera
Feb 2020 - Feb 2020
Automated Adversary Emulation
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
adversary-emulationadversaryemulation
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