Derek Carlin
Staff Security Operations Engineer
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Carlin is a Staff Security Operations Engineer with nearly a decade of hands-on experience in both blue and red team disciplines, currently shaping security at IonQ while teaching cybersecurity as an adjunct professor. He blends deep incident response, malware and network traffic analysis expertise with cloud security architecture across AWS and Azure, and has led FedRAMP programs and SOC teams for enterprise and defense clients. Derek’s background uniquely spans sustained red team work—running internal, external, web app, and cloud configuration assessments—alongside long-term blue team roles in SOCs and as an ISSM. Known for automating repeatable tasks and driving proactive security posture improvements, he pairs technical depth with practical program leadership. Based in Worcester, MA, he brings a rare combination of offensive savvy, operational maturity, and classroom-tested mentoring.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Worcester State UniversityMaster’s Certificate, Purple Team Operations, Master’s Certificate, Purple Team Operations at SANS Technology InstituteMaster’s Degree, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Master’s Degree, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance at Western Governors University
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Github Skills (8)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dcarlin/PowerShell
May 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:4 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
dcarlin/dcarlin.github.io
Feb 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:113 commits, 102 pushes in 11 months
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