Elizabeth Biggers
Technical Writer 4 at Torch Technologies, Inc.
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElizabeth Biggers is an experienced technical writer and systems analyst with 14 years delivering DoD-compliant technical publications, IETMs, and logistics support for Army test and maintenance programs. She combines deep XML/Arbortext expertise and MIL‑STD knowledge with hands-on IT and systems administration experience—from data center operations to network and configuration management. Comfortable in cross-functional roles, she has supported project management, compliance reviews, and lifecycle assessments while translating complex engineering and security requirements into clear, auditable documentation. In parallel she contributes to open-source system and security projects—working on kernel cryptography, filesystem encryption, and performance optimizations—which reflects a rare blend of technical writing and low-level systems/security engineering. Based in Huntsville, she focuses on roles that bridge documentation, technical analysis, and practical deployment of secure, mission-critical systems.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
4.0, 4.0 at Florida Institute of TechnologyAssociate of Science - AS General Studies, Associate of Science - AS General Studies at Calhoun Community College
English
Github Skills (78)
testing10
c1110
integrations10
security10
crypt10
c1710
device-driver10
audit-logging10
code-auditing10
argon2i10
arm10
embedded10
cpuid10
operating-system10
audit-trail10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
google/fscrypt
Aug 2017 - Dec 2022
Go tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Security Engineer
Back-end Developer / Security EngineerContributions:5 releases, 61 reviews, 220 commits in 5 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Elizabeth primarily contributed to the security and functionality of the fscrypt tool. Their work involved fixing help messages for error scenarios, improving the calculation of Argon2 password hash difficulty, and addressing privilege-related issues in multi-threaded environments by using libc's setreuid and related functions. They also added support for the Adiantum encryption mode, including the implementation of the DIRECT_KEY flag for enhanced performance. These contributions focused on improving the security and stability of the filesystem encryption tool.
golangcryptographygo-toollinux-filesystemext4-filesystem
xinu-os/xinu
Sep 2013 - Oct 2014
Repository for Xinu source code
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:40 commits, 2 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Elizabeth contributed significantly to the Xinu operating system, integrating changes from the Raspberry Pi team, specifically focusing on Ethernet adapter support and modifications to the build system. The commits include the addition of USB keyboard and "tee" drivers, and fixes and improvements to various device drivers and system components. They also worked on platform-specific initialization and configuration, including the porting to the ARM-QEMU platform.
cppxinu
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