Greg Back
Senior Software Engineer at Elastic
Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGreg Back is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience, currently at Elastic in Indiana, who blends backend development, DevOps, and security-focused open-source contributions. He holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and has a track record improving tooling and reports for notable projects like Cuckoo Sandbox and CRITs. His contributions show a pragmatic focus on maintainability—refactoring, test-suite improvements, and clearer documentation—while also streamlining deployment workflows with Fabric and Vagrant improvements. Equally comfortable touching front-end documentation builds and deep protocol-analysis code, he brings a practical, security-aware engineering lens to complex systems.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering at Ohio Northern UniversityMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
English
Github Skills (23)
asciidoc10
python10
testing10
it-security10
configuration-management10
security10
automation10
html10
packet-analysis10
fabric10
automations10
devops10
vagrant10
documentation10
restructuredtext9
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
elastic/docs
Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:436 reviews, 210 commits, 135 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Greg's commits primarily focus on documentation-related tasks, including adding, modifying, and hiding x-pack tags. They also contributed to changes in the `lib/ES/Util.pm` file, which is likely part of a build process for the documentation, including file path modifications and the ability to add custom title pages. Additionally, the user worked on front-end development aspects by including updates to a console widget. Their contributions span across various aspects of the documentation build and presentation.
MITRECND/chopshop
Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
Protocol Analysis/Decoder Framework
Role in this project:Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:42 commits, 4 PRs, 12 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Greg primarily focused on cleaning up and improving the ChopShop grammar and test suite. Their contributions involved refactoring code for better readability, adhering to PEP8 standards, and adding tests to ensure the grammar's correct functionality and error handling. They also updated the documentation and installation instructions. This indicates a focus on the core functionality and usability of the ChopShop framework.
protocoldecoder
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