Hallgrimur Egilsson
Security Engineer at Syndis
Reykjavik, Iceland
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Top SchoolHallgrimur Egilsson is a Security Engineer based in Reykjavík with 10 years of experience blending software development, systems architecture and hands-on cyber security. He has led security and engineering at Svarmi—rising from software engineer to CTO and CISO—building scalable drone orchestration systems (Myriad) and protecting on-prem and cloud infrastructure. Currently he conducts penetration tests and goal-based attack simulations at Syndis while consulting on security improvements. Hallgrimur combines practical DevOps and architecture skills with offensive security expertise, enabling him to both design resilient systems and probe their weaknesses. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering from Háskóli Íslands and pursued a Master's in Computer Science at USC, reflecting a cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving. An engineer who moves between product architecture and adversary emulation, he brings an uncommon blend of embedded systems, cloud, and red-team experience.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Háskóli Íslands
English, Icelandic
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Github Skills (8)
comparator9
bit9
adc7
aws-glue3
python3
amazon3
aws2
aws-s32
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hallgrimur1471/Adafruit_ADS1X15_RPi
Aug 2017 - Nov 2020
Driver for TI's ADS1015: 12-bit Differential or Single-Ended ADC with PGA and Comparator
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 3 years 3 months
ads1015comparatorbitadcdifferential
hallgrimur1471/cryptography_exploits
Jul 2019 - Jun 2023
Contributions:88 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
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