James Smith
Hive Red Team Lead at CovertSwarm
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Smith is a seasoned offensive security leader with 11 years' experience delivering hands-on penetration testing and red team services across government, finance, retail, industrial control systems and aviation. As a Head of Offensive Security and Hive Red Team Lead he shapes methodology, develops new services and ensures technical quality while mentoring teams to grow practical skills. A former CHECK team member and long-time Bridewell lead, he combines deep technical craft—“I learn, I break. Rinse and repeat.”—with the ability to explain complex risks to non-technical stakeholders. Based in Sheffield, he is also an active UK Fedora Ambassador, advocating for open-source communities and widening contributor participation. His career blends practical attack proficiency with strategic service design, making him comfortable at both the command line and the boardroom table.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
A Level A Level IT, A Level A Level IT at Djanogly City AcademyA Level IT, A Level IT at Nottingham Bluecoat School
Github Skills (42)
signal10
counter10
surveillance10
fedora9
postinstall9
apk8
mobile-application8
rest8
linux8
modular7
android-security7
penetration-testing7
static-analysis7
security7
mobile-security7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
smittix/fedorable
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
Post install setup script for Fedora Linux
Contributions:46 commits, 3 PRs, 108 pushes in 1 year 1 month
fedoralinuxpostinstall
smittix/intercept
Dec 2025 - Jul 2026
iNTERCEPT, a free and open-source platform that unites the best signal intelligence tools into a single, accessible interface.
Contributions:10 releases, 4 reviews, 4 PRs in 6 months
counterintelligencertlsdrsignalsurveillance
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