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.
10 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 (46)
xfce10
ubuntu9
opensuse9
fedora9
mobile-application9
manjaro9
android-application8
apk8
honeypot8
rest8
android-security7
testing7
static-analysis7
security7
linux7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
smittix/kali-setup
Dec 2016 - Oct 2021
Contributions:46 commits, 38 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 11 months
smittix/fedorable
Oct 2021 - Dec 2022
Post install setup script for Fedora Linux
Contributions:46 commits, 3 PRs, 100 pushes in 1 year 1 month
manjaroansiblelinuxxfceopensuse
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