Jesse Burgoon
Senior Security Researcher at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolJesse Burgoon is a Senior Security Researcher with a decade of deep experience designing and evaluating offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, currently shaping the future of AWS Inspector at Amazon Web Services. He has led adversary emulation teams at MITRE and directed red team operations and ATT&CK-based analytics for high-profile evaluations, bringing practical tradecraft to improve detection across government and industry. His background spans vulnerability research, detection engineering, and QA leadership from Tenable to DoD-focused R&D at Johns Hopkins APL, blending hands-on exploit knowledge with systems-level test and automation expertise. Jesse combines technical leadership with program impact—having influenced multimillion-dollar deals and led teams that delivered measurable improvements in scanning and detection products. He holds advanced degrees in Information Systems and Telecommunications in addition to a BS in Biochemistry, an uncommon academic path that reflects a cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, he is known for translating sophisticated adversary insights into practical tooling and measurable security outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Telecommunications, MS, Telecommunications at George Mason UniversityBS, Biochemistry, BS, Biochemistry at Baylor University
Github Skills (24)
cve6
fingerprinting6
cyber-threat-intelligence6
ja35
cybersecurity5
vulnerability5
mitre-attack4
security4
vulnerabilities4
database4
gradle-plugin3
sca3
security-vulnerability3
compose2
docker-compose2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jcburgoon/python-scripts
Jan 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
jcburgoon/pedant
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 months
analysis-frameworkstatic-analysis
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