Jesse Somerville
Security Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJesse Somerville is a Security Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience securing cloud and DevOps environments, currently focused on threat mitigation and platform hardening at Google in New York. He progressed from professional internships to senior offensive and defensive roles at Praetorian, developing practical expertise in application and infrastructure security. Comfortable bridging engineering and risk teams, Jesse combines deep technical troubleshooting with scalable security automation to reduce attack surface across large distributed systems. He holds a BS in Computer Science from West Virginia University and brings a practitioner’s mindset shaped by both consultancy and in-house security programs. Unexpectedly, his career arc shows a steady shift from applied tech support into high-impact cloud security work, reflecting strong adaptability and continuous learning.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Senior, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Senior at West Virginia UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Winfield High School
English
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Github Skills (67)
cli9
security9
mercurial9
privilege8
private-key8
static-analysis8
javascript-engine8
service-account8
libgit28
supply-chain-security8
sonarqube-plugin8
version-control8
dependency-analysis7
golang7
nosql-injection7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
doerzbacher/xross-site-scripters
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:95 commits in 1 month
jessesomerville/tpm_bound_sa_key
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023
Example showing how you can generate a GCP service account private key within a Shielded VMs vTPM
Contributions:1 review, 3 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 11 months
gcpvmsprivate-keygoogle-cloud-platformaccount
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