Jim Mckibben
Senior Security Engineer at H&R Block
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Mckibben is a Senior Security Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, application and systems auditing, and incident-aware engineering at organizations including H&R Block and the University of Missouri. He combines deep technical curiosity and a knack for deconstructing systems with practical security operations, earned through roles from senior analyst to GIAC-certified practitioner. Jim pairs scripting and data-focused tooling (notably Python) with defensive engineering to clear complex technical hurdles and harden environments. Beyond corporate work he contributes to the local security community as BSides KC A/V and music lead and a long-time SecKC volunteer and DJ—an unusual blend of technical and creative skills that informs his approach to problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Network and System Administration/Administrator, Network and System Administration/Administrator at DeVry University-MissouriUniversity of Missouri
French
Github Skills (66)
firewall10
proxy10
backend10
vpn10
captive-portal10
netmiko10
api10
cisco10
endpoint-security10
bsd10
opnsense10
ips10
juniper10
cybersecurity9
ids9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
j0nny55555/elk101
Apr 2018 - May 2020
Contributions:20 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
j0nny55555/core
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
OPNsense GUI, API and systems backend
Contributions:7 pushes in 7 months
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