Jim Nitterauer
Sr. Director Information Security
Pensacola, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Nitterauer is a seasoned information security leader currently serving as Sr. Director of Information Security at Graylog, with a decade-plus trajectory rising through engineering and leadership roles in security across AppRiver, OpenText, and Graylog. Trained originally as a microbiologist (M.S., University of Alabama), he brings a scientific, evidence-driven approach to security programs—favoring operational discipline and measurable controls over adding more point tools. He has entrepreneurial roots running small tech companies and has repeatedly translated hands-on engineering experience into pragmatic security strategy and team-building. Based in Pensacola and with a history of long tenures, Jim is known for simplifying complex risk landscapes into actionable roadmaps that scale with growth.
3 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Biology, B.S. Biology at Ursinus CollegeM.S. Microbiology, M.S. Microbiology at The University of Alabama
French, Spanish, English
Github Skills (31)
log-viewer10
log-analysis10
amqp10
endpoint-security10
graylog10
kafka10
logger10
rsyslog10
security10
gelf10
logging10
fluentd10
syslog10
electron7
typescript7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Graylog2/graylog2-server
Dec 2022 - Oct 2025
Free and open log management
Contributions:1 review, 1 comment, 6 issues in 2 years 10 months
log-viewerloggingloggersecure-loggingsyslog
Graylog2/docker-compose
Aug 2024 - Aug 2024
A set of Docker Compose files that allow you to quickly spin up a Graylog instance for testing or demo purposes.
Contributions:1 push, 1 issue in 1 day
docker-composegraylogtesting
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