Joe Fuhrman
Senior Security Engineer at Softrams
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Fuhrman is a Senior Security Engineer based in Denver with nearly three decades of IT and security experience and nine years focused in modern cybersecurity roles. He has deep federal and healthcare sector expertise—shaping incident response, cloud security, and compliance for CMS, FSA, and HiTRUST-audited environments while managing SIEM, endpoint, and cloud infrastructure. Joe blends hands-on ops (EC2, IAM, S3, snapshots) with program-level leadership, having led large hosting operations and complex migrations supporting Healthcare.gov. He also contributes to open-source, notably refactoring avatar functionality in the widely used webex-js-sdk, showing fluency across full-stack code and API interactions. Known for turning audit requirements into repeatable controls, he pairs practical engineering with a disciplined, compliance-first mindset. His background uniquely combines military-grade systems administration, federal program management, and contemporary cloud-native security.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, Associate's degree, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at Community College of the Air ForceMasters, Information Systems Technology, Masters, Information Systems Technology at Trident University InternationalBachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General, Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General at Wesley College
Github Skills (8)
unit-testing10
javascript10
apidoc9
front-end-development9
api9
test-automation8
webex8
software-design8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
webex/webex-js-sdk
Sep 2016 - Jul 2018
JavaScript SDK for Webex
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 5 PRs, 49 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Joe's commits primarily focus on refactoring and migrating the avatar functionality within the `webex/webex-js-sdk` repository. This involves moving the avatar-related code into packages, updating unit tests, and addressing linting issues. The user is making changes to both the front-end (JavaScript SDK) and potentially the back-end (API interactions for avatars). The contributions include updates to avatar retrieval, uploading, and store management, demonstrating a solid understanding of the project's core functionalities.
javascriptjavascript-sdksdkwebex
good-joe/spark-js-sdk
Sep 2016 - Jul 2018
Contributions:21 pushes, 21 branches in 1 year 10 months
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