John Ference
Cyber Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Ference is a Cyber Software Engineer with nine years of experience building low-level tooling and secure software, now applying that expertise at Northrop Grumman after a distinguished Army career. He designed and shipped Unix and Windows loaders, led small development teams as a scrum master, and saved the government over $600K by delivering production tools and introducing the organization's first software release standard. Proficient in C, Python, LaTeX, GitLab, and Docker, he combines systems-level programming with practical DevOps practices and cross-compilation expertise. Beyond code, he has served in leadership roles—acting Executive Officer, writing SOPs, and mentoring peers—demonstrating an ability to drive both technical and organizational outcomes. An under-the-radar strength is his focus on reproducible documentation and build processes, evidenced by a LaTeX tooling improvement that sped debugging by 20%. He is transitioning military-hardened skills into the private sector, aiming to influence teams and deliver secure, auditable software.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science, Religious Studies, 3.5/4.0, Bachelor's of Science, Computer Science, Religious Studies, 3.5/4.0 at University of Pittsburgh
Github Skills (6)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
JohnF8/EuclidGeometry
Dec 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:23 commits, 2 PRs, 21 pushes in 1 year 3 months
JohnF8/trb-website
Jun 2020 - May 2023
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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