Jonathan Holtmann
Senior Software Engineer at University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Holtmann is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with 11 years of experience blending software development and cybersecurity expertise. Trained in Computer Science and Business Administration at USC with a master’s in Cybersecurity, he has deep hands-on experience in host forensics, log analysis, incident response tooling, and automating complex investigations. He progressed from incident response intern to senior developer at Kroll before moving into platform engineering at Microsoft and teaching applied computing as an adjunct lecturer. Jonathan is comfortable bridging technical and organizational needs—building scripts and applications that make forensic workflows auditable and repeatable while mentoring students and practitioners. Based in Los Angeles, he brings a practitioner’s perspective to secure, production-quality software and a track record of turning high-pressure investigations into durable engineering solutions. An understated strength is his ability to translate forensic artifacts into actionable engineering requirements that improve both detection and developer tooling.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science / Business Administration, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science / Business Administration at University of Southern CaliforniaMaster of Science - MS Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity and Information Assurance at Western Governors University
English, German
Github Skills (29)
smartcard10
remote-access10
gnupg10
pgp9
secrets9
hardware9
rsa-cryptography9
threat-hunting9
security9
identity-management9
yubikey9
privacy9
ssh-agent9
ssh9
hardening9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jholtmann/BitTorrent-Forensics
Feb 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
jholtmann/ip_discovery
Apr 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:2 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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