Jonathan Kline
Expert Platform Security Architect
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
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Top SchoolJonathan Kline is an expert platform security architect with 24+ years of deep experience in Linux/Unix kernel and firmware reverse engineering and a proven track record designing secure boot and platform security for processors and SoCs (Intel, ARM, RISC‑V, Xilinx). Based in Huntsville, he blends hands‑on technical leadership—prototyping across firmware, kernel, and system stacks—with systems engineering practices like MBSE to shape secure embedded and rack‑mount architectures for defense and commercial products. He has led and grown engineering teams, driven product security roadmaps at companies from startups to defense primes, and authored accreditation artifacts for NIST, NIAP, Common Criteria and FedRAMP environments. Jonathan’s background uniquely spans offensive and defensive work (red‑team engagements and anti‑tamper/forensics) and practical operational tooling (CI/CD, gitlab, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK), enabling him to translate threat models into deployable, auditable solutions. An inventor of cross‑domain and secure cloud approaches, he also runs a small rigging/manufacturing business, reflecting an atypical blend of hands‑on hardware craft and high‑assurance cyber engineering.
8 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
International School of MNMaster of Science (MS) Engineering Management (MSEM) Engineering/Industrial Management, Master of Science (MS) Engineering Management (MSEM) Engineering/Industrial Management at Kettering UniversityBachelors of Science Computer Engineering, Bachelors of Science Computer Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering
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Github Skills (9)
docker-image9
gitlab9
docker8
gitlab-api8
gitlab-ce7
git6
near4
crossword4
commons3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
klinejonathan/configs
Mar 2019 - Jul 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
klinejonathan/resume
Mar 2022 - Jun 2023
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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