Khoa Nguyen
Application Security Engineer
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKhoa Nguyen is an application security engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience in emulation, malware analysis, and detection engineering across major cloud and endpoint platforms. He currently advises AWS SageMaker product teams on secure design and risk mitigation, after building detections, reversing malware, and developing internal tooling for Microsoft Defender and Azure red team engagements. His background blends offensive and defensive expertise—from exploit development and adversary emulation to automation of signature development and end-to-end testing—enabling practical, scalable security improvements. Khoa pairs an MEng in Cybersecurity with deep applied experience shipping tools and platforms that reduce attacker dwell time, and he’s equally motivated by improving life for his dog and two cats.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Cybersecurity Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng Cybersecurity Engineering at University of Maryland - A. James Clark School of EngineeringHigh School, High School at Orme School of ArizonaHigh School, High School at High School for the Gifted - Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh CityBachelor’s Degree Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Mathematics and Computer Science at The College of Wooster
Github Skills (13)
css7
react5
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nextjs4
twofish4
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google-fonts3
font-awesome3
branding3
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
WoosterCSClub/SWE-Career-Resources
Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:19 commits, 19 pushes in 1 month
khoaltn/khoaltn.github.io
Nov 2016 - Mar 2023
My personal website
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 70 pushes in 6 years 4 months
reactnextjs
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