Kurt Hockaday
Cyber Security Tech Lead at Joint Warfare Analysis Center
Dahlgren, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolKurt Hockaday is a Cyber Security Tech Lead with eight years of focused experience at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center, driving automation, DevSecOps, and lifecycle management for Windows and Linux estates. He blends hands-on system design and integration with leadership roles—having managed 40+ staff and multi-million-dollar budgets—and has served as a technical architect and branch head for data and core services. Kurt has shepherded cyber governance into CI/CD pipelines and automated remediation tooling, pairing practical security compliance with continuous delivery. His background spans software development, system administration, and program-level planning, and he has evaluated emerging computer vision technologies for IARPA, reflecting a taste for applied research as well as operational delivery.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Mary WashingtonMS, Management of Information Technology, MS, Management of Information Technology at University of Virginia
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Github Skills (19)
vulnerability9
transcript9
vulnerability-scanners8
openvas8
grades8
security8
vulnerability-management8
supply-chain-security7
software-composition-analysis7
spdx7
sbom6
cyclonedx6
vulnerability-detection5
extraction3
windows-application3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bigdawgsfootball/HomeschoolGradesAndTranscripts
Jan 2018 - Nov 2022
Windows application to track homeschool grades and create high school transcripts.
Contributions:4 releases, 43 commits, 3 PRs in 4 years 10 months
track-gradesgradeswindowstranscriptsreport-card
bigdawgsfootball/SBOM-Researcher
Aug 2023 - Jan 2025
Looks up package vulnerability info in OSV DB from SBOMs
Contributions:1 release, 44 PRs, 126 pushes in 1 year 5 months
cyclonedxsbomsbom-readersbom-researchsbom-tool
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